Tornado Weather: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1427286485 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 553 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Good book" according to vnunez- msluv2read. This is a very good book told from the perspective of various people in a small town where a young girl has gone missing. This book will take you through a variety of emotions. Very good character detail. This is my first time reading this author but it will not. " he has a heart in the right place, even if it pumps dumb." This is a story of a missing 5 year-old girl who is missing in Colliersville, Indiana. It is also a story of bigotry, poverty, and loss. It is told in a collection of vignettes, each featuring different residents of the town.There were LOTS of characters to keep. "Tornado Weather" according to Kristine Fisher. Tornado Weather by Deborah Elaine Kennedy is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late June.Oi, I tried - its superwacky prose in an almost Lost Boys-like world with a legion of too many characters was a bit too much to take.
And the roadkill collector knows love and heartbreak more than anyone would ever expect. They are all connected, in ways small and profound, open and secret. And they also know a lot about each other. The hairdresser knows everything except what’s happening in her own backyard. Tornado Weather is an affecting portrait of a complex and flawed cast of characters striving to find fulfillment in their lives – and Kennedy brilliantly shows that there is nothing average about an average life.. But today, he isn’t, and Daisy disappears. When Daisy goes missing, nearly everyone in town suspects or knows something different about what happened. The immigrants who work in the dairy farm know their employers’ secrets. By turns unsettling, dark, and wry,
The author is a fine mimic, inhabiting her characters in such a way that we know them from the inside out….Kennedy’s superb chorus leaves an indelible impression.”Publishers Weekly“As Kennedy takes readers from the trailer park to the McMansions, from the laundromat to the psych ward, she brings this flailing Midwestern town to life. Kennedy's Tornado Weather has a very distinctive energy, and there is real pathos along with subtle humor. Kennedy gives them their due, with all their resourcefulness, resilience, and suffering intact." Charles Baxter, bestselling author of The Feast of Love"Kennedy’s engr
Kennedy is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana and a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Kennedy has worked as both a reporter and editor, and also holds a Master's in Fiction Writing and English Literature from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Deborah E. . Tornado Weather is her debut novel