Murphy's Moments...& Books The Story of Edgar Sawtelle- by David Wroblewski

Since Oprah did not let me down with her endorsement of The Pillars of The Earth, I decided to take her recommendation for my next book to read. Among her top ten favorite books of all time was her most recent addition, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle. The story is about a boy who is born mute on a small farm in Wisconsin. His family makes a living breeding a premier (fictional) breed of dogs simply referred to as Sawtelle Dogs. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained the breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine(the family's house dog), Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. The beginning of the story basically explains the demanding work that goes into keeping the business going. It showcases the relationships shared through Edgar who can not speak, but communicates through sign language to his dogs and family. It goes through the pain that his mother went through with miscarriages before the successful delivery of Edgar. As well as the troubled relationship that Edgar's father had with his Uncle Claude. The book has about 550 pages and I must admit I was very bored with it. I had a hard time reading it because it was kind of boring and then right when my dad died, so did the main character's. His dad just dropped and died "out of nowhere", but we later find out that it wasn't as innocent as we are lead to believe. I was going through a lot of disconnected feelings that Edgar was dealing with when he loss his dad. There started to be little clues about Uncle Claude. Especially when in the morning his Uncle's car would be there, but it wasn't there when he went to bed....umm...hmmm...Uncle Claude was sleeping with Edgar's mom! That's when the book became interesting...or so I thought. I didn't like the ending. The ending is SOOOOOOOOOO sad. Had I known that this book would be so boring and full of death I would have steered clear of it.The book is very descriptive. Sometimes too descriptive and I would find my self just skimming through just to get to the "meat." I went online and watched Oprah's interview with the author to try to find some sort of appreciation for this story and I thought it was pretty cool that when he showed how Edgar's family farm looked, it was exactly how I pictured.

Out of 5 stars I give The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle- 2 stars

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