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Ed King is a "foundling" abandoned on the doorstep of a suburban Portland house by his British nanny birth mother who became pregnant during a consensual affair with the man in the household in which she was employed. After being brought to the authorities by the residents of this house, Ed is adopted and raised by a loving family who never reveals to him that he is adopted.
The book alternates between the conniving birth mother's, the weak biological father's, and the loving adoptive family's lives in the ensuing years.
Where it all begins to decline is when a series of completely improbable and unbelievable events occur. It's humorous in a dark sort of way, but completely disturbing. More detail would spoil it for those who haven't read it yet.
It was an enjoyable read, but I was expecting something as good as Guterson's prior work. I never would have known this was the same author who wrote Snow Falling on Cedars.
The book alternates between the conniving birth mother's, the weak biological father's, and the loving adoptive family's lives in the ensuing years.
Where it all begins to decline is when a series of completely improbable and unbelievable events occur. It's humorous in a dark sort of way, but completely disturbing. More detail would spoil it for those who haven't read it yet.
It was an enjoyable read, but I was expecting something as good as Guterson's prior work. I never would have known this was the same author who wrote Snow Falling on Cedars.
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