Hold on Tight - Tapa blanda

It's the 1960s, a time when America and families were being torn apart by the Vietnam War. When Suzanne's elder brother Bobby is drafted, Suzanne's mother wants them all to move to Canada, but he enlists to fight. Suzanne and her mother join the protesters against the war, but Suzanne's father thinks patriotic Americans should support the war the way they did when he fought in World War II. The divisions in the family reflect the divisions in the country when differences about the war played a major part in fomenting hostile confrontations throughout the land.

Against a background of box hockey games, the first landing on the Moon, and the music of Bob Dylan, Suzanne not only has to contend with missing her brother, but also has to watch her mother's pain and her parents grow distant from one another amidst their resentment.

This novel provides vivid insights into the era, and into the disagreements that defined a decade which brought tragedy to so many.