When We Get There
 First edition | |
| Author | Shauna Seliy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 259 |
| OCLC | 77573534 |
When We Get There is a novel about coming-of-age by the American writer Shauna Seliy set in 1974 in a coal mining patch (modeled on the author’s hometown of Yukon, Westmoreland County) near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
The novel tells the story of Lucas Lessar. His father has died in a mining accident and his mother has mysteriously disappeared, so he lives with his grandmother. Zoli, his mother's estranged boyfriend, starts to harass Lucas, prompting him to skip school and take long bus rides in attempts to find his mother.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shauna Seliy". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Thomson Gale. 2008.[verification needed]
- ^ Behe, Regis (29 July 2007). "Coming-of-age novel set in Western Pa". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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