A few times, I flipped back and compared. I listened to the nuances of the narrator's speech. I don't recall what the clue was, but there was something off-kilter about the narrator and I suspected that close attention was needed. Early on, I could tell that this novel was going to require some thought. I recognize all that, so I'm not surprised that this novel has its fair share of haters. The thread that binds everything is a mental one, and those looking for a concrete link will be thoroughly disappointed.
Even if you see how everything is related, you may not care. If you're not paying close attention, you may not see any connection at all. The connection between these various threads is vague. There are two primary stories being told in this novel the narrative jumps back and forth between the two and also fills the reader in on backstory. I get why some readers do not like Emily Fridlund's History of Wolves. As she struggles to find a way out of the sequestered world into which she was born, Linda confronts the life-and-death consequences of the things people do-and fail to do-for the people they love.Ī “compelling portrait of a troubled adolescent trying to find her way in a new and frightening world” ( People), Emily Fridlund’s propulsive and gorgeously written History of Wolves introduces a new writer of enormous range and talent. Over the course of a summer, Linda makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life.
It seems that her life finally has purpose but with this new sense of belonging come expectations and secrets she doesn’t understand. Grierson is charged with possessing child pornography, the implications of his arrest deeply affect Linda as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires and craving to belong.Īnd then the young Gardner family moves in across the lake and Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy, Paul.
Isolated at home and an outsider at school, Linda is drawn to the enigmatic, attractive Lily and the new history teacher, Mr. ” - National Postįourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in the beautiful, austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as the last vestige of a lost counterculture world. Garnering rave reviews from around the world, History of Wolves is novelist Emily Fridlund’s darkly shimmering debut **A New York Times Editors’ Choice and Notable Book of the Year An O magazine Book to Pick Up A USA Today Notable Book An Best Book of the Month A People Best New Book**
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