Description
Twin boys, Ishmael and Isaac, are born to Katherine and Abraham Carter on New Year's Eve 1943 in a small, rural town in Southwest New Hampshire. The story picks up in 1958 and we find that Isaac is a serious teenager who enjoys reading books, tries his best to be a good son, a good person and a good friend. He likes to get lost in the books he reads and dreams of traveling to the exotic locals that he reads about, but he eventually wants to live in the town he is growing up in and have a family with his girlfriend Mary. For him, life is difficult with Abraham and Katherine, but he loves his parents and tries his best to keep peace in the household. Isaac's biggest problem is Ishmael. Ishmael only dreams of leaving New Hampshire. He can't wait to get out. He dislikes the town, everyone in it and everything about his life. But he loves his brother. He feels it is his duty as the older brother to protect Isaac from the harshness of this world, the harshness that can destroy an innocent...
