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Lost in ‘96
This is the novel of Generation X, a deep look into the angst of a generation forgotten and ignored. It’s also a novel for anyone who is or has ever been disillusioned by the world around them.
In Lost in ’96 we live the daily life of Connor and his friends who try to make sense of a new adult life that they never envisioned being possible, as they were a generation raised with the certainty of a nuclear holocaust or, at best, a lifetime of emptiness. They were a generation who never believed they had a future…until they did.
Connor hangs onto youth in a college town in 1996 until a tragic event changes his direction and threatens his friendships and promises to break down his wall of cynicism. He struggles with oncoming adulthood while fighting a painful past through moral decay, alcohol, and escapism through literature and music.
Will Connor find what he’s looking for or will he remain in a state of suspended animation? Will he find love? Will he find purpose?
Quotes
“No one is listening,” I reiterate, “because we don’t have anything to say that anyone but us wants to hear, and even if we did, they’d ignore us. We are the expendable generation.”
There is art in the world, which is not meant to be fully understood, but enjoyed for what it is. The exploration of understanding might be part of the purpose for all of this. The answers are elusive, but no less worth the quest.
fall in love and find the world
In Lost in ’96 we live the daily life of Connor and his friends who try to make sense of a new adult life that they never envisioned being possible, as they were a generation raised with the certainty of a nuclear holocaust or, at best, a lifetime of emptiness. They were a generation who never believed they had a future…until they did.
Connor hangs onto youth in a college town in 1996 until a tragic event changes his direction and threatens his friendships and promises to break down his wall of cynicism. He struggles with oncoming adulthood while fighting a painful past through moral decay, alcohol, and escapism through literature and music.
Will Connor find what he’s looking for or will he remain in a state of suspended animation? Will he find love? Will he find purpose?
Quotes
“No one is listening,” I reiterate, “because we don’t have anything to say that anyone but us wants to hear, and even if we did, they’d ignore us. We are the expendable generation.”
There is art in the world, which is not meant to be fully understood, but enjoyed for what it is. The exploration of understanding might be part of the purpose for all of this. The answers are elusive, but no less worth the quest.
fall in love and find the world
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2024
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About the author
Scott Thompson
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Georgia Author of the Year nominee, for first novel, Scott Thompson was born and raised in the American South where his stories take place. His debut novel, Young Men Shall See, is a coming of age story set in the 1980s in a time of quiet social change and examines the generation in the South after the Civil Rights Era. Eight Days, released 2016 takes place in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, and involves a man who has died, but first must face his regrets and mistakes before finding eternity.
Thompson lives in the Carolina Low Country with his family. He is the winner of the Great American Novel contest in literature for 2010.
"Scott Thompson’s Eight Days earns and deserves a place on everyone’s bookshelf. Rich in character and subject matter, it is a must read, quite possibly a game changer."
— Teri Pietila, Book Reviewer
Review of Young Men Shall See
“This book is a vivid slice of growing up Southern in a time of racial truce if not yet true peace with honor. It's a fresh, honest look at that life in the 80s.”
— Richard Monaco, Two Time Pulitzer nominated author of the Parsival books
Georgia Author of the Year nominee, for first novel, Scott Thompson was born and raised in the American South where his stories take place. His debut novel, Young Men Shall See, is a coming of age story set in the 1980s in a time of quiet social change and examines the generation in the South after the Civil Rights Era. Eight Days, released 2016 takes place in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, and involves a man who has died, but first must face his regrets and mistakes before finding eternity.
Thompson lives in the Carolina Low Country with his family. He is the winner of the Great American Novel contest in literature for 2010.
"Scott Thompson’s Eight Days earns and deserves a place on everyone’s bookshelf. Rich in character and subject matter, it is a must read, quite possibly a game changer."
— Teri Pietila, Book Reviewer
Review of Young Men Shall See
“This book is a vivid slice of growing up Southern in a time of racial truce if not yet true peace with honor. It's a fresh, honest look at that life in the 80s.”
— Richard Monaco, Two Time Pulitzer nominated author of the Parsival books
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August 31, 2024
This is yet another book that was really a strong 3.5-star book. I was kind of on the fence about giving it three versus four stars, but ultimately decided on three due to the distracting number of issues with the Kindle version of the book. There were a number of typos, there were a few instances where the wrong word was used in a sentence; there was one spot where an entire paragraph was repeated; and there was one instance where a word was used that I am pretty sure isn't even a real word. So, ultimately, that's what pushed it down to a 3-star review.
The story itself was pretty good and I did enjoy the book. Sorry if the issues with the book seems like a petty thing, but it really was distracting and took me out of the story more than a few times.
The story itself was pretty good and I did enjoy the book. Sorry if the issues with the book seems like a petty thing, but it really was distracting and took me out of the story more than a few times.
July 7, 2024
Book was entertaining, a coming of age book of sorts.
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