Review: Touching
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
I loved this story. This story is much more than the themes of dementia and hoarding. It is a story of a man who revered his second grade teacher who saw a child with a major barrier to learning and believed in him having potential to learn and succeed, a teacher who fostered an ethos of care. It is a sweet story of a successful adult Eddie who is loved by his family and adored by his niece. Eddie whose self-regard may be slightly skewed by his dyslexia which prevents him making the romantic move on his niece's teacher with whom he is totally taken. Being a partner in a business that does forensic and other major clean-ups, he helps his new love interest to clean up his father's hoarding mess. EDDIE, is the story of human relationships, crossing boundaries unconsciously because people often have good intentions when someone they love needs help. The novel could be revised and parts of passages removed. I found myself scan reading or skipping locations because they were just boring . Despite this, the novel has a good story line that makes for good reading.