Celine Keating

Layla (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A young woman embarks on a life-changing cross-country trip to face a family secret rooted in America's most turbulent decade. Layla James, a recent graduate and budding photographer, never knew anything about her father except that he named her for the iconic song by Eric Clapton. Her mother--steeped in a political activism that Layla rejects--kept their past shrouded in secrecy, and when she dies of cancer, she leaves only an enigmatic letter--the first in a series that will lead Layla through a cross-country network of '60s radicals and closer to the bombshell at the heart of her parents' past. As Layla makes her way from the East Coast to a commune in the California desert, she discovers more about friendship, love, forgiveness, and the personal repercussions of political activism than she could ever have imagined. A stirring and panoramic story, viewed through the lens of the next generation, this exceptional debut novel brings the gestalt of the '60s into focus and sheds new light on the era's legacy in the new millennium.

From the Back Cover

"Celine Keating's deftly plotted novel takes readers on a gripping journey along the underground railroad of post-'60s radicalism. . . . Every adult has to reinterpret the story of her childhood. Keating beautifully demonstrates the courage it takes for each of us to face that bittersweet truth."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Plain View Press, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781632100443
• Artikelnr.: 52607453

Autorenporträt

Céline Keating is an award-winning writer living in New York. Her short fiction has been published in many literary magazines, including Appearances, Echoes, Emry's Journal, Mount Hope, The North Stone Review, Prairie Schooner, and the Santa Clara Review. Céline's short story "Home" received the first-place 2014 Hackney Award for Short Fiction. She is the author of two novels, Layla (2011) and Play for Me (2015), which was a finalist in the International Book Awards, the Indie Excellence Awards, and the USA Book Awards. Céline is also the co-editor of On Montauk, A Literary Celebration. An avid student of classical guitar, Celine is a regular contributor to Minor7th.com. Her articles and music journalism have also appeared in Acoustic Guitar, Coastal Living, Guitar World, and Poets & Writers magazines. As a writer and student of classical guitar, her works appears regularly in AcousticGuitar and Minor 7th magazines. Her articles have also appeared in GuitarWorld and Coastal Living magazines, and her short fiction has been published in many literary journals, including Prairie Schooner, Santa ClaraReview and elsewhere. She holds masters degrees in Urban Studies (QueensCollege) and Creative Writing (City College) and has received two fellowships to the MacDowell Colony as well as scholarships to the Bread Loaf and Writers at Work conferences. Currently Keating lives in Manhattan and edits the newsletter for Concerned Citizens of Montauk, an environmental group for which she serves as a vice president.