This book was a surprise. From the first chapter I figured this would be light reading, a comedy of errors type of tale, a dozen different people experiencing crisis in their lives. The ending pulls off a happy ending for many of them, but even from those whose downward spiral takes them off the deep end, we learn lessons.
Amick really pictured the joking approach taken by many local Native Americans. ( )

This book kept me interested and I became invested in the lives and fortunes of many of the characters. It is a "slice-of-life" look at a small town and some of it inhabitants. Parts of the story were a bit raunchier than I had anticipated - it is not always folksy and clean-cut, but then neither are real people. The author could swing from social satire to explicit sex to excruciatingly touching moments with ease. There is no overarching plot with a neat beginning, middle, and end, no hero or villain, but rather a peek into a few months in the lives of some fairly ordinary people doing fairly ordinary things.

After reading some online reviews of this book I hesitated to even read it, but one reviewer who compared this author to Richard Russo convinced me to give it a try and I'm glad I did. It's a worthwhile read with some memorable folks. ( )

Wonderful. Funny and moving. Town of Weneshkeen on Lake Meenigeesis invaded by fudgies every summer. Roger Drinkwater wages war on jet skis ( )

Used my 100-page rule; couldn't finish it. It started out good - lots of "quirky" characters and witty, but it made a turn somewhere and it just didn't go anywhere. I especially didn't like the dark turn it took with one of the characters and his computer. ( )

Weneshkeen, Michigan, is a small town on Lake Michigan with a river called Oh-John-Ninny which feeds into the lake in town, Lake Weneshkeen. The book tells the story of one summer in this town of middle-class locals and "summer people" with their big houses, bit boats, and jet skis. Lots of colorful characters with interwoven stories. A great read. ( )