The 515 (9780963990624)

Teenage years in an Upper State New York small town can be beguiling but the sex education, old wives tales, knickers, cake baking contests, fires, Indians, circuses and a dog named Lucky just might get in the way. Naked runs, coal chutes, Hershey bars, Quaker Oats, Daisy Red Rider BB guns, gnomes, pinochle, and Nana help to explain growing up in Gowanda, New York. But then broken bridges, Chautauqua, the Raging but stinking Cattaraugus, the world's largest Glue Factory, and Land-O-Lakes add to the mix. This is before Burma Shave, Broadway, Uncle Buzz, coal mine fires, runaways, being mud-stuck, deer rampages and Mike the fishing barber. It's not easy being Markey and there is a lot to learn from his new bed & breakfast home. The 515 is an alternative history adult fiction perfect bound novel with 544 pages.