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The Symmetry of Snowflakes, by Paul Michael Peters
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It’s the day before Thanksgiving and twenty-nine-year-old business owner Hank Hanson is about to tackle the annual challenge of visiting every one of his relatives. The product of a blended family, Hank has parents, stepparents, and former stepparents—not to mention an assortment of siblings—and feels the responsibility to see them all.
To give structure to his unconventional network, Hank compares it to a snowflake’s intricate design. The only missing piece in his life, the element that would form that rare, perfect snowflake, is the love of an amazing woman.
When Hank meets Erin at the Thanksgiving Day parade, it seems like she might just be that woman—until pressures start to mount with his family and business, and secrets about Erin’s past spill out.
In the vein of Empire Falls and Wonder Boys, The Symmetry of Snowflakes explores the complexity of modern life and relationships and the precarious nature of love.
The Symmetry of Snowflakes, by Paul Michael Peters- Amazon Sales Rank: #2311601 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .60" w x 6.00" l, .79 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 266 pages
Review KIRKUS REVIEW"THE AUTHOR PACES HIS STORY WELL AND OFFERS SOME PITHY IMAGES ""A NOVEL WITH SOME NICE MOMENTS THAT OFFERS AN EFFECTIVE EXAMINATION OF COMPLICATED FAMILY TIES"
About the Author
Paul Michael Peters is an American fiction writer who lived in both Philadelphia and Toronto after studying at Second City in Chicago. He has since returned to his beloved mitten-shaped state, Michigan, settling in Ann Arbor.
Peters made his literary debut with Peter in Flight. The Symmetry of Snowflakes is his second book. You can follow him at http://paulmichaelpeters.com/.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. 'The Internet tells me that there are thirty-five types of snowflakes. Some are complex, others simple..no two are ever alike' By Grady Harp Michigan author Paul Michael Peters studied at Second City in Chicago, lived in Philadelphia and Toronto and now writes form his home in Ann Arbor Michigan. THE SYMMETRY OF SNOWFLAKES is his second novel; his debut was PETER IN FLIGHT. And we know little more about him than that. Until reading a few pages of his book - when suddenly we realize we are in the presence of a fresh new voice in American literature, a man whose writing style is securely his own, albeit with shades of Richard Russo, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen, Thomas Pynchon and even a bow to that rara avis, Chris Katsaropoulos. That is to say that he understands the complexities of interrelationships of families, both intact and disseminated, and can relate those intricacies with an over glow of poetic atmosphere. One statement that is frequently associated with him is `Nobody can wear you out like caring about people' - a phrase which echoes through the framework of his story.Referring to style, that is best demonstrated by sampling the opening lives of this book, words that fall into place giving us the depth of knowledge about the inner working of Hank, our main character, and the world in which he finds himself; `The gray, overcast Ann Arbor sky sheds its first snowfall of the year. I watch the flakes from outside my second-floor office window at RedMitten Greetings. It is the end of my day. It is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The cobweb on an exterior windowsill holds steady despite the cold updraft. The bank sign across Main Street alternates between "6: 11 p.m." and "29 °." More than time and temperature, these two points of data tell me "put on jacket" and "meet friends for dinner." Still, I sit and wait, lingering in the moments that are mine, free from the entanglements of others, alone in the last of my own thoughts. I am on the precipice of what has become an annual trial-- several long weeks that will test my character and prove my endurance.It would make me feel noble and masculine to tell you the challenges ahead involve physical speed or strength, but no, the days ahead will be a test of memory, fortitude, and tolerance. Each Thanksgiving marks the start of a holiday season, which for me does not end until January 10, my birthday. I have long accommodated the separate parent visits, the making of compromises, the assimilation with new marriages, the new family traditions. When I live "my own life" and have a family, friends, and rituals of my own, I hope to leave this tough season behind me.'Plot? The author's synopsis distills it best: `Hank balances his network of relationships by thinking in terms of a snowflake's design. But where does that leave Erin, who disrupts the equilibrium even as she makes him feel complete? It's the day before Thanksgiving and twenty-nine-year-old business owner Hank Hanson is about to tackle the annual challenge of visiting every one of his relatives. The product of a blended family, Hank has parents, stepparents, and former stepparents--not to mention an assortment of siblings--and feels the responsibility to see them all. To give structure to his unconventional network, Hank compares it to a snowflake's intricate design. The only missing piece in his life, the element that would form that rare, perfect snowflake, is the love of an amazing woman. When Hank meets Erin at the Thanksgiving Day parade, it seems like she might just be that woman--until pressures start to mount with his family and business, and secrets about Erin's past spill out.'Writing of this quality is a wonder to discover. Hats off to a new major voice rising out of Middle America. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, April 15
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Families ... what are ya gonna do? By Robin Surface I think it was telling that the main character is the only one in his group that doesn’t have a nickname; he’s always just Hank Hanson. It seemed like until he met a woman who actually gave him one, he hadn’t really come into his own but was only doing what he thought was right.Hank’s snowflake shaped family tree keeps him busy and confuses his friends and the new people he meets. He has such a convoluted family that he assigns the members various number designations so he can keep them straight.While Hank seems to be slightly used and abused by his family and their demands on his time, he is also basically a good guy who endeavors to do what’s expected of him and tries to keep the peace in his odd family.This is a book about relationships and at times it is poignant and at others it’s nearly infuriating, especially when Hank takes pity on his father even when history and the rest of the people in his life advise against it.Ultimately, Hank ends up doing something that’s not so nice, which makes him more human but nearly loses what he desires most.The author's use of snowflakes throughout was an interesting touch, and related to the text well.This book is well written and hits on lots of emotional points of life in an overly extended family. It was a thoroughly entertaining read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Families Are Complex Creations - Just Like Snowflakes By Marta Cheng If you’re looking for a book that’s big on action and body count, you won’t find it in The Symmetry of Snowflakes. The only “count” in this book, as it were, has to do with family members, extended family members, family members once or twice removed, departed family members and, well, you get the picture. Snowflakes has heart and integrity, much like the main protagonist of the story, Hank Hanson, who’s the owner of a successful greeting card company. Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Hank is a nice, unassuming guy with down home values who one would think was the product of the perfect American nuclear family. However, readers quickly learn that Hank’s upbringing was anything but “perfect”. With his parents’ subsequent divorces and remarriages, Hank happens to have a complex family structure of parents, step-parents, ex-step-parents, siblings and half-siblings, requiring him to assign alpha-numeric parental unit numbers based on each parent’s marriage as well as a master plan for visitation during Thanksgiving that is not unlike a well-oiled military maneuver. At twenty-nine, Hank is single but hopeful of finding a good woman to share his life, little expecting to find her at the Thanksgiving Day parade which he impulsively attends – but then life is full of these unexpected surprises. At its core, Snowflakes is about relationships and brings home the fact that in this day and age, families are complex creations – just like a snowflake – that come in all shapes and sizes. Peters’ prose is solid, dependable and comforting like a wonderful piece of warm apple pie on a crisp autumn day. A lovely read!
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