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About the Book

After losing his wife in childbirth, Otis was beside himself in grief. The baby, a bu, survived, but it truly shouldn’t have. That’s all Otis had left. And although the doctors recommended the child not live, Otis stuck to his gujs and took what was left of his life home. He ran a small business and always made time to take care of his son. The child grew and was quite hideous to look at, but Otis always put his arms around him and told him he loved him. What Otis tried to contain was not possible, and his son found a secret and was in and out of the house. The town was exposed to a series of bizarre events that would and could not come to a happy end.

About the Author

Ed Merwede, also the author of Done!, started his career with Yale University Press. After eleven years as plant superintendent, he went on to manage three other printing companies before starting his own business with his wife, Ellen. That business, PrintAbility, operated for fourteen successful years before the couple retired to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In the late 1990s, the author was diagnosed with syringomyelia, caused by a very severe crash while serving on a US Navy air station. Ed is listed as 100 percent disabled with the Veterans Affairs Office. His wife of thirty-five years, Ellen, died in November of 2014. He is now living in an assisted-living facility on Cape Cod. He is also the author of the following titles: Flutter Cellophane Zipper “Sorry, the Number You Dialed Is No Longer Available.” Done!