Wendy's review
A Prayer for the Dying by Stewart O'Nan
Wendy's review
rating:
bookshelves: read-in-2007
recommended for: Everyone
status: Read in November, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: read-in-2007
recommended for: Everyone
status: Read in November, 2007
What a surprisingly good read this was.
A heartbreaking account of a small town caught in an outbreak of disease, while the constable/pastor tries to take care of his own sick family as well as the townspeople who are dying around him.
I was impressed how O'Nan was able to tell the story in such a short amount of pages. His writing is spare and to the point, but it ultimately gets the point across in a way you won't forget any time soon.
A heartbreaking account of a small town caught in an outbreak of disease, while the constable/pastor tries to take care of his own sick family as well as the townspeople who are dying around him.
I was impressed how O'Nan was able to tell the story in such a short amount of pages. His writing is spare and to the point, but it ultimately gets the point across in a way you won't forget any time soon.
