A really powerful book about people trying their best. A young man that never knew his father & his mother remarried and left him behind with grandma to raise. When grandma died when he was in high school went to live with an older couple on a ranch where he was already working. They raised him & he helped them a lot around the ranch. They kept telling him he was like a son to them but he had to strike out on his own by wanting to become a champion boxer. The struggles he has and the struggles the older couple has in trying to maintain their ranch are really exposed, just some great writing and characters. A tough read because you would like the young man to make better choices but in end can see a lot of it stems from feeling abandoned by his parents. Really good book.
There are a couple WL for it on PBS but not sure it is going to be mailed off soon but do like to pass enjoyable books along to others too, so not sure at this point.
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