In This Faulty Machine

In This Faulty MachineAn exquisite memoir of the authors life since being diagnosed with Parkinsons diseaseinformative, funny, and moving all at once. Acclaimed novelist Kathy Page had just completed a promotional tour for her award winning book Dear Evelyn when a fall during a hike injured her hand. That relatively minor accident seemed to set in motion a cascade of other seemingly unrelated physical issues. Many months of appointments, and of waiting for appointments

But did you know that many other animals such as foxes and racoons also live there

honored as a Caldecott Honor Book

the other animals arrive and soon

beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times

The life that someone had has changed

Alice Parry's helpfulness had sometimes misfired

In the tradition of The Boy

and Wildwood Imperium

Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege

This book will make you happy to live on this planet — a good thing

she also must face the long-buried truth of the recent World War and the mystery of what really happened to her deceased fiancé

an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I