Shockproof Sydney Skate

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480486287

<DIV><DIV><B>A uniquely witty novel exploring sex, freedom, and the process of growing up</B><BR /><BR />Sydney Skate considers himself shockproof. For as long as he can remember, he&rsquo;s known that his fashionable Manhattan mother is secretly a lesbian, although he&rsquo;s never let on that he knows. He spends his summer days caring for snakes at the local pet shop before leaving for college at Cornell, shrugging off his father&rsquo;s demands that he skip college and join the exciting world of swimming pool sales for suburbanites.<BR /><BR />Far from throwing himself into work, Sydney can&rsquo;t seem to keep his thoughts from wandering to women. He has memorized the sex scenes of every book he&rsquo;s ever read in order to better seduce the opposite gender. When he&rsquo;s called to help remove a snake from a bathtub that belongs to the gorgeous and sophisticated Alison Gray, everything changes. But nothing could prepare him for his glamorous mother sweeping the girl of his dreams off her feet.<BR /><BR />This hypnotizing coming-of-age story captures the timeless ecstasies and struggles of adolescence, and has been a classic of lesbian literature since it was first published in 1973. Hailed as the&#160;<I>Catcher in the Rye&#160;</I>of the seventies,&#160;<I>Shockproof Sydney Skate&#160;</I>exposes the confusion of its time and remains keenly relevant to the sexual absurdities of today.<BR /><BR />This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Marijane Meaker including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection.&#160;</DIV></DIV><BR />