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A review by rlambertdo
The Truth About Celia by Kevin Brockmeier
4.0
I'm going to go with..."haunting". This book is troubling and deliberate as it draws the reader into the nightmare created when a child disappears.
This is the story of a seven year old girl who is suddenly gone, leaving her father with grief, guilt and a touch of madness. The book is presented from the perspective of the father, an author, as he imagines his Celia and the circumstances which may have surrounded her disappearance. He considers that she may be growing-up in a different circumstance than the life that he and his wife had created. He folds-in on himself, unable to return to a functional life and losing his marriage to the incident.
[a:Kevin Brockmeier|16967|Kevin Brockmeier|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1282067408p2/16967.jpg] is one of the most imaginative contemporary writers whom I have encountered. His characters are real and appealing, but he introduces aspects of fantasy as he fabricates his story. He thinks like no other author whom I have found.
I also recommend his [b:The Brief History of the Dead|30072|The Brief History of the Dead|Kevin Brockmeier|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168051103s/30072.jpg|836000].
This is the story of a seven year old girl who is suddenly gone, leaving her father with grief, guilt and a touch of madness. The book is presented from the perspective of the father, an author, as he imagines his Celia and the circumstances which may have surrounded her disappearance. He considers that she may be growing-up in a different circumstance than the life that he and his wife had created. He folds-in on himself, unable to return to a functional life and losing his marriage to the incident.
[a:Kevin Brockmeier|16967|Kevin Brockmeier|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1282067408p2/16967.jpg] is one of the most imaginative contemporary writers whom I have encountered. His characters are real and appealing, but he introduces aspects of fantasy as he fabricates his story. He thinks like no other author whom I have found.
I also recommend his [b:The Brief History of the Dead|30072|The Brief History of the Dead|Kevin Brockmeier|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168051103s/30072.jpg|836000].