Book Review: Day of Days
In the spring of 1927, Andrew Kehoe, the treasurer for the school board in Bath, Michigan, spent weeks surreptitiously wiring the public school, Bath Consolidated School, as well as his farm with hundreds of pounds of dynamite – One of the worst terrorist act in American history.
One survivor, Beatrice Marie Turcott, the narrator, recalls the spring of 1927, decades later, telling the story from her death bed, of the life before the incident leading up towards the traumatic event, the broken lives left behind and years after the horrifying event.
Andrew Kehoe studied electrical engineering, he was an inventive and a smart man. Years before the bombing, he was in an accident which left him in a coma for a few weeks, where his personality changed.
“Criminals are made, not born.”
Kehoe hires a young boy named Jed. He leads Jed into the woods to remove tree stumps with explosives. And talks about the wonderful electricity future with Jed. Jed who was only twelve, was impressed by the farmer who wore suits daily.
After diving into this novel, I had any few shares on google. I had no idea it was based on a true event.
This is my first time reading John Smolens’ work. I love his writing and how he handled such a horrific event and how he wrapped the event into a novel of great wisdom and beauty.
I am definitely looking forward to reading Smolens’ previous work. Had a wonderful blast reading this outstanding gem!!
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