The Oracle of Spring Garden Road
Language: English
Published by Cassowary, 2024
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- Used
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"Crazy Eddie" is a homeless man who inhabits two squares of pavement in front of a bank in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. In this makeshift office, he panhandles and dispenses his peerless wisdom. Well-educated, fiercely intelligent with a passionate interest in philosophy and a profound love of nature, Eddie is an enigma for the locals. Who is he? Where did he come from? What brought him to a life on the streets? Though rumors abound, none capture the unique worldview and singular character that led him to withdraw from the perfidy and corruption of human beings. Just as Eddie has decided to plan his return to society after nearly two decades on the streets, he encounters Jane, a kind woman whose intelligence and integrity rival his own. Jane makes it her mission to uncover the painful secrets of his past, to make him whole again. But will she heal Eddie or will he save her?A dizzying ride between past and present, The Oracle of Spring Garden Road is a tour de force of love, betrayal, tradition, the transformative beauty of nature, and the heavenly music of life. …
Seller Inventory # CIN0960124500VG
- Title
- The Oracle of Spring Garden Road
- Author
- Norrin M Ripsman
- Publisher
- Cassowary
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0960124500
- ISBN 13
- 9780960124503
Who is “Crazy Eddie”?
All the locals want to know.
Why does he live on the streets when he has all the advantages? When he doesn't drink or do drugs like they expect. And why does he wrap himself in a white shawl and mutter incantations to the trees every morning in a local park? Is he a Klan member? A nut?
The Oracle of Spring Garden Road is the story of this unusual homeless man, who panhandles and dispenses his peerless wisdom in his makeshift office in front of a bank in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. It follows his origins, as the child of loving Hungarian Jewish emigres in Toronto, and the shocking events that led him to withdraw from the perfidy and corruption of human beings. Now, however, just as Eddie has decided to plan his return to society after nearly two decades on the streets, he encounters Jane, a kind woman whose intelligence and integrity rival his own. Jane makes it her mission to uncover the painful secrets of his past, to make him whole again. But will she heal Eddie or will he save her?
A dizzying ride between past and present, The Oracle of Spring Garden Road is a tour de force of love, betrayal, tradition, the transformative beauty of nature, and the heavenly music of life.
"Compelling, fascinating, heartbreaking." (Reader Views)
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