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THE FIVE PEARLS is a story of personal redemption against incredible odds, peppered with teen narcissism, secret pregnancies, and misguided burglaries; A true portrait of under-privileged, throwaway kids and mismanaged adult lives in today's America. A parttime teacher has his hands full with a the Tadpoles, a band of disillusioned and rebellious teenagers that don't want or need anyone's help. Or so they think...
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How the novel evolved:
In my last year as a high school English teacher, doctors were running tests to see if I had leukemia. Meanwhile, I had a handful of frustrated teenagers trying piece together their current and future lives. It was a brilliant summer for all of us and my initial idea for The Five Pearls was born. I constructed five angry kids, based on the hundreds I had the pleasure of knowing from the past few years and came up with my final tale.
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In my last year as a high school English teacher, doctors were running tests to see if I had leukemia. Meanwhile, I had a handful of frustrated teenagers trying piece together their current and future lives. It was a brilliant summer for all of us and my initial idea for The Five Pearls was born. I constructed five angry kids, based on the hundreds I had the pleasure of knowing from the past few years and came up with my final tale.
Five frustrated teenagers, a dying man, a widowed nurse. No one deserves to be forgotten.
The Five Pearls is a story of personal redemption against incredible odds, peppered with teen narcissism, secret pregnancies and misguided burglaries. A true portrait of under-priveleged, throwaway kids in today's America running amok under the umbrella of mismanaged adult lives. This page-turner makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you think. Combined with his careers in music, movies, the stage and teaching, Barry James Hickey has written a wonderful story with timeless revelations.
The Five Pearls is a story of personal redemption against incredible odds, peppered with teen narcissism, secret pregnancies and misguided burglaries. A true portrait of under-priveleged, throwaway kids in today's America running amok under the umbrella of mismanaged adult lives. This page-turner makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you think. Combined with his careers in music, movies, the stage and teaching, Barry James Hickey has written a wonderful story with timeless revelations.
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- PublisherTumblebrush Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 061542418X
- ISBN 13 9780615424187
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages250
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