The varied inhabitants of Brainard, Michigan, examine their lives and losses in very distinct, matter-of-fact voices. A heart attack victim crashes into his brother-in-law's funeral parlor in the title story; the deaf-mute of "Conversation" begins his tale with the simple sentence, "I don't think I've really had a conversation with anyone since my father died." Dan Gerber's characters are capable of extraordinary compassion and everyday cruelty, and reveal themselves in an unnerving series of layers.
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The varied inhabitants of Brainard, Michigan, examine their lives and losses in very distinct, matter-of-fact voices. A heart attack victim crashes into his brother-in-law's funeral parlor in the title story; the deaf-mute of "Conversation" begins his tale with the simple sentence, "I don't think I've really had a conversation with anyone since my father died." Dan Gerber's characters are capable of extraordinary compassion and everyday cruelty, and reveal themselves in an unnerving series of layers.
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Good. Heavy rubbing, noticible on dark cover, coffee stain 1/4 inch front cover. Gerber is an observant chronicler of his region (western Michigan). He evinces realism at its best through how he voices of his characters. Location V.
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Very Good. Size: 5x0x8; Dan Gerber is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry, fiction, essays, and memoir. He has received the Society of Midland Authors Award, The Mark Twain Award, the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year award in poetry, a Michigan Notable Book Award, the Michigan Author Award, and inclusion in The Best American Poetry, and American Life in Poetry.
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