Synopsis
A dead teenager's extraordinary account - in his journals, poetry, dreams, fiction, prose - of his turbulent inner life as he struggles to reconcile the conflicting urges of his soul and sexuality.
About the Author
David Schwimmer was educated at Kings Hospital School in Ireland, at Broughton High School in Raleigh, NC, and at Duke University. He was first in his class when he left Kings Hospital and in his first year was awarded the school's annual Bible scholarship prize. At Broughton, he was elected to the National Honor Society in his junior year and also won the state Latin competition and its college scholarship that year. At Duke University he was elected to the national freshman honor society, Phi Eta Sigma. In Ireland, he learned to ride and jump horses; He also ran track and cross-country at Kings Hospital - and atBroughton, where as a senior he was voted most valuable player of the cross-country team. At Duke he was actively involved with Project WILD, a demanding outdoor program. He was also interested in sailing, and was lost at sea in a storm while kayaking with a group of students in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, off Baja California. In addition to keeping personal journals for seven years, David wrote poetry, part of a children's book and had written a chunk of an autobiographical novel. He had a delightful sense of humor, loved to tease family and friends, and was very fond of animals and nature, heading for the woods or the sea whenever he could. He had a wonderful love of God.
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