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When Tinkers won the Pulitzer Prize, I put it on my to-read list where it lingered for two years. I had a hard time summoning enthusiasm after reading the description when I went looking for a book. A few months ago, I deleted it off my to-read list acknowledging that I would probably never read it.
This week at the library we had Literary Fiction training and everyone had to read a literary fiction book to bring and discuss. I admit that I returned to Tinkers because I knew it was short. I thou ...more
This week at the library we had Literary Fiction training and everyone had to read a literary fiction book to bring and discuss. I admit that I returned to Tinkers because I knew it was short. I thou ...more
Not an easy book to read, but completely engrossing. The story shifts from the main character, George's life as a tinker, his father Howard, his wife and children to the world of the clocks he makes and fixes, the his life in a cart carrying goods to the farmers and herders who live near him, and farther away. His life is a hard one, never certain, but he somehow manages to support his family and his great joy is in the countryside and woods through which he travels. These passages describe a tr
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Needs a more aggressive editor
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