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Loading... The Loopby Joe Coomer
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A quirky, sensitive story of a Fort Worth man who circles the city's loop late at night cleaning up debris, dead animals, etc. and helping stranded motorists. Orphaned in a tragic accident when a small baby and unable to find his own roots, he is compelled to track down all previous owners of a parrot he finds one day and find meaning behind the things the parrot can say. In his quest, he finds himself and love. I listened to audio format and found the narrator a bit annoying, particularly when attempting to speak for Fiona, but the strength of the story and characters prevailed. I was impressed with the dedication of Lyman and the lessons he taught about compassion, perserverance, and commitment. (  ) sharlene_w | Sep 21, 2009 |  Lyman, our main character has been on cautious hold most of his life. He is an orphan whose parents were killed in a car accident which he survived as an infant. He has no idea who he really is but unwittingly begins a journey of self discovery when one day a parrot finds him sitting outside his trailer, a trailer that doesn't move. The parrot has QUITE the vocabulary and as he and his new and quirky girlfriend Fiona the librarian track down the parrots origins by using the odd and sometimes vulgar phrases the parrot often blurts out, he finally begins to live outside of himself. He joins the human race as a participant rather than just an observer. Highly recommended. (  ) erinmontague | Feb 2, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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Lyman, a thirty-year-old orphan, is sipping coffee on the front steps of the trailer he calls home one morning, when a ninety-year-old parrot arrives with a beakful of cryptic sayings -- such as "That which hath wings shall tell the matter" -- and a mysterious past. Convinced that heeding the bird's wisdom will lead him to answers about himself he so desperately seeks, Lyman combines his night job as a courtesy patrolman, circling the highway that loops around Fort Worth, with days in the library. Together with Fiona, the loquacious librarian, he traces his adopted pet's origins, and while what Lyman ultimately discovers may not help him piece together his own past, it paves the way for a future he never imagined.
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