Dominic Smith<\/a>.\u00a0 I would like to think that Mr. Smith has at least stayed in Wisconsin for short periods of time (a weekend here or there?) due to his descriptions of the state.\u00a0 It seems he has caught the feeling that WI can give a person, but without all the bitterness that I feel as a trapped resident.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, compared to other places, I’ll defend Wisconsin to the grave.\u00a0 But I’d like to get out a little sometimes.\u00a0<\/p>\nAnyway, Smith’s story of a boy growing up here in the shadows of his genius father is gripping and almost magical.\u00a0 It illustrates how all aspects of life run into each other to form a whole.\u00a0 It deals with the grief of disappointment and loss.\u00a0 It brings into focus the great humanist belief that life is quite what you make of it.\u00a0 And it throws in some of the quirkiest and most real characters I have read in a long while.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0I love the feeling of finishing a good story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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