Two greeting pines with twining roots and complex knags are waving to welcome your coming. May you live a long life and be young forever, like the pines.
They give to young people that close companionship for which youth longs... And that chance for endless discussion of themes which are endless - without which youth Would seem a waste of time.
Among Afro-Americans, the trend was even more pronounced: girls were hitting puberty at eight. Some were getting there at six, just a year after starting school.
Set during the second world war, Stella's story is intercut with the lives of her son (in the army and heir to an estate in Ireland) and Louie, a vapid good-time girl who crosses Harrison's path.