Warning: This book may cause moments of laughter, giggles, crying, wonder, and reflection. There are unique stories you probably have not heard before and others that will sound familiar and resonate with you.
"Slow down, take little breaths, and keep swallowing, Curley," I said to myself,"or you are going to die this night."
Maxwell "Curley" Curvin lived a life filled with mischief, struggle, love of nature, family, work, and heartbreak. He would share those stories, often with embellishment, yet with the most attentive audiences, throughout his ninety years on this planet. Some would say that Curley was a master at storytelling.
Curley also was a master at pinball machines, jukeboxes, and making music for everyone to enjoy. He loved to make people happy by giving them a bit of respite while staying at his resort near Peterborough, Ontario.
His daughter, an accomplished author, Connie McCracken, a good storyteller herself, has taken a different approach to her writing style with her third book - telling stories in her dad's Canadian drawl... his voice.
"People with ideas for books should take the time to research and write them, especially memoirs or nonfiction ones so history will be retained in a bound format." Ed Arnold, journalist, retired managing editor of The Peterborough Examiner
Nine Decades - Nine Lives: A Life in Pieces is not your typical memoir. It is one that takes you on a visual tour of a man who lived a life of adventures, not always happy, not always sad, but many unique.
Even if unfamiliar with Curley or the Peterborough area, this book will certainly entertain.
It could make you laugh; it could make you cry. It could even make you scratch or shake your head and say, "Hmm. I've never heard a story like that before."
