Peggyzbooksnmusic's Reviews > Carry Me Home

I found this at our library's used bookstore and what a bargain! I'll definitely be reading more by this author. The novel takes place in 1940's rural Wisconsin and is told from the POV of Earl "Earwig" Gunderman who is 16 at the beginning of the story. The author has given this young man such a unique "voice". Earl is mentally slow because of a high fever he had as a young child. His older brother, Jimmy, is sent off to the Pacific during WWII. So we the reader experience the events of the War and how it changes Earl, his family and neighbors through Earl's perspective. This was such a heartbreaking, emotional novel although it does have it's humorous moments. Earl is such a special young man and he stole his way into my heart. Just a warning for those who would be offended: there is a LOT of swearing and potty language but I felt it was realistic for the characters.