Canada
Maaike says:
I Really enjoyed this one. I thought the pace was a bit slow in the middle, but perhaps necessary. The chapters were short during the tumultuous early years when his parents become criminals, than longer during his time in the prairies of Canada, when time really slows down for the young protagonist son. Really gave me a sense of time and space. It was my first book by Richard Ford and I am looking forward to another one. Really loved his writing. I so wanted to give this 5 stars, bu...t not this time.
tyler says:
In this wonderful book, Richard Ford tells the story of a boy who's parents commit a bank robbery and alter the course of the lives of every main character. The narrator, Dell Parsons (he has a twin sister, Berner) had the misfortune to be a child of a flawed father who just can't get ahead in life and a discontented mother who is lonely and feels misplaced in Great Falls, Montana. The parents are growing apart. The children are growing up. The father makes ill-advised decisions to make a little money. Finally, in an attempt to pay off a debt, the father hatches a nutty scheme to rob a bank in North Dakota. His wife, for various reasons, joins in the plan.It all falls apart and the two are taken away in handcuffs for armed robbery. As a result, Berner runs away and Dell is driven north to Canada to escape the possibility of being put into the foster system. In Canada, he is connected with a man who is running from some mystery in his own past.At the end, Dell and this man, Arthur Remlinger find themselves heading toward a fate that involves them both and alters each other's lives.This is a tale of destiny, wrong choices, consequences, memory and guilt. Curl up with this book and travel into the heartland of Saskatchewan...and contemplate how a rash mistake can echo for many years for many people.MoreLess
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