
'Trampoline: An Illustrated Novel' by Robert Gipe is a poignant and innovative story set in Appalachia, focusing on the life of Dawn Jewell, a flawed but endearing young girl dealing with addiction, poverty, and family struggles. The book captures the essence of life in Appalachia with themes of resilience, courage, and dark humor, showcasing a cast of flawed yet beautiful characters. The writing style is described as insightful, realistic, and hard to put down, providing a look inside the life in eastern Kentucky with vivid descriptions and authentic dialect.
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Content warnings include themes of addiction, poverty, and familial dysfunction, with depictions of drug and alcohol use.
Has Romance?
There is a medium level of romance in the story, primarily depicted through the relationship between Dawn and her friend.
From The Publisher:
Dawn Jewell is fifteen. She is restless, curious, and wry. She listens to Black Flag, speaks her mind, and joins her grandmother's fight against mountaintop removal mining almost in spite of herself. "I write by ear," says Robert Gipe, and Dawn's voice is the essence of his debut novel, Trampoline. She lives in eastern Kentucky with her addict mother and her Mamaw, whose stance against the coal companies has earned her the community's ire. Jagged and honest, Trampoline is a powerful portrait of a place struggling with the economic and social forces that threaten and define it. Inspired by oral tradition and punctuated by Gipe's raw and whimsical drawings, it is above all about its heroine, Dawn, as she decides whether to save a mountain or save herself; be ruled by love or ruled by anger; remain in the land of her birth or run for her life.
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