FIC
BRADFORD
When Josh's father leaves his shipyard to command a ship in World War II, he sends both Josh and his mother, a southern belle, to their summer home in the mountains of New Mexico. Josh's deadpan account of their life there, including high school friends, neighbors, and servants, should bring a smile to the most serious reader. Those of a more light-hearted disposition should be cautious: injury could result from the sort of laughing Josh's story often inspires.
Josh's abrupt entrance into adulthood ends his tale on a somber note, however. Readers in search of a comedy or a coming-of-age story, as well as those with an interest in the Southwest, should enjoy this book.
