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How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive
Book Summary
In an alternative world where inanimate objects talk and words are given new meaning, a father struggles to save his ailing son, a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle, while looking into his father's death.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Volkswagen Beetle automobile,
- Single fathers,
- Loss (Psychology),
- Humorous fiction,
- Fantasy fiction,
- Fathers and sons,
- Psychological fiction,
- Fiction
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It's hard being a single dad — especially when your son is a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle. When I read the tagline, I knew I had to read this book. It's strange and weird and wonderful — wonderful because the weirdness is firmly grounded by solid emotion and character development. Christopher Boucher's prose pushes boundaries, but with elegance and follow-through. He nudges you to rethink the meaning of a word or a stock phrase, engaging you in a way that makes reading the book a kind of... more
—Lucia Silva
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