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Tom McAllister
Tom McAllister is the non-fiction editor of Barrelhouse Magazine, and co-host of the weekly podcast Book Fight! His short stories and essays have appeared in a number of places, including The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015, Hobart, Unstuck, FiveChapters, Sundog Lit, Black Warrior Review,... show more



Tom McAllister is the non-fiction editor of Barrelhouse Magazine, and co-host of the weekly podcast Book Fight! His short stories and essays have appeared in a number of places, including The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015, Hobart, Unstuck, FiveChapters, Sundog Lit, Black Warrior Review, and The Collagist. He is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Temple University and lives in New Jersey.

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K.H. Leigh's Blogstravaganza
K.H. Leigh's Blogstravaganza rated it 8 years ago
Great book. What I loved most was how realistic the characters were. Hunter, the titular widower, does not treat his recently deceased wife Kait as if she were a monument to women everywhere. He makes no attempt to hide her faults, her insecurities. He openly rejects the idea that he should pretend ...
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Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 8 years ago
Given the topic and enormity of the loss depicted, I so wanted to like this book and the main character Hunter Cady. I wanted to marvel at the strength of hope and to cheer for his survival. A journey such as this is often one of healing and self-discovery, but that self-actualization does not seem ...
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debbiekrenzer rated it 8 years ago
Poor Hunter Cady. His wife died way too soon and he just wasn't ready. When he got Kait's ashes the only thing he could think of was the trips and vacations that they dreamed about and that had never happened. So, a day or two after he received her ashes he spun the globe that she had bought him bef...
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