Navigating the Darwin Straits

the long version

"On the verge of adolescence, Jordy McNeil is abruptly uprooted from the city of his childhood and moved to the tiny Western town of Kilgore. Surrounded by boys who ride, hunt and fish, Jordy - an undersized computer geek - feels at odds with his new rural life. To add to his troubles, his mother falls in love with the town's most notorious local resident, who just happens to be a woman.". "Jordy's struggle to adapt launches an enduring search for place, purpose and love that propels him from the caffeine-buzz energy of Silicon Valley to a blissed-out meditative retreat, from the desolation of the inner city to the isolation of northern Maine. Achingly human, Jordy's is a tale of high hopes, bitter disillusionment, and hard-won reconciliation with fate."--BOOK JACKET.