600 Hours of Edward

Marc Notes: Edward Stanton is a man hurtling headlong toward middle age. His mental illness has led him to be sequestered in his small house in a small city, where he keeps his distance from the outside world and the parents from whom he is largely estranged. For the most part, Edward sticks to things he can count on...and things he can count. But over the course of 25 days (or 600 hours, as Edward prefers to look at it) several events puncture the walls Edward has built around himself. In the end, he faces a choice: Open his life to experience and deal with the joys and heartaches that come with it, or remain behind his closed door, a solitary soul. Review Citations: Audio File 06/01/2013 pg. 34 (EAN 9781469227689, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Lancaster, Craig Craig Lancaster is the bestselling author of the novels 600 Hours of Edward, The Summer Son, Edward Adrift, and The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter, as well as the short-story collection Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. His work has been recognized by the Montana Book Award, the High Plains Book Awards, the Utah Book Award, and the Independent Publisher Book Awards. He lives in Billings, Montana, and is a freelance editor and graphic designer, as well as a fiction writer. For more information, visit www.craig-lancaster.com.