The paperboy and the spinsterheart

When Leonard turns eleven he gets a paper route It s the 1950s Witney is a small town where everyone seems to know everyone else s business He now gets a peek behind closed doors It isn t his fault that he meets Miss Simpson a 39 year old spinster who always wanted a son He s without a father and his mother is too busy to give him attention They bond immediately and for two years this mismatched pair share colorful swimming gardening dining movies and fishing at low tide we tread the flats and dug in the muck with our toes for clams Then puberty changes his world Girls in school ridicule him for his relationship with her his friends urge him to take advantage of her leading to one tragic night that changes the trajectory of their lives The Paperboy and The SpinsterI like the book I couldn t put it down once I started it A great read It held my interest and I couldn t stop reading it I really liked it and could relate to that error A great read 271