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Trigger warnings
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Hero archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
"Harold Walker is desperately average and listless at mid-life, stemming in part from the abrupt death of his one-time best friend, Tom. Harold's wife Audrey, an increasingly frustrated housewife and mother to their two teenage sons, is a control freak silently harbouring an explosive secret. Things go flying in the Walker household when Harold's long-deceased mother comes back to haunt them. He finds he has her gift for opening the door to the past-and if there was ever a gift he wanted to return, it's this one! Audrey is similarly terrified-how is she to safeguard her secret now? If she can't control this world, how is she to control the next one? And how will she protect her good china? Harold, who has made a practice of avoiding things all his life, must confront two problems-how to find meaning in this life, and how to come to grips with the mostly terrifying idea that life just might go on forever!" --
Is Things Go Flying appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A darkly humorous contemporary fantasy about a middle-aged man haunted by his dead mother who must confront life's meaning. Contains themes of death, grief, and marital tension with mild language.
What to know going in
This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, death of parent, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will appreciate the dark humor and philosophical questions about life, death, and finding purpose in midlife.