In this remarkable vel, Tod Wodicka, author of All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well, has crafted a lumius story of a most curious friendship.There s something wrong next door. At least that s what neighbors Howie Jeffries and Emily Phane both think. Since his daughter and wife moved out, Howie has been alone, an accidental recluse content with his fishing and his dreams of someday sailing away from himself on a boat. Emily couldn t be more different: she s irreverent, outgoing, and seemingly well adjusted. But when she returns from college to care for her dying grandfather, Howie can t help but tice her increasingly erratic behavior t to mention her newfound love of cturnal gardening. The thing is, although they ve lived side by side in the only two houses on Route 29 in rural upstate New York since Emily was born, Howie and Emily have never so much as spoken to each other. Both have their reasons: Howie is debilitatingly shy, and Emily has been hiding the fact that she suffers from a nighttime affliction that makes her terrified to go to sleep and makes her question the very reality of her waking life. It is only when tragedy strikes that their worlds finally intersect in ways neither of them could have ever imagined. A poignant, big-hearted, and often humorous vel about two unique individuals unceremoniously thrown together, The Household Spirit is a story about how little we kw the people we see every day and the unexpected capabilities of the human heart.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pantheon Books
ISBN-10
0307377059
ISBN-13
9780307377050
eBay Product ID (ePID)
213953566
Product Key Features
Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Author
Tod Wodicka
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication
09/06/2015
Country of Publication
United States
Author Biography
TOD WODICKA was born in Glens Falls, New York. He is the author of All Shall Be Well; and All Shall Be Well; and All Manner of Things Shall Be Well. He lives in Berlin.