Dec 4, 2008

That Was Then, This Is Now | Overview

That Was Then, This Is Now chronicles the deterioration of a friendship between two young men who grow up and away from one another. Mark, Bryon's best friend since early childhood, has lived with Bryon and his mother ever since his own parents killed each other in a domestic dispute. The book describes the year when Bryon, who is sixteen, begins dating Cathy and has less time to spend with Mark. Fearful that the nature of their friendship is changing, Mark tries desperately to arrest the process of Bryon's maturation. Because Bryon's mother has had an operation and is unable to...