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An Ocean in Iowa
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An Ocean in Iowa Paperback - 1999

by Peter Hedges

In a novel with small, note-perfect references of the 1960s, Hedges captures the disruptions in communities and families across the country caused by the Vietnam war.


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In a small town in Iowa, Scotty Ocean has announced that seven is going to be his year. It does turn out to be his year, but not quite the one he had imagined. It is the year his mother abandons the family. At first, Scotty does astonishing things to get her to return. When he realizes she won't be coming back, he decides he must replace her. And when that proves impossible, he takes the dramatic step of trying to remain seven forever. Funny, sad, and constantly surprising, An Ocean in Iowa explores the fragile contracts between parents and children and what it really means to grow up.

First line

In the summer of 1969, if you had asked the then six-year-old Scotty Ocean what a judge actually did, he couldn't have told you-and why his parents never hugged or kissed, he would have been at a loss-and why his sisters kept whispering, giggling about girl matters, he would've had no idea.

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  • Title An Ocean in Iowa
  • Author Peter Hedges
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Scribner Pap
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-04-01
  • ISBN 9780684859705 / 068485970X
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.08 x 5.4 x 0.62 in (20.52 x 13.72 x 1.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Demographic Orientation: Suburban
    • Geographic Orientation: Iowa
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromane, Fathers and sons - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98053070
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Peter Hedges, the author of What's Eating Gilbert Grape, grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children.
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