Enon: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults), Harding, Paul

from kidzdoc

Charlie Crosby lives in a ramshackle house in the small New England town of Enon, along with his wife, Susan, and his strong-willed 13 year old daughter, Kate, who he respects and adores immensely even though he shares none of her positive traits. He dropped out of college soon after Susan became...

from cuicocha

Harding has an incredible facility in using language to build understanding of characters, and one can easily become lost in his words. The story continues the tale of the Crosby family with Charlie sinking into abject drug and alcohol abuse after the accidental death of his daughter, Kate. Unwil...

from basia9018

I received a copy of Enon from The LibraryThing through the Early Reviewers program and let me start off by saying that I could not put this book down. The writing is exquisite. Paul Harding takes the reader on a roller coaster of feelings, from sadness at witnessing the tragic loss of the main c...

from alpin

Charlie Crosby was walking in the woods when his adored daughter Kate was hit by a car and killed while bicycling home from the beach. In short order, his wife leaves him as well and Charlie descends into a year-long alcohol- and drug-fueled stupor of grief and anguish. "I was always restless and...

from msf59

"I was walking in the woods, when Kate died." The thought of losing one of my kids, is my biggest fear. Just having it cross my mind gives me chills and grips my stomach. Even so, I cannot imagine myself wallowing in the type of drug-induced hell, this father subjects himself to, sinking into a n...