Just for fun today I’m posing a question and I hope all my blog readers will participate. I got the idea from the Goodwill Librarian Facebook page.

Here’s your question:

What was the job of the main character in the last book you read? If you don’t remember, think of the occupation of the main character in one of your favorite novels. Can you see yourself in that job?

My answer:

The last book I read was The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Novel, by Anna Johnston.

The main character in the book was a man who was at the end of his rope, so to speak. He was on the verge of being evicted from his home when he came upon a man his same age who was in a wheelchair by a river. The man in the wheelchair ended up in the river by accident and the other man assumed that man’s identity. Their resemblance is uncanny. He tried to set things straight, but no one would believe him.

It is a delightful story of forgiveness and unconditional love and is told with lots of humor.

The main character in the book didn’t have a job. He was in his 80s, so his situation doesn’t exactly fit the question I’ve posed today; however, if I try to put myself in his shoes – in my 80s, losing my home, and having a chance to move into a retirement home with someone else footing the bill — I’m not so sure I wouldn’t do what he did. I remind you, he tried repeatedly to tell the authorities who he really was, but they all thought he was confused. After all, the man they thought he was had dementia.

It’s your turn…

What was the job of the main character in the last book you read? If you don’t remember, think of the occupation of the main character in one of your favorite novels. Can you see yourself in that job?

Until my next blog post

I hope you have a good book to read.

Never take your right to read – or your right to vote – or your right to be in charge of your own body – for granted.

Janet