Maren Longbella

1 week ago | telegraphherald.com | Maren Longbella

“I See You’ve Called in Dead,” by John Kenney (Zibby Books, 296 pages)Sometimes a book comes along at just the right moment in life, aligning with what’s happening and offering eye-opening commentary. John Kenney’s “I See You’ve Called in Dead” is that book. It’s not a self-help guide, although it sometimes reads like one, or a “Hallmark card,” as protagonist Bud Stanley says to his best friend Tim — a bit of a guru in a wheelchair — while they sit in a church after a funeral.

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | Maren Longbella

The novel opens with a bang, but there’s a thin, repetitive feel to the based-in-fact tale of a Confederate woman’s saving a Union officer.

1 week ago | keenesentinel.com | Maren Longbella

Sometimes a book comes along at just the right moment in life, aligning with what’s happening and offering eye-opening commentary. John Kenney’s “I See You’ve Called in Dead” is that book. It’s not a self-help guide, although it sometimes reads like one, or a “Hallmark card,” as protagonist Bud Stanley says to his best friend Tim — a bit of a guru in a wheelchair — while they sit in a church after a funeral.

1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Maren Longbella

By MAREN LONGBELLAThe Minnesota Star TribuneSometimes a book comes along at just the right moment in life, aligning with what’s happening and offering eye-opening commentary. John Kenney’s “I See You’ve Called in Dead” is that book. It’s not a self-help guide, although it sometimes reads like one, or a “Hallmark card,” as protagonist Bud Stanley says to his best friend Tim — a bit of a guru in a wheelchair — while they sit in a church after a funeral.

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Maren Longbella

Sometimes a book comes along at just the right moment in life, aligning with what’s happening and offering eye-opening commentary. John Kenney’s “I See You’ve Called in Dead” is that book. It’s not a self-help guide, although it sometimes reads like one, or a “Hallmark card,” as protagonist Bud Stanley says to his best friend Tim — a bit of a guru in a wheelchair — while they sit in a church after a funeral.