Teenage Wasteland
The Math teacher says this is how we can show the American god how much we are winning by how much we aren't losing.
Robin, the Boy Wonder, contends with the appearance of the rookie crimefighter Dodge, finds himself attracted to his tutor Zoanne, and has an unusual visit from Klarion, the Witch Boy.
. Gaines shows how teens engage in cultural production and how such social agency is affected by economic transformations and institutional interventions."—Richard Lachman, Contemporary Sociology "The best book on contemporary youth ...
First appearing in the pages of Seventeen Magazine, “Teenage Wasteland” has become one of Anne Tyler’s most widely beloved short stories—an affecting and masterful portrait of a life interrupted and a family come undone.