Review: Tinkers by Paul Harding
Moni
Posted on January 24th, 2011
Tinkers by Paul Harding My rating: 5 of 5 stars wow. I am blown away by this book. At some point I will read it again. It’s that kind of book. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it. The first few sentences brought tears to my eyes as they perfectly described the scene in my Mom’s house a year ago when Doug died: George Washington Crosby began to hallucinate eight days before he died. From the rented hospital bed, placed in the middle of his own living room, he saw insects running in and out of imaginary cracks in the ceiling plaster. Once Snugly pointed and glazed, stood loose in their sashes. The next stiff breeze would topple them all and they…
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