Andrew Meredith

Many years ago, my husband had a part-time job as a Remover. He had lots of interesting stories to tell so I was hoping for 'The Removers' to carry on where my husband left off. It didn't. There were some references to the author's jobs as a remover and in the cremation business which he worked off and on for about 20 years.

But this is a dark (at times) memoir about his dysfunctional family living in Philadelphia and what happened when the author was age 14 to cause the family problems. Mr. Meredith had great difficulty in most aspects of his life: his relationship with his parents and women, his difficulties in college (failing and quitting), and in holding a job.

This is a debut book for this author. I couldn't help but feel sorry for him and his family's situation and was glad there was some happiness for most of them at the end.… (meer)