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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
STARRED Book Review: Marco Polo Mother & Son
IndieBookView posted: " Marco Polo Mother & Son by Thoreau Lovell Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798988384045 Print Length: 232 pages Publisher: Wet Cement Press Reviewed by Lauren Hayataka Thoreau Lovell's Marco Polo Mother & Son is a"
Thoreau Lovell's Marco Polo Mother & Son is a poignant exploration of the intricate relationship between the recently deceased Georgiana and her grieving son George. Through the lens of an imaginative game of Marco Polo with words, Lovell expertly shifts between the stories of two captivating central characters.
Set against the backdrop of various locations across the United States and abandoned dreams, the novel skillfully straddles the line between fiction and memoir, inviting readers into a space where memories, grief, and familial bonds intertwine.
On the surface, Georgiana and George appear as different as chalk and cheese and have a distant relationship. Georgiana is a realist—pragmatic, proud, and private—who acknowledges that she is dying from congestive heart failure. Georgiana's dream is to pass peacefully away in her sleep in her home in Fresno. In contrast, George is a dreamer whose mind is perpetually occupied with thoughts of abandoning his partner Paula and their daughter Lily to focus on his writing. Only the one that understands George the most is the one that he thinks understands him the least: his mother.
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