false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg 297684 7 <div><div>On an unseasonably warm Easter Sunday, a young girl named<br>Ivy discovers a chilling secret in the basement of the Rumbaugh<br>pharmacy across the street from the hotel where she lives with<br>her mother. The discovery reveals a disturbing side to the<br>eccentric lives of family friends Abner and Adolph Rumbaugh,<br>known throughout their small western Pennsylvania town<br>simply as the Twins. It seems that Ab and Dolph have been<br>compelled by a powerful mutual love for their deceased mother<br>to do something extraordinary, something that in its own<br>twisted way bridges the gap between the living and the dead.<br>Immediately, Ivy&#8217;s discovery provokes the revelation of a<br>Rumbaugh family curse, a curse that, as Ivy will learn over the<br>coming years, holds a strange power over herself and her own<br>mother.</div><div><br>In his third book for young adults, Jack Gantos has scripted a<br>completely original drama. With gothic flavor and black humor,<br>he depicts a group of people bound together by love,<br>compulsion . . . and a passion for taxidermy.<br><br></div></div> 288824 20 4 2006 The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs total:195|5:35|4:56|3:57|2:29|1:18| 195 646 279 72 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 5 1 false Mon Sep 10 14:13:34 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 06:49:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 5 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 08:02:19 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 08:04:20 -0700 2007 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 11 17:25:25 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 12 09:04:37 -0700 2007 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 3 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:33:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 10:23:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 1 1 false Mon Sep 15 12:14:08 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 05:30:37 -0700 2008 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 1 0 false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 06:33:24 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 06:37:59 -0700 2009
The subject --human taxidermy-- is creepy enough that, done right, it could make for a fascinating novel.

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I'm a little surprised at how long the book was, actually, because the plot itself was obvious from page one and ther...more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 4 0 false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 10:04:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:21:18 -0700 2009
That said, I enjoyed it immensely. In short, it's about a young girl discovering...more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 1 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jan 04 16:44:30 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 16:44:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 4 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 13:12:51 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 08:32:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 5 0 false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:15:44 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 10:23:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 3 0 false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 09:02:48 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 13:24:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 3 0 false Fri May 09 14:08:17 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 14:09:44 -0700 2008
Whenever a s...more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 4 0 false Fri Aug 07 06:34:12 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 06:36:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 0 0 false Tue Sep 09 17:12:25 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 11:48:21 -0800 2008 Jack Gantos

This is no ordinary love. It’s gothic, perverse, and darkly humorous. This kind of love is a curse that inspires in its victims an extreme fear of the death of one’s mother.

Take identical twins Ab and Dolph, two elderly ph...more...]]> 297684 0374336903 9780374336905 180 63 3.31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173494243m/297684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297684.The_Love_Curse_of_the_Rumbaughs 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 11:47:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 11:50:42 -0800 2009
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