Douglas M. (spudmasher412) reviewed on 8/8/2010 + 21 more book reviews

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This book based in the 1960's, tells the story from a son's eyes of growing up with a father who works too hard and long and doesn't seem to have time, energy or needed patience for raising kids. The writter in this book tells of his sense of not being good enough in his father's eyes and feeling almost in the way. From his misunderstood tics to the ways of a pre-teen, the writer tells of his events growing up. The writter is the son of a hard working welder who works in a power plant where he hates his job, the company and his go to work, come home and then do it all over again tedious life. A dream of a cabin in the distant mountains somehow gives the father (and the family) a renewed life, energy and the hint of a dream of escape. Then life changes...

This is a book that you may hate to relate too, but I found myself looking back at my childhood, my relationship with my father and looking to the end.

This is a very well written, hard look at life and the meaning it sometimes does not give to us. This tale brings the reader full circle and kept me turning the pages and wanting more.

A word of advice when reading the book, start by reading the first half of page 238. This will help put a meaning to the italicized page between the chapters.

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