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Bury Me Upside Down

by Ben Rose

A summer of fragile connections

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A summer of fragile connections

Set in the summer of 1993, the novel brings together a troubled teenager, a five-year-old carrying difficult secrets, and a circle of bohemian acquaintances in a local park. Cyrus’s babysitting job and changing relationship with Dawn give him new attachments and a sense that life might improve. An unlicensed punk rock concert becomes a turning point, placing those hard-won connections under pressure. Poverty and homelessness are identified among the book’s social themes, alongside adolescent relationships, friendship, and the effort to hold on to a sense of self.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about adolescence and difficult family or school experiences.
  • Readers drawn to stories involving poverty, homelessness, and fragile connections across generations.
  • Those interested in a 1990s setting and punk-rock counterculture.

Themes

Adolescence and family conflictPoverty and homelessnessFriendship and belongingLove and self-preservationPunk-rock counterculture

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Book overview

Cyrus Ahriman hates his life. He hates his parents. He isn't too fond of high school Queen Bee, Dawn Larkspur either. During the summer of 1993, he takes a job babysitting a five-year-old who is carrying secrets that are too heavy to bear. That thing with Dawn changes, too. Cyrus finds himself falling in love with her, and he grows to love five-year-old Jack. He also enjoys new friendships with local bohemians in the park. Life starts looking up.

 

When Cyrus and Dawn arrange an unlicensed punk rock concert, though, everything Cyrus spent the summer building comes crashing down around him. Then, just when everything looks better, a still deeper bottom remains below.

 

Cyrus has nothing more to lose...except himself, and right now that's touch and go.

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