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Our Nun

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Just read the first paragraph. Beautifully written first novels aren't often brave enough to be funny, too. But after the first paragraph you'll have to grant him three pages, then the chapter...and the next thing you know you're cheering him down the field as if he were your quarterback, the focus of tackles with the goal line approaching. No better novel about being a farm kid, about being eleven -- a murder comes as a bonus. Lewis Nordan fans will love it while aquiring a new favorite author.

But just read the first paragraph. That's all I ask.

As I read Rob Laughner's "Our Nun," not knowing at all what to expect but rather assuming it would be a murder mystery, I was most surprised to find that it was really all about a boy named Boyd. And once I got to know his character, was spellbound by him. His shy, knowing, wry, and exceptionally human presence weaves a sweet magic about this book, leaving the reader with a desire to see much more of Boyd. Anyone who's ever known someone like him, (farmkid doesn't really do the trick here) can't help but be pleased that Mr. Laughner brought him to life on these pages, happy to have another meeting, hoping that each page turned brings him closer into view. The book is amazingly difficult to describe: It's not "modern," not "old-fashioned," absolutely not "trite or simplistic," and not "sweet." It's just a really good read, a really good story, very real, and yet magical. I loved it. I will read it again. And I will tell everyone I know about it, because everyone, from age 10 to 100, will "get it" on some level, and like it! Just read it, and hope that we see more of Boyd soon...