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Ordinary Monsters
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
Fabric Type: 9781582342917
Legal Disclaimer: 1582342911
Maximum Color Depth: Bloomsbury USA
Metal Type: Bloomsbury USA
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 288
Total External Bays Free: February 28, 2007
Total Firewire Ports: Bloomsbury USA
Bloomsbury USA
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A mother's search for her lost son leads her to a most unusual, almost mythical California desert town.
Nestled in a hidden valley, Lágrimas is the last stop for a host of eccentric and questionable souls. When Joyce arrives looking for her son on a tip from a hitchhiker who claims to have seen him there, she settles in a bit too quickly for the locals' comfort. Much to her crushing disappointment, the boy she's been led to is not her son, but an emotionally battered teenager who communicates solely through lines from The Tempest. The locals, suspicious of Joyce's intent, believe that she has brought with her the forces of the Owl, a devastating storm that threatens to demolish Lágrimas once every decade.
Like a storm, the histories of Joyce and all of Lágrimas' inhabitants come raining down over the course of this riveting novel. Emotionally wrought and ultimately redeeming, Ordinary Monsters is a remarkable story about the sorrow of loss and the gift of healing.
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I'm very much shocked that there aren't more reviews or even ratings for this book. In fact, there's not many reviews or ratings for ANY of Karen Novak's novels and I can't imagine why because they're utterly fantastic and well written and engaging on every level. Five Mile House and Innocence are fantastic stories featuring the same character but are two very different tales. Both are great. Ordinary Monsters is no exception.
I admit I'm not an expert but I'm familiar with 'The Tempest'. ... Read More
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After reading Karen Novak's first novel, Five Mile House, I was extremely excited to start her second. I was not disappointed. Ordinary Monsters captured me instantly and weaved a tale of loss and finding yourself in the most unlikely of places.
The story is about a woman searching across the country for her junkie son who ran away with his equally junkie girlfriend. Her search finds her in Lagrimas, a small out of the way and quiet California town. In Lagrimas, the locals like their anonymity, ... Read More
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Novak will seduce you with her masterful and engaging retelling of Shakespeare's tale. Her characters, sharply drawn and all too human, will endear themselves to you right off the bat. Like me, you will find yourself only too willing to follow them down every dark and narrow passage they travel. I indulged myself with Ordinary Monsters -- I started reading on a Saturday afternoon and didn't put down the book until I was done. You'll want to do the same.
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The characters in Karen Novak's latest novel are not soft and cuddly. This is not a book for readers who want their endings tied up in neat little packages nor their characters prototypical. But, if a reader is willing to spend some time with characters who come across as real, flawed, self-aware and struggling, then I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Joyce is on a mission to find her drug-addicted son. She is also trying to control the uncontrollable--the "ordinary monsters" that stalk us in ... Read More
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