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Synopsis
"Calvin eats dirt. He never actually swallows it, just places loose clumps onto his tongue and sucks, I think....He knows better, my son, but he is still young and needs to be watched."
So goes the poignant journey of discovery for Gordon Nash, a journey that began two years ago when his wife suddenly walked out on him, leaving him alone to raise their son. Calvin is now four, fragile yet stubborn, devoted to his pet, a dead Portuguese man-o-war he calls Mom. Faced daily with the struggle and joys of raising this bright little boy, Gordon learns the vast reaches of his affection and the limits of his patience. He plumbs the deep well of rage within himself, to find there disturbing echoes of his own father. And he comes to understand that nothing is as important as this complex, imperfect love--a lesson he must turn to when his wife reappears one day, threatening to turn his and Calvin's world upside down once again.
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"An elegant glimpse of love and loss."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A debut that glows with warmth and perception."
--Chicago Tribune
"A brave and wise book about keeping love. This is a passionate debut."
--GQ
"A full-hearted novel about a man's love for his child...A winner!"
--Los Angeles Features Syndicate
About the Author
Michael Grant Jaffe is the author of Dance Real Slow (FSG, 1996), which was made into the movie A Cool, Dry Place. He lives with his wife and daughter in Cleveland, Ohio.
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0374528292
- ISBN 13 9780374528294
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages242
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996
ISBN 10: 0374528292
ISBN 13: 9780374528294
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