Forgetting Teddy Robin

Описание:

“I couldn't go anywhere, people looking, reaching, touching. The whole world acted like my baby was their baby.”

In Forgetting Teddy Robin, the major work in this collection, a neurotically possessive mother is blessed – or cursed – with a hauntingly beautiful son. To conceal him from the world, she moves into a remote farmhouse, miles away from neighbors, just the boy and herself.

And her cousin Marguerite, who can be trusted.

From these ingredients, David Bellin spins a narrative that sweeps its characters, and the reader, on a perilous cross-country odyssey. Destination, Hollywood, where beauty is a commodity, vengeance is a virtue and a victimized youth is about to make a tragic choice. Only a quietly persistent teenage girl can avert it, if she can make herself heard amid the clamor of wealth and power.

This novel-length tale is accompanied by seven original short stories. Some are playful: imagine a tender-hearted meter maid or a man whose sister is flooding his mailbox with depressing literary magazines or a 12-year-old genius playing matchmaker for two reluctant grownups.

Some are deeply emotional: a wife who harbors a secret resentment all through her marriage, a minister desperate to restore the faith of an old friend, a voyeur who wants only to bond with a family, an estranged husband yearning for his wife and daughter.

But told lightly or dramatically, every story in this volume shares a confident vision that even in a predatory world most of us make choices inspired by grace and love, and these ageless ideals will endure.

David Bellin is the author of The Children's War (“an arresting first novel...a satisfying novel that illuminates compassionate souls on both sides of a terrible struggle” – Publishers Weekly ; “builds to power and excitement...contemporary fiction with something substantive to say” – Library Journal; “Commendable...lends insight into the scarred minds of the people involved...strong supporting cast and rich language' – VOYA) and Sherman's Chaplain (“very enjoyable, enlightening and thought-provoking” – Civil War News; “polished characters, solid plot, wonderful story” – BookIdeas; “a fast-paced novel...a great read” – San Francisco Review

Отзывы:

Возможность скачать PDF:

Категории: