I haven't encountered a book this moving in quite a while. The reason being, of course, that it's true. The characters in this book are so rich and real and powerful and sad but most of all they actually existed. This is the story of a young girl growing up with parents who don't like to live the way everyone else does. The sheer ingenuity and inventiveness that is displayed by the parents is only matched by their absolute lack of responsibility and connection to the world. I've met people like this and I actually want to meet more because as hard as they are to be around, they are just ridiculously inventive and creative. These are the crazy artists who berate everyone and yet make the world a better place some how. I was just blown away that the entire novel, I spent my time wanting to meet these people just because I think I could tap into their inventiveness without being taken down by their negativity. I think the only solution is to be more creative myself.
The book shows the narrators family as tenacious, durable, and self sufficient while allowing them their faults and showing their regression down into wasted time and alternate lifestyles that are painful to read sometimes but so worthwhile.
Just check it out because its amazing.
10 out of 10 desert travels.
andrew
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