A Mother's Tale

By Erik Simon

A gripping novel that finds beauty in the bleakest of circumstances.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141969345X
• ISBN13: 9781419693458
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Knocked me out...

When a book is so good, so artfully crafted I want to read it out loud to people over the phone, when it consumes me for days, the characters shadowing me as I run errands and go about my day, when I miss it, like an old friend that I only had half an hour to catch up with and now won't see again for a very long time, that is a huge gift. That is a book that just knocks me out. And that is exactly what Erik Simon's, "A Mother's Tale" is. A knock out. I loved all of his characters, even the "bit parts" - one of them actually made me cry real tears. But I fell in love with Junie, a character that is as real to me as any friend. She surprised me in the end, angered me even, and I only wish I could talk to everyone who reads this book and ask them what they thought of the ending. I didn't see it coming, and I almost wish it hadn't, but of course, it's exactly as it had to be. This novel will have a place on my shelf next to my two faves: "Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich, and "A Light in August" by William Faulkner. Erdrich, Simon, and Faulkner are kindred spirits. Master craftsman, all.

Beauty exists in the harshest of realities

A beautiful story. Evidence that beauty exists even in the harshest of realities (economically depressed South) - think Cormac McCarthy. In other words - not a sun-shiney happy tale - but rather a tale that shows us all that even in the toughest of scenarios beauty, love, and tenderness can be found. Loved it!