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I love the way Brain Doyle writes, he carries you away getting lost in the characters and the story and before you know it you have come to the end. This is a little gem!
What a strange book. My cover is different- mine is a hardcover book with a covered bridge on it. I have an intense interest in covered bridges, past and present, and that's why I bought this book. The story takes place in Ontario, Canada in 1950 and is narrated by a boy named Hubbo O'Driscoll. He has recently moved to this farming community with his guardians. The covered bridge may be haunted by a woman who jumped from it to her death in the swollen waters below. Regardless, the farmers are hi...
An interesting book, though I'm not sure who would read it these days. There are so many concepts so foreign to younger readers I would think they may need to read it with a grandparent to have attitudes and behaviours of small town early fifties explained to them. I also thought it strange Hubbo was the only child in this place. I found the chapter names being written as tabloid newspaper headings amusing. The characters were an interesting mix and small town solutions to problems seemed plau
I only read the first few chapters of this book and had to stop. Not bad, I was just in a romantic mood when I started it and there was not enough romance for me. It inspired me to start writing my own story which I am still writing. A similar plot line, with hauntings but mine is more intense and more intense. Rudy's Junkyard = LOVE. :)