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Welcome to the WBZ Book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich, one of Cbe Bernard's

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colleagues. A fellow author wrote this
about Bernard's latest novel, Small Animals Caught

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in a Trap. It's reminiscent of
Ken Keysey's Sometimes a Great Notion. A

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novel that gives you love and heartache, disappointment and joy in equal measure.

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The story takes place in a small
town in Oregon. The town is actually

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named Disappointment. That should tell you
something. They're a former boxer, a

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washed up pug named Lewis Yaw makes
a living as a fishing guide. His

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family background and choice of career that
of a boxer certainly set up Lewis to

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be damaged goods, but he meets
a woman who changes his life. They

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come together and she gives birth to
their daughter, Gray. At first,

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Lewis's hesitant, and he's unsure whether
he can be a good father, something

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he didn't have. But as the
child grows, the two become close and

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tackle a series of challenges in this
small town. Together. The X boxer

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and his daughter live up to the
challenges until tragedy strikes. The title of

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this novel is apropos, smart animals
caught in traps, deep and heartbreaking,

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and that's the Book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio