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Fiction / Humorous
Trade Paperback
Publication Date: Aug-2004
Price: $11.95
Size: 6 x 9
Author: Martin R. Riehle
ISBN: 0-595-32713-3
144 Pages
On Demand Printing
Available from Ingram Book Group, Baker & Taylor, and from iUniverse,
Inc
To order call 1-877-823-9235
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Normal children, with normal parents, experience normal problems.
This is not one of those stories about what is normal. This tale is
one that spins around children with an indomitable spirit and a
grand sense of humor. Self-absorption, greed and an ingrained "mean
streak" permeate the personas of their parents, Wilfy and Alby.
The kids are bright and can read cruel intentions and
self-deprecating demands with an incredible insight. The way in
which they cope is a genuine hoot. It is hard to fault them in any
way for their methods. They employ an arsenal of unique weapons to
fight a war that has been perpetuated through the ages, albeit, with
different soldiers, but none-the-less a war that is personal to many
children.
The story takes place from an adult perspective as the siblings
reminisce about their childhoods at holiday gatherings. The memories
evoke laughter while they are being recounted, but when the moment
of their meaning sinks in, it leaves the participants with a sad
regret. The only significant accomplishment during a lost childhood
was a vengeful game of "booger, booger, who’s got the booger," and
also the realization that they were survivors. The vision of their
departed parents lives on while imagining the dastardly duo,
unforgiving and with the all too familiar twisted faces, Square
Dancing in Hell.
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