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Title: Slipping
Author: Cathleen Davitt Bell
Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Teens, Ages 11-13
Publisher's Summary:
What begins with a sense that Michael's deceased grandfather might be inhabiting his body soon escalates to "slipping" into to the river of the dead. When Michael slips, he relives moments of his grandfather's life and tries to help him find peace. But each time he ventures into the river it's harder to come out again. Michael will have to depend on an unlikely group of friends to keep him from slipping... permanently. A penetrating twist on the classic ghost story, full of humor and insight about family relationships.
Editorial Reviews:
In Cathleen Davitt Bells Slipping, main character Michael finds, in the wake of his grandfathers death, that he keeps slipping supernaturally back into his grandfathers memories...learning more and more about a man he barely knew. But if he slips too far, hell end up gone for good....
Eric Michael Summerer has a precise sense of pacing and tone, and navigates the chilly waters of this hard-hitting story with panache, drawing out its deep undercurrents of emotion with ease. This compelling story about family, loss, and the lengths well go to, sometimes, in order to help those we love find peace is a very special kind of ghost story, and packs a serious emotional wallop.
Members Reviews:
Well-written, beautiful story
I bought this book on my Kindle for my honeymoon simply because the reviews were decent and the price was low. I ended up reading it after my honeymoon was over, still...I found myself eager to get home after work each day, so that I could read more. I actually got through the entire book in about three days, and felt as if I went on an emotional journey as a read this book. As an adult, I think I appreciate this book more than if I were a teenager, having lost all but one of my grandparents, and having reflected back often on how my own parents were shaped by their parents.
Touching
I found this first-person YA coming-of age novel a touching one. It's a quick read that I made myself read slowly so that I could spend more time with the narrator. I really didn't let myself read more than 2 or 3 chapters a day because I didn't want to read it in one sitting, which I'm sure would be easy to do. The novel focuses on both friendships and estranged fathers and sons. It kept me reading as much for plot as for theme. It also avoided turning into an after-school special, a Hallmark movie, or depressing picture of the dysfunctional family, even though it had elements of all three. I suppose that is why I liked it. It dealt with real issues without totally depressing me, yet those real issues prevented some of the optimism from feeling fake. It even has an odd premise that functions perfectly well in the novel on a thematic level. I highly recommend this novel.
Funny stuff
My young nephew had just finished reading this book. I asked him, "Did you like it?" He said, "It's good." Which for him is a rave review. I picked it up and, as they say, I couldn't put it down. There are so many funny observations about people and family life, it had me chuckling, page after page. The young narrator writes, "I guess I take after my mom... she never does the dishes until it comes time to actually use the plates... One of my mom's jokes is to call our stack of take-out menus her cookbook." By the time the supernatural stuff started, I was hooked.
