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Charlie’s Story
It’s an understatement to say that 1974 has ended badly for 19-year-old Charlie Seldon.
He’s been sent up to Sockanossett on his third strike and it’s guaranteed he’ll remain here until his 21st birthday. The girl he was partying with—his best friend Angie—is dead of a heroin overdose and there’s no denying it was his fault even if he wasn’t the one who gave her the drugs. His dad appears to have washed his hands of his screw-up of a son. And Sockanossett’s superintendent, Bagliarini, has made it clear that Charlie’s final stint in juvie will be more than miserable. Which maybe Charlie deserves.
Then his buddy David brings him a fateful letter from Val Pinney, the stacked girl from high school chorus who’s hung up on Charlie. Sure, he’s gotten down with her a few times because she was there and willing, but fatherhood was never part of Charlie’s very limited plans. Now he’s almost glad to be locked up.
But when he learns that Val and the child she’s carrying are in even worse trouble than he is, Charlie’s surprised to find he’s suddenly more worried about them than himself.
Charlie’s Story recounts a young man’s journey as he works through past and present grief to come to terms with his feelings, to see himself through the eyes of those who believe in him, and to transform the juvenile delinquent he’s been into a man of character.
Also by K. A. Tremblay
Angie
It’s 1974, and David Judson is in his first year at Veterans’ High. Despite his mother’s extreme mood swings and never having known his father, David has it together: he’s an honor roll student, his paper route job gives him steady income, and he plays trumpet in the marching band. He doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs, or party. He’s a serious guy.
Then he meets Angie Brulotti.
It’s not just that she’s beautiful, though David’s stomach does flip-flops every time he catches sight of her curly hair and dark brown eyes. She’s also fierce and free-spirited, occasionally melancholy, plays the flute like an angel straight from heaven, and to David’s surprise, seems to like him as much as he likes her.
The only dark spot on David’s horizon, besides keeping Angie away from his mom for as long as possible, is the way Angie’s always going off with Charlie Seldon – who would have graduated years ago if he weren’t such a pothead – to smoke and “take the edge off.” David doesn’t want to be bothered by this but he is, especially when it seems Charlie is getting Angie into harder stuff than weed.
But David has a plan: he’s going to love her so much she won’t need drugs anymore, because love can fix everything.
Right?
“Solid plot and great writing…” - MrSnuggleSquish, Amazon
“It was so heartbreaking.”
- Tracy Wicker Pierce, Amazon
“… Emotion-filled tale of mid-adolescent romance.”
- Michelle, Amazon
About the Author
K. A. Tremblay started writing fiction at the age of ten, when she scribbled out an adventure novel on sheets of loose-leaf paper. Born in the South and raised in New England, she possessed a sense of restlessness that ultimately took her clear across the U.S., searching for sunshine and ready for a new start. She thought she’d forever shaken off the snow of the tiny corner of New England she had—sometimes reluctantly—called “home,” but in 2019 found herself moving back to Rhode Island, where she now lives, writes, and revels in her view of Narragansett Bay.
