Scott Lax
Author & Educator
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A NOVEL PAUL S. ERIKSSON, PUBLISHER Both a love story and a war chronicle, this powerful book shows the effect of the Vietnam War on a group of friends living in a small town in Ohio. As the 1970 draft lottery nears, the young men must examine their views of war and consider the fate that awaits them while the women must face the possibility of losing their husbands, boyfriends, and friends. Each member of the group slowly loses his naiveté as each embarks on a personal search that brings very real and very adult conflict and pain. The juxtaposition of the enormity of this war and the microcosm of a simple, small town in Ohio exposes the ambivalence of the characters who are at war with themselves. |
The Year That Trembled: A Novel“THE YEAR THAT TREMBLED is one of 1998's Milestones in Fiction... A powerful coming of age story of a group of friends who are waiting to learn their fate in the selective service lottery that will determine whether they will be called on to fight in the Vietnam war... Those of us who came of age in those years remember the fear, the soul searching we went through. Lax captures the mood of the era and tells a strong tale of love, brotherly and otherwise.” FROM RON POWERS, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER AND NEW YORK TIMES #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, AND AUTHOR OF MARK TWAIN: A LIFE… “Reading THE YEAR THAT TREMBLED is like discovering a lost Beatles album. With perfect pitch for voices and artifacts, Scott Lax bathes us in the painful, sad, sweet music of the last hopeful time; a time when young American men, pulled toward the killing fields of an awful war, still dared to dream of strawberry fields forever.” FROM “Articulate with passion, humor and heartbreak, THE YEAR THAT TREMBLED brings back a tumultuous time of conflict and pain endured by so many in such a diverse period in our country and our families.” http://www.midwestbookreview.com/ FROM ANN HOOD, AUTHOR OF THE KNITTING CIRCLE, SOMEWHERE OFF THE COAST OF MAINE AND THE ORINTHOLOGISTS GUIDE TO LIFE… “‘Life in America felt as if it were being recast, reshaped, and even redeemed.’ In his lovely prose, Lax returns us to that time and reminds us of how it was to live and love then.” FROM RON HANSEN, AUTHOR OF THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD; ATTICUS, MARIETTE IN ECSTASY, AND HITLERS NIECE. “THE YEAR THAT TREMBLED is an affecting, funny, poignant novel about a subject that many lived but only Scott Lax has written so well about. It's very fine.” FROM TOM PERROTTA, AUTHOR OF THE ABSINENCE TEACHER, ELECTION, AND LITTLE CHILDREN… THE YEAR THAT TREMBLED is funny, nostalgic and troubling all at once. Scott Lax brings a tumultuous era back to life, with all its pain, excitement and complexity intact.” FROM VIETNAM VETERANS MAGAZINE… “Clever plot... This fast-paced, dialogue-driven book contains serious themes and a compelling story.” FROM SAMANTHA GILLISON, AUTHOR OF THE KING OF AMERICA AND THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY… “Scott Lax has written a lovely novel, full of wisdom, sadness and joy that honestly and heartbreakingly tells the story of young men confronting the Vietnam War.”
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