The Disenchantments

Nina Lacour

Dutton E P (children), 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 307 pages

Colby and Bev have a long-standing pact: graduate, hit the road with Bev's band, and then spend the year wandering around Europe. But moments after the tour kicks off, Bev makes a shocking announcement: she's abandoning their plans - and Colby - to start college in the fall.

But the show must go on and The Disenchantments weave through the Pacific Northwest, playing in small towns and dingy venues, while roadie- Colby struggles to deal with Bev's already-growing distance and the most important question of all: what's next?

Morris Award–finalist Nina LaCour draws together the beauty and influences of music and art to brilliantly capture a group of friends on the brink of the rest of their lives.

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Review: The Disenchantments

User Review  - porcelain forehead - Goodreads

Boy! This is nitty-gritty, down-in-the-gutter-I'll-do-anything-you-want-for-a-twenty-dollar-bill kind of story! I wonder what my mailman will think when he breaks into my apartment while I'm at work ...

Review: The Disenchantments

User Review  - Bea - Goodreads

I like it!!! This would be my second time to read from a male perspective. It was fun to relish what being a teenager feels like and though I may not have the same experience they had when I was in ...

About the author

Nina LaCour (www.ninalacour.com) is a high school English teacher and former bookseller. She is the author of the award-winning Hold Still. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Nina lives in Oakland, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Disenchantments
• Author: Nina Lacour
• Publisher: Dutton E P (children), 2012
• ISBN: 0525422196, 9780525422198
• Length: 307 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Art & Architecture; Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General; Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Music; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Adolescence; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship