Russell insists on finding Etta, wherever shes gone. Russell has spent his whole life trying to keep up with Otto and loving Etta from afar. But with Etta gone, the memories come crowding in and Otto struggles to keep them at bay. It is the story of Etta and Otto and Russell and James. Otto has seen the ocean, having crossed the Atlantic years ago to fight in a far-away war. She’s left only a message saying that she is off. She befriends a coyote she names James, who walks with her for most of the way and talks to her, reminding. Otto wakes up one day to find that Etta is gone. Etta has trouble remembering who she is and her present soon blends into Otto’s past. It is a story of love and joy, pain and passion, memory and forgetting – and one incredible journey. In her debut novel, Hooper introduces us to Etta and Otto, an old married couple in Canada. It tells of school teacher Etta, who settles in the Canadian prairies during the Great Depression and of the two pupils who fall in love with her: Russell, a city boy who takes to farming despite his twisted leg, and Otto, who struggles in school but always tries hard – even when he’s sent to fight a war in a distant land. This is a love story that spans fifty years, three lives, two continents and an ocean. I keep your photo on the side without the gun. Goodreads: Etta and Otto and Russell and James As the novel goes on, the past an more (A little bit into chapter 6) 'Maybe I should go away, said Etta, again. Project: Orpheus – fleeting nature of happiness / love and trust
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