Everyone has a skeleton in the closet, and Tanner’s has been dogging him for over 20 years. It followed him from Belize after a two-year Peace Corp stint that was supposed to help him do something good. But Tanner wonders if some people do good things naturally while others have to work a little harder at it.
In The Baker’s Boy, a tragic event on Tanner’s first day back to college after a 25-year break, pushes him to the brink. The trauma of the present conjures up images of a past he’d rather forget, teaching boys in a school for Belize delinquents. As he tries to figure out how to deal with marriage and impending fatherhood, he lapses into the past, unburdening his story bit by bit to his best friend and his pregnant wife.
Author Barry Kitterman doesn’t paint the picture of the lush green Belize you’d find in the travel brochures. Kitterman’s Belize is real to the core, impoverished, and gritty. His descriptions of the New Hope School for Boys and those who live there are achy, sometimes funny, always able to hold the reader’s attention. As the narration progresses, the book gains more and more momentum right up to its unexpected ending.
I have one copy of The Baker’s Boy that I’d like to give away to one of you. Enter to win by midnight, May 6, 2008.
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Nice prize.
I’ve heard about this book…I’d like to give it a try.
sounds like it could be a pretty good psychological drama
This one interests me, because I attempted to join the Peace Corps last year (I didn’t get a medical clearance), so I’m always interested in PC stuff!
I have always wanted to go to Belize so the setting appeals to me. I am going to add this one to my tbr list. Thanks!
Happy Friday! When you mentioned that the “real” Belize is show in this book, it reminded me of my trip to the Bahamas several years ago. We took a cab and we saw where the islanders lived. It was so sad. They also could not enter the casinos and such unless they worked there. It bothered so much that it effected the rest of my stay. I would enjoy reading this book and see what is in the main character’s past and if he comes to terms with it. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
sound like it would have all kinds of on different boys and atheir lives
An appealing and unique novel that interests me greatly. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
I’d really like to read this. Thanks
I need this something awful
This looks like an interesting book. Thanks!
Thank you, I love to read anything new and fresh!
This sounds like an intriguing story set in interesting places. Just right for summer reading. Thanks for the chance to win.
i could use some great summer reading
As I hae observed life in Belize and hope o return there this yar, this bok sunds intreguing.
This looks interesting. I hope that I win so I get a chance to check it out this summer!
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It sounds interesting and I’d like to read more about it, the book itself, just the change in lifestyle and how he handles it.
Sounds like such a unique story and a great read…thanks!
ooooo, I need a new book! Looks good.
Would be a very interesting read!
Looks very interesting – like the premise
ovely giveaway
I’d be very interested in reading this book, sounds great.
I like skeleton as long as they are not mine. Sounds great.
I’ve never heard of this book but am intrigued by what triggers him to recount this skeleton from his past. Will blog about this as well.
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I’d like to know what skeletons he’s keeping in his closet!
I’d like to read this book because I’m intrigued by people who have dark secrets in their past. Plus the insight into the real Belize sounds appealing.
I’m in!!
I think the skeleton in his closet haunting him is what so intrigues me. I think we’re all haunted by our past sometimes.
I love to read!!!
please enter me thanks
I was caught by the title alone. My grandparents owned a bakery when my Dad was growing up. He and his brothers were known as “the damn baker boys” So the title caught my eye immediately. LOL!
Unexpected ending? That’s why I want to read it! I love a good surprise!
Belize is a country I’ve always wanted to visit — sounds intriguing!
I’m always up for a good book – it’s summer and I love curling up on the deck, lounging in the sun and passing the day away wrapped up in someone elses life. It’s a nice vacation from my own! That’s why I’d like to read this book.
Sounds good…what in the world made him go over the edge?
Sounds really good!
we all do have skeletons in the closet-ones we never even tell the people we are close to. the book sounds very intriguing
I love Belize – and would love to win this
Ooooo.. I love an unexpected ending, and I’m fascinated by repressed or long buried memories. Sounds like an intriguing book!
I have a couple giveaways on my blog this month too (until the 15th) if anyone cares to look.
The premise has hooked me!
The bread on the cover intrigues me. It’s beautiful.
count me in
Sounds like a tough book, but at the same time very intense.
i want to win
sounds interesting
I’d love to read this!
sounds like a good read just kidding looks like this will be one you cant put down definitley does sound thrilling