So watcha readin?
I just finished
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall. One of my all time favorite books. I astounded that it is his first book, as it's so beautiful. I felt the urge to carry the book around with me today as I just wasn't ready to let it go. I feel like I'll carry the main character around with me for a long time. I'm eagerly awaiting other books from Udall. He's phenomenal.
I recommend that you avoid the Amazon summaries as it gives away a lot about the plot. I'll post the first paragraph here.
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If I could tell you only one thing about my life it would be this: when I was seven years old the mailman ran over my head. As formative events go, nothing else comes close; my careening, zigzag existence, my wounded brain and faith in God, my collisions with joy and affliction, all of it has come, in one way or another, out of that moment on a summer morning when the left rear tire of a United States postal jeep ground my tiny head into the hot gravel of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.
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