Conklin: Small Medium at Large." Meanwhile, they've been befriended by Cletus, an odd, bright boy in Summer's class she doesn't especially value his company, but is intrigued by his vocabulary ("surreal" "Renaissance Man") and his offhand characterization of her as a writer. In a poetic, ruminative narrative, Summer recounts Ob's mounting depression, his growing conviction that May is still present, and their expedition to find "Miriam B. They loved each other with a deep and abiding love, wholeheartedly including Summer. Ob had a game leg (WW II) and enjoyed creating unusual whirligigs May liked gardening behind their West Virginia trailer. A gifted writer returns to one of her favorite themes-love-in this case, as it can inform and transform grief.Īfter her mother's death, Summer was handed from one unwilling relative to another, "treated like a homework assignment somebody was always having to do." At six, she was taken in by an elderly uncle and aunt.
0 kommentar(er)
