![]() ![]() ![]() Tyler Goodson, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GAĪ sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century-nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person-Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. But the best part is McCracken’s writing-every few pages a line or a passage will sneak up on you and knock your socks off.” It’s about the farthest branches of a family tree and the stories we tell about them. It reads like an anecdotal history of a bowling alley, and the family who starts it, grows with it, and feels trapped by it. ![]() Jessie Martin, Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, MI Winter 2019 Reading Group Indie Next List Elizabeth McCracken once again brings us superb storytelling that shows how our lives don’t always follow a straight line to where we thought we might be going.” Thus begins a story of love, bowling, and how Bertha Truitt would influence the town of Salford and its residents for generations to come. ![]() In a bag by her side are a corset, a bowling ball, one candlepin, and 15 pounds of gold. “At the turn of the 20th century, Bertha Truitt is found lying unconscious in a frosty New England cemetery with no explanation of how she arrived there and a past she is unwilling to talk about. ![]()
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