![]() Flashbacks and letters of Otto's time in World War I play out on the current landscape of the aging trio's lives. Otto, on the other hand, stays at home, baking and making paper-mache animal figures while he waits for Etta's return. When he does catch up with Etta, she advises him to follow his own path and create his own journey which he does. ![]() Russell chooses to go after Etta, whom he has loved since he met her sixty years ago. Otto enrages their close friend, Russell, when he declares that Etta should be allowed her independence. The lines between her identity and Otto's blend as the story extends. Etta struggles with early stages of dementia. Emma Hooper, Etta and Otto and Russell and James. Just remember to hold on to yourself while you do it. Along the way, Etta is joined by a talking coyote named James as well as other people who gain notice of her journey. Etta and Otto and Russell and James Quotes Showing 1-25 of 25. Etta leaves a note for her husband, Otto, takes his gun, a few personal items, and some food. Wonderful Chris Cleave, 1 New York Times Bestselling author of Little BeeI've gone. It is a book that restores one's faith in life even as it deepens its mystery. In Etta and Otto and Russell and James, a novel by Emma Hooper, an 83-year-old woman named Etta leaves her farm home in Saskatchewan early one morning on a trek to see the ocean she has never viewed. Finalist for the 2017 Frank Hegyi Award for Emerging AuthorsEtta and Otto and Russell and James is incredibly moving, beautifully written and luminous with wisdom. NOTE: This study guide refers to Etta and Otto and Russell and James, by Emma Hooper, the Kindle Edition, Copyright 2015. ![]()
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