''Never the Same Again'' is a 1956

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by Jerry Tschappat, written under the name Gerald Tesch. ''Never the Same Again'' is the story of the

coming-of-age Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can b ...

of an adolescent boy, Johnny Parish. Johnny forms a close friendship with 30-year-old Roy Davies.

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It was published by

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, without an

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. It was republished in 1958 by

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.http://www.lavenderlibrary.org/pages/Special.htm "Author: Tesch, Gerald / Year: 1958 / Title: Never the same again / City: New York / Publisher: Pyramid Books"

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1956 American novels American bildungsromans Works published under a pseudonym G. P. Putnam's Sons books Literature about pedophilia {{1950s-bildungsroman-stub

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