Freckled : a memoir of growing up wild in Hawaii
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Newark Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
920 NEAL
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920 NEAL
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Victor Farmington Library - Adult Biography
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BIO NEA
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Newark Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 920 NEAL | Available |
Victor Farmington Library - Adult Biography | BIO NEA | Available |
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Book
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383 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
UPC
9781732771215
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Born in 1965 to hippie surfer parents who just want to ride waves, use substances, and hide from society, red-headed Toby grows up as one of only a few hundred Caucasian "haole" people on the rugged, beautiful North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii. "I wish I could turn time into honey, and watch it drip by." Told from the immersive, first-person view of a child experiencing turbulent times as they occur, Freckled will take you on a journey you won't soon forget as Toby catches an octopus with her bare hands to feed the family, careens on her first bike down a rugged dirt trail deep in the jungle, and makes money by selling magic mushrooms to a drug dealer. Living in tents and off the land without electricity or communication with the outside world, Toby escapes into reading to deal with racial harassment and indifferent parenting. Toby's idealistic parents, breaking away from high achieving families, struggle with mental health and addiction issues as they try to live according to their own rules. Despite the hardship and deprivations of life on Kauai, they return again and again to an island whose hold on them is more powerful than any drug, as sensitive and resilient Toby clings to a dream of academic achievement and a "normal" life.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Neal, T. (2018). Freckled: a memoir of growing up wild in Hawaii . Toby Neal.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Neal, Toby. 2018. Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii. Toby Neal.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Neal, Toby. Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii Toby Neal, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Neal, Toby. Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii Toby Neal, 2018.
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