Sounding for Cool

Sounding for Cool is a story about self-transformation, about growing up on one’s own as a product of contemporary America, and about how to become not just a man, but a contributing adult in society. Donald Morrill presents the day-to-day lives of seven homeless young men. Placed in a Transitional Living Program (TLP) facility by the courts, they must learn to navigate in the world of "normal" values and reasonable rules. Streetwise and callow, trained to seek shortcuts or to make excuses, they struggle with the structures and assumptions inherent in living a law-abiding, bill-paying life. While sorting out their souls, they learn how to connect with others.Sounding for Cool also looks at the staff of the TLP, one woman and three men, who variously come to terms with their lives by settling accounts from the past. In telling their stories, Donald Morrill chronicles his own journey to understand the past. Ultimately, Sounding for Cool asks the enduring questions, "Who am I in the world and what can I become?"Morrill, Donald is the author of 'Sounding for Cool' with ISBN 9780870136115 and ISBN 0870136119.