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The Funeral Makers (1986)

by Cathie Pelletier(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1402294816 (ISBN13: 9781402294815)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Sourcebooks Landmark

review 1: This is the first in Cathie Pelletier's wonderful series about life in rural Mattagash, Maine (an analogue for her own Allagash, if I recall correctly), which continues to this day. It's cripplingly funny and wonderfully lyrical, and it's been out of print for a lonnng time, so it's hugely satisfying to see it back in a beautiful new trade dress along with its immediate sequels, A WEDDING ON THE BANKS and THE WEIGHT OF WINTER. There are characters and situations in these novels that will never, ever leave me; and the joy of having them back is considerable. Go ahead, plunge into this world: you'll be living there for a long time to come, with ever-increasing giddiness and delight.
review 2: I believe I started this book many years ago and was put off by the abs... moreurdist humor at the beginning. This time I again found it slow going at first but as events marched on the drive and structure of the plot came clear, and I found lovely observations about life, about sadness and disappointment, and how the passing of time lowers people's expectations, goals and hopes. But the book isn't bleak or hopeless, as the characters come to accept these changes and better understand themselves and their world. less

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