A Howl for Mayflower.A Howl for Mayflower Mayflower, ship Mayflower, ship that in 1620 brought the Pilgrims from England to New England. She set out from Southampton in company with the Speedwell, Dan Gilmore Imago imago /ima·go/ (i-ma´go) pl. ima´goes, ima´gines [L.] 1. the adult or definitive form of an insect. 2. a usually idealized, unconscious mental image of a key person in one's early life. Press 3710 East Edison, Tucson, AZ 85716-2912 097253038X, $12.95 1-520-327-0540 An aging widower, Tobias Seltzer didn't really socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. with his neighbors, preferring the company of his books. But that all changed when he encountered Mayflower Bryant in the basement laundry of his building and she persuaded him to dance with her in his long underwear. Tobias then found himself being drawn into the lives of his neighbors including a grieving widower, a pregnant and homeless teenager, a hone-handed juggler juggler Entertainer who keeps several plates, knives, balls, or other objects in the air at once by tossing and catching them. The art of juggling has been practiced since antiquity. , a Vietnam vet who was brain-damaged because of a botched botch tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 1. To ruin through clumsiness. 2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle. 3. To repair or mend clumsily. n. 1. suicide attempt, a woman on the edge of Alzheimer's. Tobias had to acknowledge that there a lot of problems people simply cannot solve by reading books! The debut novel of author Dan Gilmore, "A Howl For Mayflower" is a deftly woven novel laced with dark humor, memorable characters, and a descriptively painful honesty as it lays out an unexpected journey of love and self-discovery. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, "A Howl For Mayflower" is exceptionally well written, making it a welcome and recommended addition to community library contemporary general fiction shelves. |
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