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Aug 23, 2014WVMLBookClubTitles rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
On his death bed, his mind delirious, eighty-year-old George Crosby recalls his impoverished childhood in rural Maine where his father, Howard, an epileptic, abruptly left the family when he learned his wife intended to institutionalize him. In his mind, George reconnects with Howard and imagines the life of the father he barely knew yet deeply needs to understand. In language that is both lyrical and precise, Harding creates a vivid portrait of two men in early 20th century New England.