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Synopsis
"A vivid, beautifully written story. I didn't want it to end."
一 Alex G
"A charming novel about two brothers and their father attempting to undo lifetimes of quiet pain, together. Set in National Park, New Jersey and the adjacent Pine Barrens, How to Keep Time searches for magnificence in a place holy to me."
一 Bud Smith, author of Teenager
"How to Keep Time is about the complexities of one's family of origin and how childhood experiences unwittingly steer our path in adulthood. Kevin Kearney's writing has heart. This book is charming, funny, and deeply moving."
一 Shannon McLeod, author of Whimsy
Every day, Mercer Moore was reminded that it was all ending. It was The End of Television, of Civility, of The Planet. But despite all the warnings, a new day arrived every morning. After a while, he became used to the sounds of the apocalypse. Some of them actually sounded pretty good.
And maybe that's why this particular time doesn't seem like the end. Sure, his wife Alejandra had been blunt. She hadn't used the word "divorce," but she had used "I" and "need" and "out," all in a row.
Still. It just doesn't feel like the end.
At a loss, Mercer reports Alejandra as a missing person and anxiously waits for news. In the meantime, his perpetually stoned father and born-again brother hope that a weekend at the family cabin in the Pine Barrens might bring him back to reality. But as each day passes without word from Alejandra, Mercer buries himself in the sprawling wilderness and its haunting mythology.
Surreal, heartbreaking, and subtly hilarious, HOW TO KEEP TIME is a novel about the way we're all trying to navigate the end of the world, one lost weekend at a time.
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About the Author
Kevin M. Kearney grew up in New Jersey. How to Keep Time is his first novel.
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Every day, Mercer Moore was reminded that it was all ending. It was The End of Television, of Civility, of The Planet. Maybe that's why it doesn't seem like the end for Mercer. Sure, his wife Alejandra had been blunt. She hadn't used the word 'divorce,' but she had used 'I' and 'need' and 'out,' all in a row.Still. It just doesn't feel like the end.Rather than deal with the reality of her absence, Mercer reports Alejandra as missing to a skeptical detective and prays he's not subsequently considered a suspect. Fearing he's losing his grip, his brother Evan and father Lake suggest a weekend trip in the hopes that time away will lead to some clarity. But the retreat to the family cabin in the New Jersey Pine Barrens only leads to more problems. Evan, recently sober and born-again, offers condescending platitudes while Lake, a widowed former hippie, is too stoned to present any real solutions. As each day passes without word from Alejandra, Mercer becomes more immersed in the sprawling, haunted wilderness of the Pine Barrens and its unsettling mythology. When he stumbles upon an unexpected discovery hiding there, he's forced to reckon with the reality of his marriage or continue crawling further into his comforting delusion.HOW TO KEEP TIME is a millennial novel reminiscent of Andrew Martin's EARLY WORK and Miranda Popkey's TOPICS OF CONVERSATION. It's THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU narrated with the formal experimentation of Jenny Offill and Scott McClanahan. Seller Inventory # 9798986110516
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