Description

In this charming book, Darrin Doyle offers a fascinating symbol of the all-American family--when the all-American family's youngest kid consumed a whole town in Michigan with a grin, that is.  Doyle includes a flare for currently talking about family disorder with a perspective. Using a special mixture of reality and imagination, The Lady Who Ate Kalamazoo may be the moving tale of the hauntingly gorgeous Audrey Mapes, who started her illustrious "job" by downing colors by the carton simply to graduate to consuming a whole town one-bite at the same time. With vibrant, acerbic humor, Doyle facts the life span of the planet's most talented "eatist" through the eyes of Audrey's sibling, McKenna. Through her eyes, we begin to see the true disaster of the Mapes tale isn't the devastation of the town, but instead, the disintegration of the family who simply did not really understand how to enjoy.