Gregory Sherl
Algonquin
September 2, 2014
Idgie Says:
A sharply written book that discusses the fact that we can never quite seem to be satisfied with what we find in life and love - always looking around the corner for something better.
Book Description:
Meet Evelyn and Godfrey. Evelyn is breaking up with her
boyfriend, who’s passing out advertisements for his band on a snowy
street corner in Baltimore. She’s seen their dismal future together at
Dr. Chin’s office: she and her boyfriend, both many years older, singing
“Happy Birthday” to a Chihuahua and arguing about cheese. She hopes for
more. Meanwhile, Godfrey is proposing to his girlfriend, Madge, who’s
not quite willing to take that leap; she wants to see their future
together first–just to be sure they’re meant for each other.
The Future for Curious People follows Evelyn and Godfrey’s soon-to-be-entwined lives, set in motion by the fabulist premise of a world with envisionists like Dr. Chin. As the characters struggle with their pasts and possible futures, they wrestle with sorrow, love, death, and fate.
This novel will capture you with its brightness, its hopefulness, its anxious twists and turns; it is a love story that is ultimately a statement about happiness and how to accept our fleeting existence.
The Future for Curious People follows Evelyn and Godfrey’s soon-to-be-entwined lives, set in motion by the fabulist premise of a world with envisionists like Dr. Chin. As the characters struggle with their pasts and possible futures, they wrestle with sorrow, love, death, and fate.
This novel will capture you with its brightness, its hopefulness, its anxious twists and turns; it is a love story that is ultimately a statement about happiness and how to accept our fleeting existence.