The Chester Chronicles  E-mail this product to a friend

Both charming, funny, innocent, and touching, each chapter chronicles a pivotal moment in his life, in settings that vary from the Far East to the Wild West, over a time period that includes the birth of rock n’ roll, the Civil Rights Movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

"An eloquent, stylish novel-in-stories, 16 tales narrated by Chester Patterson, an “Army brat,” who highlights his life from his sixth-grade crush in 1954 through the mid-1960s, when he’s “officially an adult,” and, finally, his father’s interment at Arlington National Cemetery. The short stories in this evocative coming-of-age cycle bring to mind the stories of Lorrie Moore." —Publishers Weekly

“Kermit Moyer is one of America's undiscovered treasures. I find myself periodically imagining a parallel world that's exactly like this one, except that in the other world, Moyer occupies his proper place in the literary universe. I can only hope that world is on its way.” —Michael Cunningham

“Both heartbreaking and funny, Moyer has absolute perfect pitch when it comes to Chester’s voice and the times in which he lives.” —Alice McDermott

" Kermit Moyer is a master craftsman, each story in this volume exactingly wrought and righteously rendered." —Lee K. Abbott