02687cam a2200349 4500 285406372 TxAuBib 20161217120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781512403510 1512403512 B01IPSGN6I Amazon b5232d12-7eeb-40fe-8d3a-6690e9b122ab OverDrive (Reserve ID) 204922 480185 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ostow, Micol. Family [Bridges eBook]. EgmontUSA, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 657kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. HTML:<p>February 28, 2011<br /> In this novel in verse, based on the Manson Family murders, Ostow (So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother) delivers the harrowing story of 17-year-old Melinda, who flees to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to escape her sexually abusive "uncle jack." Weak and unstable, Melinda is seduced by Henry, the charismatic leader of a cult, who presides over a group of lost souls on a remote ranch, and she quickly gets in over her head ("i had that sense about Him, overwhelming, enveloping, cloaking:/ He. was. right./ He was inescapable"). When Henry plots a violent mission, no one can refuse to go along. A mix of pared-down poems and more developed paragraphs of text, the form matches the content, which is dark, mesmerizing, and hazy; the only capital letters are in reference to Henry, emphasizing (if a bit blatantly) his godlike power over his followers. The narrative shifts between Melinda's past, present, and bloody future suggest the inevitability of her descent and mirror the steady pull of the tides and undertows she describes as dragging her down. Ages 14–up.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. Young Adult Fiction. Historical Fiction. . Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-02-17 23:00:02. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=b5232d12-7eeb-40fe-8d3a-6690e9b122ab https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B52/32D/12/Family9781606841976.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B5232D12-7EEB-40FE-8D3A-6690E9B122AB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/B52/32D/12/Family9781606841976.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=B5232D12-7EEB-40FE-8D3A-6690E9B122AB&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)