I am now on to a book that I've been wanting to read since the beginning of summer. I saw this lying around at Raeburn and read the jacket sleeve and was completely intrigued. The book is the story of Edgar Sawtelle (aha!) who was born mute in rural Wisconsin. He can hear perfectly fine and is intelligent but must sign to communicate his own voice. This being said, he leads a worriless life with his mother and father who breed a fictional type dog. Other than that, I will say nothing. I have a feeling what this is leading to but don't want to reveal too much. Oprah has picked this as her next Book Club book and has stated that reading too much of the jacket sleeve gives too much away. Let's just say that being a dog lover, I'm in love with this book. If you connect with dogs at all, this is one that you will surely want to read and then re-read. Part of the book is told from the main dog-character's POV as well. Intriguing. I'm about 100 pages in and feel like I should stop typing right now so I can go read. However, I want to read it slowly to soak up its awesomeness. Which I will go do right now. I'll let you know.
Update: I really loved it. I won't say much more about it because Jane is still reading it and I know Maggie is probably in the midst as well. All I will say is that for anyone who loves, even likes dogs, they should read this. It is such a great book about so many things and after you finish reading it, you will keep thinking about it. I keep recapping so many things and realizing so many things. Why certain things happened and understanding why the author must have done what he did. Read it. You'll understand.
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