Up a Road Slowly

Up a Road Slowly is a work of poignant fiction, which concerns itself with the timeless problems of all young people groping for independence and maturity.  The young heroine, Julia, sent to live with a high-minded and compassionate aunt, is susceptible to a whole range of influences, as she passes through protected and self-centered childhood and naive adolescence.  The full emotional development of a youngster and the many diverse characters who shape her life and emotional growth are beautifully realized with great perception and sensitivity and a happy absence of sentimentality.