224 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. This Is The Story Of Striven's Childhood And Young Manhood, Recalled, Refelt And Recreated, With An Immediacy , A Searing Painfulness, An Acceptance And Eventual Joy In The Fact Of Life Itself, That Invites Few Parralels In Literature-especially In Its Capacity To See Goodness And Love While Refusing To Turn Away From Hurt.