We get nearly a full-page recitation of Uncle Earl’s beliefs, both laugh-out-loud funny and instantly recognisable: “Uncle Earl believes strongly in Jesus, Moses, the healing power of crystals, the Freemasons, the Illuminati, that aliens landed at Roswell but the government is suppressing it, secret histories, faith-healing, snake-handling, that there is an invention that will replace gasoline but the oil companies are suppressing it…” As for Kara, she leads us into the novel with a chatty conversational tone, likeable and exasperated: noting that – for her – moving back in with her mother is actually a more upsetting prospect than divorce. The two of them are immediately beautifully drawn. Our narrator is Kara, a 34-year-old woman who’s going through a divorce and has moved into a spare room at the museum – the scene of fond childhood memories – while she picks up the strands of her life.
We start with the Glory to God Museum of Natural Wonders, Curiosities, and Taxidermy, owned by Uncle Earl.
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