Inflating a Dog: The Story of Ella's Lunch Launch
Bored with her dreary life as a 1950s wife and mother, Ella Leroy enlists the aid of her son Peter and his girlfriend Patti in a scheme to buy a run-down clamboat and rework it as an elegant cruise vessel for summer visitors in the beach town of Babbinton, Long Island.
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“Is there a more beguiling writer today than Eric Kraft?” —Publishers WeeklyElla Leroy dreams of escaping the dreary routine of her 1950s wife-and-mom life. Without telling her husband, she enlists her son Peter and his locally-notorious girlfriend Patti in a scheme: to buy a run-down clamboatand re-invent it as an elegant cruising vessel for summer people in the beach town of Babbington, Long Island.But after the Arcinella is purchased, Peter discovers thatit is slowly sinking. Each night he sneaks from his home to the harborfront of Bolotomy Bay, where he pumps the boat dry, inflating his mother’s hopes a bit longer.Inflating a Dog offers proof of the genius of an author whose work Newsweek has called “the literary equivalent of Fred Astaire dancing: great art that looks like fun.”
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