#AusReadingMonth2020 Pearly Gates

• Author: Owen Marshall
• Title: Pearly Gates
  
• Published: 2019
  
• Score: A
• Bingo card:  FREE SPACE  (New Zealand)
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Conclusion:

1. This was a delightful novel!
2. Pearly Gates is an unforgettable character:
3. …a great warm welcoming smile, full of confidence
4. ….like the man who keeps friends
5. …because he uses the right deodorant.
6. But soon Pearly feels  a weight he cannot  endure.
7. He carries it like an egg or a rock.
8. “…hating the weight, fearing the knock” ( quote: Penelope Layland)
9. No spoilers about the plot...that is how I read the book
10. …and I just could not put it down.
11. So curious how Pearly was going to solve this
12. …existential crisis!
13. #MustRead