Having lost his family and livelihood, Benjamin enrolls in a night class for instruction in caregiving
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Engaging…The journey
is reckless and wild, infused with the sad rage that makes good comedy great…As
this carload of misfits moves east, relationships are broken and forged, and
Ben recreates a kind of family. This could be horribly clichéd and yet it isn’t,
because Evison never bows to what we expect from happy endings.” —New York Times Book Review
“A journey back to
life…Bittersweet…It’s moving and funny, and, my God, how refreshing it is to
read a story about someone caring for a disabled person that isn’t gauzed in
sentimentality or bitterness.” —Washington Post
“It’s a story of
heartbreak and healing…This is a novel with a terrific sense of the
relationship between comedy and tragedy.” —Daily Beast
“Evison has given us
a salty-sweet story about absorbing those hits and taking a risk to reach
beyond them. What a great ride.” —Seattle Times
“Evison’s prose is
replete with his gifts for witty imagery and turns of phrase…With its extremely
cinematic plot and collection of quirky scenes, the novel might remind you of Little Miss Sunshine meets Rain Man…The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is even-keeled, big-hearted,
and very funny, and full of hope. Through Ben, missteps are made, and human
foibles are exposed. But we also glimpse that distant shore of hard-earned
redemption. For that, Evison’s novel is worth the voyage.” —Boston Globe
“A zany road trip
from grief to grace…[A] sometimes funny, sometimes slapstick, big-hearted
novel.” —Oregonian
“The comic novel may
be the hardest work of fiction to pull off well…The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is a showcase of what makes
a good one tick: Characters just a touch disconnected from reality, a
prevailing sense of life’s absurdity, and a handful of rude jokes…Evison proves
that some of the best comedy emerges from lives that have jumped the rails.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“A warm, funny look
at recovering from tragedy.” —Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
“Evison manages to
find considerable humor in this plaintive story of care giving and receiving…A
lively narrative with a poignant core and quirky, lonely characters.” —Kirkus Reviews
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