For the May Queen - Softcover

Evans, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069235977X ISBN 13: 9780692359778

Publisher: Coyote Creek Press, 2014

Synopsis

It’s 1981 and 17-year-old Norma Rogers’ parents drop her off at the college dorms. Soon, Norma finds herself drunk and nearly naked with three strangers. The strip poker event is the first of many experiences that prompt Norma to question who she is and who she wants to be. Norma’s relationships with an array of characters induce her to grapple with society’s messages about women, sex, and freedom. Many tumultuous events take Norma through an array of troubles, pleasures, and thrills: from drug use and ominous encounters with strangers, to rowdy parties and road trips, to queer coming-out surprises. In the midst of these incidents, Norma reflects on her desire for freedom, (sexual and otherwise). Ultimately Norma comes to see that there are many ways to live and love.

About this title

About the Author:

Kate Evans is the author of the best-selling memoir, Call It Wonder: an odyssey of love, sex, spirit, and travel. She spends half the year in Mexico and half traveling. Visit her website: www.kateevanswriter.com

Review:

In the tumultuous way of Go Ask Alice, so Kate Evans captures the nightmarish chaos of a young woman s attempt to find her way amid too much freedom, too much sex and too many drugs. Laced with the kind of astute detail that drops readers into that fateful freshman year of college, this story examines the hard choices that can make or break a spirit. --Martha Engber, Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up: A Thorough Primer for Writers of Fiction and Nonfiction

The 80s were all about drugs, alcohol and casual sex, and Kate Evans deftly conveys the uncertainty of the era as her feisty Norma Rogers leaves a sheltered home life and dives headfirst into a series of hedonistic adventures at college, including falling in love with Chuck, who just doesn't seem to be that in to her. The clever dialogue, unexpected twists and a meticulous sense of time and place evoke the immediacy of memoir. Funny, poignant and ultimately a testament to lasting friendship, For The May Queen is a trip back to the not-so-distant-past without the hangover. --Collin Kelley, author of Slow To Burn and After the Poison

Evans' debut novel, For the May Queen, is a compelling coming of age story. Through a first person narrative that is as intimate and engaging as the finest memoir, Evans takes the reader on the humorous and chaotic journey of spirited Norma Rogers as she navigates her first year of college. Evans skillfully reminds us all of what it means to be young, questioning, and prone to get a lot wrong on our way toward an adulthood where we know ourselves--and those around us--- just a little better. --Jayne Pupek, author of Tomato Girl and Forms of Intercession

About this edition

• Publisher: Coyote Creek Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 069235977X
• ISBN 13: 9780692359778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260