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[New post] Book Review: The New Prosperity Museum
IndieBookView posted: " The New Prosperity Museum by Edward Averett Genre: General Fiction / Historical ISBN: 9780998935980 Print Length: 358 pages Reviewed by Genevieve Hartman | Content warnings: suicide, racist violence, conversion therapy The Ne" Independent Book Review
The New Prosperity Museum by Edward Averett follows the life of Henry James George, the boy with three first names. Largely set in Washington state, in small towns such as Rochester and Aberdeen, this novel provides a look into post-World War 2 America and holds the idealism and pain of a country that is embattled but optimistic for the future.
It's clear that Henry is exceptionally bright when he begins reading at age three. But he also suffers several great personal tragedies by the time he is seven: the death of a sister, the near-death of his other sister, and the mysterious disappearance of his best friend Wayman. Henry is called a murderer by the town, especially by his friend's grief-crazed mother, but he knows that Wayman's disappearance was a mystical one. And perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Henry saved his sister's life by reading aloud to her…
Henry eventually comes to realize that he is a curandero, a Chehalis healer blessed with spiritual healing gifts, despite not being Indigenous. This is the starting point for a long conversation around stolen land and stolen power. Henry learns that his gift, while able to make him famous, also has the power to harm him, and is sent away by his parents to live at the New Prosperity Museum, under the guise of assisting the elderly curator. He will live there, off and on, for the remainder of his life.
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