Abstract:
What were you doing on April 10th, 1989? 18 year old Allan Wiedenfeld was getting a speeding ticket and sitting in dog pee and, in general, dealing with the perils of becoming an adult. Big Summer Journal is Allan Wiedenfeld’s journal, set in the fictional town of Three Rivers, Wisconsin, chronicling the summer before Allan went away to college. From prom gone wrong to random acts of vandalism, from dating insecurity to homosexual experiences, Allan documents that strange region where kids are beginning to try on the uniforms of the adult world. Honest and unflinching, Big Summer Journal is a record of a young man’s questioning, often neurotic entrance into adulthood.