Eastern Sun Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey - Hardcover

Paulsen, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151272603 ISBN 13: 9780151272600

Publisher: Harcourt, 1993

Synopsis

Revealing war's horrors through a child's eyes, this autobiography by an award-winning author recounts his life in the ravaged Philippines of World War II, discussing his alcoholic mother, his absent father, and his burgeoning sexuality. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

GARY PAULSEN has written nearly two hundred books for young people, including the Newbery Honor Books Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room. He divides his time between a home in New Mexico and a boat on the Pacific Ocean.

From Publishers Weekly:

Paulsen's notable adult trade debut, Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass , and 16 award-winning YA novels precede this gripping memoir of a tumultuous childhood. "My mother and I spent the war years in Chicago," he begins, explaining that after his birth in 1939 his father left the home to serve as a member of Patton's staff. The unglossed and indelible accounts that follow center on Paulsen's pretty, tough mother. As a toddler he watched her slay a man who had tried to molest him; later, he was all too aware of her sexual indulgences. He was seven when they sailed aboard a troop ship for Manila to reunite with his father. The voyage, however, occasioned still more horrors. With the helpless crew, he watched as passengers from a downed plane were eaten or torn apart by sharks, a scene he details here in all its brutality. In the Philippines, he was to undergo newly shattering experiences, which he relates with candor and feeling. Author tour.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0151272603
• ISBN 13: 9780151272600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244