![]() This explains all the widows living in the Weyward home: Hank, Starletta, and Clodine, whom Sam calls the Grands. Although readers might envy Sam’s 1965 Ford F100 cherry red stepside pickup that belonged to his great-grandfather, they will likely cringe at the family curse, loss, and death that Sam endures.Īccording to the curse, if a Weyward falls in love before his or her seventeenth birthday, the beloved person dies. Set in Midgeville, New York, Ford’s novel tells the story of sixteen-year-old Sam Weyward who is pretty sure he’s the only guy in his school “who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also create the perfect smoky eye” (9). ![]() ![]() ![]() Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford is a book filled with surprises, ironies, and truths-some dark, others lighter and more colorful. ![]()
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