Floodmarkers
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glade1
of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 8/31/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
glade1 of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 8/31/2013 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Picked up for 75 cents at Goodwill today. This author has a North Carolina connection, and the book is autographed. From Amazon:
Lystra, North Carolina. A fictional town full of very real people who survive the attack of Hurricane Hugo and then find their bearings in the aftermath—often in wild and hilarious ways.
The days leading up to the impending disaster are not at all unusual—no portents of disaster, no signs of impending calamity. Bryce works his night shift at the hot dog factory, Isaac drives the bus to school, Evelyn attends a funeral. But when the electricity fails in the middle of the night on September 21, 1989, it marks the moment when everything will change: Hugo has arrived.
The storm builds, the wind whips by faster and faster, and interpersonal dramas, grudges, and rivalries are dredged up along with the flotsam and debris. Meanwhile, flood markers, painted red, track the height of the water from past rainstorms, and as the creek level rises higher than ever before, so do the emotions of the townspeople.
Alternating between weather forecasts and short stories, Floodmarkers is an exquisitely crafted day-in-the-life of a town. And as Nic Brown has us look bravely at the eye of the storm, he cleverly shows us that human nature can stir up a spectacular tempest all its own.
Lystra, North Carolina. A fictional town full of very real people who survive the attack of Hurricane Hugo and then find their bearings in the aftermath—often in wild and hilarious ways.
The days leading up to the impending disaster are not at all unusual—no portents of disaster, no signs of impending calamity. Bryce works his night shift at the hot dog factory, Isaac drives the bus to school, Evelyn attends a funeral. But when the electricity fails in the middle of the night on September 21, 1989, it marks the moment when everything will change: Hugo has arrived.
The storm builds, the wind whips by faster and faster, and interpersonal dramas, grudges, and rivalries are dredged up along with the flotsam and debris. Meanwhile, flood markers, painted red, track the height of the water from past rainstorms, and as the creek level rises higher than ever before, so do the emotions of the townspeople.
Alternating between weather forecasts and short stories, Floodmarkers is an exquisitely crafted day-in-the-life of a town. And as Nic Brown has us look bravely at the eye of the storm, he cleverly shows us that human nature can stir up a spectacular tempest all its own.
This book was a disappointment. It is set in a town that resembles portions of my own (Buffalo Creek, Wesley Long Hospital, etc.), but smaller. And each chapter focuses on different characters over roughly the same amount of time. But there is little connection with the characters, and no story is complete. I didn't enjoy this one.
Journal Entry 3 by glade1 at Little Free Library at Eclectic By Nature in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, September 4, 2019
glade1 at Little Free Library at Eclectic By Nature in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (8/31/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library at Eclectic By Nature in Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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