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Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk (view source)
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Trofimuk's writing is elegant and eloquent. Immediately I 'felt' for this demented man. I could almost feel his frustration, his searing pain, throughout the book. It really is a universal story about the human spirit. About how we all cope - or don't cope with life's major ups and downs. For me, it's an uplifting book. You may find this a strange thing for me to say but you may very well agree after you have read this book It also almost brought me to tears in places.
The back cover suggests this book is similar to [[The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold|The Lovely Bones]] and [[The Time Traveler's Wife by Audtey NieffenegerAudrey Niffenegger|The Time TravellerTraveler's Wife]]. I've read both books and, for me, ''Waiting For Columbus'' is my definite favourite. It's almost a haunting book.
A nice side-line is that many readers may be tempted, after reading this book, to find out more about the real Columbus. Not a bad link to history at all. Having said all that, I loved this book.