Holding Back the Tide
by Frank J. DeRuosi
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Pub Date May 18 2023 | Archive Date Jul 30 2023
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Charlie McIntyre wants nothing more than to leave the school year behind him and be back at his family's beach house in Ocean City, New Jersey. In January, Charlie returns home from school to find that his father has deserted the family. Devastated, Charlie buries his anger and resentment behind a wall. Desperate for some sense of normal, Charlie longs for the carefree days spent at the beach, hanging out with his circle of friends, particularly his best friend Jackson.
However, Charlie soon discovers that the normalcy he needed being back in Ocean City is fleeting. Slowly, his relationships with his friends begin to shift, and Charlie finds himself adrift in a sea of change in which he struggles to remain afloat.
Holding Back the Tide is a novel about the ever-changing landscape teenagers face as they plod though friendships, family dynamics, puberty, and their evaporating childhood.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"DeRuosi opens a vivid window into the world of modern teens... It is far too easy to not see that everyone is going through something, and this book will forever open our eyes." -Tim Smyth, high school teacher and author of Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels
"On the surface, Charlie was going to have the perfect summer-a house on the beach, nothing to do but sleep in, or surf with his best friend. Reality was much darker, as he struggled to hold back the tide of resentment, frustration and anger over his father's desertion; a tide that threatened to sweep away his friends and everything important to him. DeRuosi does a brilliant job of taking us inside Charlie's head to vicariously share his angst." -Bill Schweitzer, author of Doves in a Tempest
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781685131968 |
| PRICE | $7.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 459 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Amey A, Reviewer
This book, damn this book
Spoke to the inner teenager in me that missed out on going through normal life stuff like this instead of what I went through
Charlie with his family and how he was coping with it,
Jackson and his whole struggle with trying to tell Charlie about himself
This book is so damn well written and shows the real emotion behind everything
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