Our Father Who Art in a Tree by Judy Pascoe
200 pages
Published 2002
Read February 19
Rating: ★★★½ out of 5
The
white trash child, forced by unreliable parentage to be wise beyond her
years, is one of my favorite narrative voices. My very first published
story used that voice, and I've kept on toying with it in various ways.
The promise of seeing such a voice employed in a published literary
novel prompted me to pick up this little volume. (Yes, I've read To Kill a Mockingbird.
It was great.) As I was brought into this book because of the narrative
voice, it was one of the main things I evaluated as I read. I felt
that, while adequate, it wasn't especially consistent overall. The line
"Christ hanging from what appears to be like a great plus sign" is too
naive by far for a girl only months away from confirmation. But that was
only the most egregious of small quibbles. The emotional heart of this
story was strong and clearly expressed. All in all, a brief but
worthwhile read.
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