A Sea of White Impatiens
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0967623200 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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An only child, if he were to have siblings, they would be the Gallaghers. . About the Author Loren McLeod lives in Florida with his dog, Salome
. Loren McLeod lives in Florida with his dog, Salome. An only child, if he were to have siblings, they would be the Gallaghers
"Artless tale of artist as a young man" according to Michael Cammer. Editing is completely alien to this author who confuses novelistic license with autobiography. This book is less a novel with a coherent storyline that builds to a climax than a litany of remembrances that ends with sudden undeveloped revelations that the reader just cannot care about. The first person protagonist claims he enjoys being mean but the things he does are pedestrian and the quips he claims he makes lack wit. Most of this book dwells on the author's large family. To what extent thes. Rock on McLeod! Salaka Heidelman A one (from the prior reviewer)? I could see a four or a three maybe, as the book could use a good editing, but the venomyikes! It's clear the reviewer has some kind of adolescent ax to grind. Or maybe he's got a crush on the author and wants to be "noticed," like a child who shoplifts in order to get his parents' attention. Either way, there's clearly something bothering him beyond the story. And why "out" the hometown? I heard McLeod was from Detroit anyway so maybe the reviewer's thinking ab. "Nasty, but only on the surface" according to Chance Caldwell. This narrator of this story, Christian Gallagher, is clearly troubled. But underneath his anger and sarcasm is a compassionate young man who loves his family, especially his family, fiercely. It's a pleasure to read the anecdotes. As I read I felt as if Gallagher were speaking directly to me, over coffee, or after sex. I was fascinated, and would have read the entire story in one sitting had I not been interrupted. This is a great book that I could, and will, read again.
Arrogant, tribal, bloodthirsty and sweet, the Gallagher children would only be on each other's teams, and while seemingly a world apart from their parents, they share more than heavy eyebrows over gorgeous eyes. No one who grew up during the Depression deserved to suffer children who belonged both to the Baby Boom and X generations, but William and Joan Gallagher did; nine, over sixteen years, and did they suffer. Move over Mama, and let me tell you what I remember .. How these two fine, moral people produced children who committed larceny, engaged in strange sex, sometimes on video, used cremated remains as confetti and got haircuts at the Port Authority bus Terminal is beyond explanation