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Coming Of Age Family Life Cousins

Troubled Cesar leaves his gangbanging life behindin Los Angeles to help his mother reconnect withher estranged family in rural Alaska, where shehopes they both can carve out a fresh start. WhenCesar arrives, he meets his college dropout cousin,Go-Boy, who believes he's part of a good worldconspiracy and who bets Cesar he will stay inAlaska for a year.Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same is theaccount of two unlikely cousins and their paralleljourneys through guilt and loneliness into thebonds of friendship. Set in a location like no other,the setting inevitably becomes its own character,pushing and pulling against Cesar and Go-boy asthey struggle with the quirky challenges of life inUnalakleet, Alaska. With his absent father and anolder brother in prison for a gang murder, Cesaris badly in need of a male role-model and theacceptance of friends and family.In his insightful and thoroughly engaging debut,Mattox Roesch has created a fresh, appealingvoice along with a wonderful cast of characters.Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same tellsthe surprising story of a young man finding his wayand his place in a world that can seem both toolarge and too small. What Cesar finally discovers isthe power of friendship and the potential positivestrength that springs from a tight-knit community.He learns the ways in which becoming a part of thatcommunity, though at times scary and restrictive,can also be fulfilling and even exhilarating.