The author has already published a collection of stories, "River Dogs", and a novel, "Soft Water", and this novel is set in his native New Hampshire and describes the friendship between a young local undertaker and a freelance logger.
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New Hampshire mortician Eddie Ryan befriends Cody, a renegade logger who moves in with the Ryan family after bringing in a dead co-worker; Eddie and Cody's subsequent adventures are peopled with oddballs and punctuated by deaths tragic or bizarre. PW called this a "sprawling, offbeat saga" that is "reflective yet picaresque."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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YA-- Eddie Ryan, a young mortician, awakes one Christmas morning to find Cody, a freelance lumberjack, at his door. Cody has brought with him not gifts, but the mangled body of his logging partner. Despite their unorthodox introduction, Eddie and Cody forge a friendship and help each other come to grips with their pasts. In the course of the novel, Eddie realizes that every resident of, and therefore every corpse in, his town has a story. It is these stories, and their sometimes sad implications, that help Eddie develop a deeper understanding and love of his family. Olmstead uses his eye for detail to create the realistic town of Inverawe, New Hampshire. It is this attention to detail and his offbeat brand of humor that result in the vivid characterizations of the residents. Some of the quirky personalities include an ex-motorcycle daredevil, his 500-pound wife, and a doctor who sedates rambunctious children. YAs are sure to be be struck by Olmstead's poignant observations on the nature of life and death while they enjoy the book's humor and unusual people. --Phillip Clark, R. E. Lee High School, Springfield, VA
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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This book takes the reader through the seasons with the town mortician and his family. He is torn by his own desire to always do right, and to be a decent human being. The characters in the book are magical - from the widower who resumes his pre-marital motorcycle lifestyle, to a man who shows his brother-love through a cremation, to an enormous woman specializing in bonsai trees. . .not to mention the suspense the auther infuses into the business of daily living and dying. It's wonderful to read a book that takes one on a journey, and this book succeeds.
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This is one of the best novels I have read in a long, long
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Second read of this book for me. Enjoyed it, not as much as the first time. Did not seem as moving as I remembered. Still some amazing lines. Not for everyone. Quirky is the word that comes to mind. I read a lot and don't read many things twice. So pretty high praise that I was compelled to reread.
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