Caretta Caretta: A Novel

ISBN-10
1572411716
ISBN-13
9781572411715
Category
Austria
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Ariadne Press (CA)
Author
Paulus Hochgatterer

Description

"Paulus Hochgatterer's Caretta, Caretta (1999) features a fifteen-year-old juvenile delinquent named Dominik Bach, the product of a dysfunctional family, featuring a narcissistic mother and an abusive stepfather. Alone, forced to reside in a halfway house with other delinquents, he meets Isabella, who also has "family problems." She introduces him to turtles: 'Caretta, Caretta,' the most beautiful animal they have ever seen, becomes the object of their quest.

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