Barbara L. Clanton
Writer
Going, Going, Gone: Susie's Story
Going, Going, Gone: Susie's Story
(Book Three in the Clarksonville Series)
(Book Three in the Clarksonville Series)
“This is like the world series of Young Adult books
I am hooked on the Clarksonville series and if you have read book 1 and 2, prepare for the reality that #3 gets even better. Barbara is grooving along about softball, young love, discrimination (this time we learn a lot about how Hispanics feel and are discriminated against) and families. I nurture the hope that this series will continue.”
-- By Philologus (Amazon.com Reviews)SYNOPSIS
The
summer before Susie Torres’s senior year in high school, she planned on spending
most of her time with her girlfriend, Marlee McAllister, but they’re finding it
hard. Marlee works at D’Amico’s restaurant, and Susie babysits for Mrs.
Johnson, her mother’s boss. Susie hates the job, because she works like a slave
and gets paid like one, too. Susie is also
desperate to take her physical relationship with Marlee further, but she knows
she has to go at Marlee’s slower pace. Complicating things is the attention
that a pretty blonde softball player from another team gives Marlee, and Susie
falls into a funk when Marlee seems to enjoy it. On top of that, nothing she
does seems to be good enough for her summer softball coach. Frustrated with
life, Susie accidentally on purpose comes out to her mother. It would be an
understatement to say that her mother didn’t take it well. Can Susie deal with
a girlfriend whose head has possibly been turned by another, an employer who
treats her like dirt, a coach who doesn’t respect her, and a mother who tells
her she’s unnatural? Can she get her life back on track before her senior year
starts?
