With the humanity and intimacy of "Ordinary People," this novel reinvents a classic narrative archetype to follow a young family coping with staggering loss. A graphic-novel subplot adds both humor and visual interest to this moving tale of hope and redemption. Illustrations.
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With the humanity and intimacy of "Ordinary People," this novel reinvents a classic narrative archetype to follow a young family coping with staggering loss. A graphic-novel subplot adds both humor and visual interest to this moving tale of hope and redemption. Illustrations.
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As New/Very Good. 0307336964 313pp "With warmth, humor, hope, and empathy, ....signals a fresh new voice in today's fiction" Dust jacket has 3 1/2" tear along front dust jacket flap fold.
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Fraim, Brendon; Fraim, Brian. Fine in Fine jacket. Book New York, New York, U.S.A. : Shaye Areheart Books, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Very clean green boards with yellow spine, red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 314 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Author's first novel. 8vo. Fiction.
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Very Good+ in Near Fine jacket. Book An Excellent Reading Copy-A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good + Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.
Wolf Boy is the title of a comic that the 13 year old protagonist begins to write after losing his older brother in a car accident. The death of Francis leaves his mother on the brink of a breakdown, his father on the brink of an affair, his 10 year old sister planning on running away, and his fiancée dropping out of school. In the midst of everyone?s less than healthy coping mechanisms is Stephen, who with his girlfriend Nicole starts the comic ?Wolf Boy? as a means of channeling Stephen?s grief.
The novel charts out everyone?s path in ultimately coming to grips with the loss of someone who probably got a better rap post-mortem. There are no surprises in the suffering everyone experiences and the subsequent revelations that come after such pain. I wouldn?t go so far as to say the novel?s predictable, but everything fits into neat, bite-sized resolutions. The most charming aspects of the book are panels of the ?Wolf Boy? comics that appear in short snippets throughout. I rather wished Kuhlman did it the other way round with a graphic novel being peppered with small snippets of prose. His writing, like the path of his characters, is very straightforward with little descriptions and blunt dialogue. In other words, perfect writing for a graphic novel. As writing for a full on novel, it?s more bland than clean. I?m all for concise writing, but I?m even more for conciseness that comes with an inspired turn of phrase or a perfect economy of words in a sentence. The lack of truly inspired moments in the text itself is somewhat redeemed in the clever, engrossing ?Wolf Boy? strips that appear too little and far between.
Most of the time, it?s a good thing when a book finishes so quickly, I?m shocked that it?s over. In this case, I was more shocked that it ended because very little seems to have happened. And considering an entire family went through a life changing event, the fact that it felt like very little happened gives an idea of how dull Kuhlman?s writing is.
