A Glimpse of Youth

A Glimpse of Youth is a collection of stories about a boy who grew up in the 1950s, in Brooklyn. They explore his early teens when he is still innocent, going camping with his two close friends. He joins a street gang to avoid being beaten by them. His life in the gang includes a camping trip with the gang that ends in disaster. Growing disillusionment with the gang leads to the three friends making a plan to leave the gang. One of them dies in an accident; and in the last story the boy is 18 years old, has left the gang, is going to college and experiences the huge loss of his first love.