Young: A novel

by Miriam Colwell

Young is a lively and moving story of one young woman's restlessness and struggle with life in a small Maine coastal town during the 1950s. Its timeless themes continue to resonate as Evelyn, a recent high school graduate, confronts the What am I going to do with my life? All she knows for sure is that she is ready to escape a place where people know her every move and where her mother bakes bread that Evelyn delivers to the increasing number of summer residents. Young (originally published in 1955) follows Evelyn and her best friend, the naive and intelligent Susan, as they con their way through a rowdy and ultimately tragic twenty-four hours. By the end of that day, Evelyn has chosen her path-right or wrong.

Genres: Fiction

216 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Valerie H · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I kind of didn’t get it but I liked the homoerotic friendship and the pointlessness of it all.

[Nessa Borealis · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my top 5 books. This is a frozen-in-time story of a young woman's Maine adolescence at the brink of adulthood. To say it's clear-eyed doesn't begin to get at its revolutionary, true prose. I have had the privilege of meeting Miriam Colwell, and she is just as determined and savvy as her lead character in this story, five decades after its publication.