I picked this book up at the library, and thought it was good enough to record for The Virginia Voice. The characters, though fictional, lived very real lives fraught with the very real situations brought on by the loss of employment opportunities as corporations move operations out of the country to maximize profits.
And Wil David seems to be caught right in the middle of it all. Just as he becomes eligible to take over the paper route that his family has had for three generations, the owners of the paper decide to discontinue delivery in his town. This seems very unfair to will, who had been training his entire life for this moment, and who had been counting on the income to fulfill his desire for a new laptop computer.
I would recommend this book to ALL readers. And especially those guys and gals who have experienced the satisfaction of landing the morning paper on a porch from the middle of the street on a moving bicycle, as I have. You will enjoy this offering.
And Wil David seems to be caught right in the middle of it all. Just as he becomes eligible to take over the paper route that his family has had for three generations, the owners of the paper decide to discontinue delivery in his town. This seems very unfair to will, who had been training his entire life for this moment, and who had been counting on the income to fulfill his desire for a new laptop computer.
I would recommend this book to ALL readers. And especially those guys and gals who have experienced the satisfaction of landing the morning paper on a porch from the middle of the street on a moving bicycle, as I have. You will enjoy this offering.
