This is an advance Reader's Copy. I thought this was a very good book for a first time author. If you like Mary Carr (The Liar's Club, Cherry) you'll probably enjoy this book. From the back:

As children, siblings Alison and Roy Smith were so close that their mother called them by one name: Alroy. But on a cool summer morning when Alison was fifteen, she woke to learn that Roy, eighteen, was dead. This is Alison Smith's extraordinary account of the impact of that loss - on herself, on her parents, and on a deeply religious community. Cleanly told and expertly paced, Name All The Animals is a fiercely beautiful, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive story of a family holding on to the memory of a lost child. It is sure to be a classic.

Release planned for Monday, January 05, 2004 at Post Office in Spring, Texas USA.

This going to beachglass as part of a trade. THANKS!

Just received in the mail...thanks for the trade roadrunner. I'm really looking forward to reading this. Interesting that you should compare this book to Mary Carr's two books, which are BOTH in my TBR stack!
I'll journal again when I've read this...

I absolutely LOVED this book. It is beautifully written, sad, but also real. I admired this author's strength in overcoming a difficult childhood, and growing up to be such a wonderful writer.
Thank you roadrunner, for sharing this amazing book with me. :-)

Received in a trade with Beachglass. I'm still keeping my eyes peeled for A False Sense of Wellbeing for you. Thanks!

Well told memoir. I'm so tired or I'd write more.

RELEASE NOTES:

Releasing somewhere around the 100 block of rooms, Ambassador Inn Manchester,TN