Towelhead - Alicia Erian
Category: General Fiction
Tags: General Fiction, Adults
The story of a girl failed by her parents and by a conflicted America, Towelhead is an ultimately redemptive and moving work that no one can afford to ignore., The year is 1991. When Jasiras mother finds out what has been going on between her boyfriend and her 13-year-old daughter, she has to make a choiceand chooses to send Jasira off to Houston, Texas, to live with her father., A remote disciplinarian prone to explosive rages, Jasiras father is unable to show his daughter the love she cravesand far less able to handle her feelings about her changing body., Bewildered by extremes of parental scrutiny and neglect, Jasira begins to look elsewhere for affection, but Saddam Hussein has invaded Kuwait, and high school has become a lonely place for a towelhead. When her father meets, and forbids her to see, her boyfriend, it becomes lonelier still., But there is always Mr. Vuosoa neighboring army reservist whose son, Jasira, babysits. Mr. Vuoso, as Jasira discovers, has an extensive collect
