![]() ![]() Soon, Truitt opens an establishment that’s dedicated to the sport she says she invented: candlepin bowling. The generational saga begins in the early 20th century, when a charismatic woman, Bertha Truitt, is discovered in a New England cemetery with nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin and a bag full of gold. ![]() Throughout it all runs a deep undercurrent of grief and the wry certainty that truth is often stranger than fiction. One of the main themes at the heart of Elizabeth McCracken’s enchanting new novel, Bowlaway, is the idea of reinvention-not only the purposeful kind, when characters actively decide to transform their lives, but also the unexpected kind: when odd accidents, surprising loves and shocking deaths fundamentally transform people. ![]()
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