Books The Master Butchers Singing Club

Read online The Master Butchers Singing Club.pdf PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, DOC The Master Butchers Singing Club Story set in the years between the end of The Great War and WWII. Fidelis Waldvolgel returns from the war to deliver the news of his best friend, Johanness death to a young and very pregnant Eva. Fidelis vowed to marry Eva in Johannes stead and Eva, in her grief, accepts. The story then follows Fidelis, now a master butcher like his father, as he travels to America and takes the train west as far as his money will take him which ends up being Argus North Dakota. Fidelis begins working for a butcher who has already set up shop, and he eventually earns enough to bring Eva and baby Franz to join him. They have another baby, Markus, and then twins boys, Erich and Emil. They purchase an old homestead at the edge of town, and open their own butcher shop.About the time that the new shop is becoming successful, a prodigal child returns to Argus. Delphine Watzka, daughter of the town drunk, returns from her travels as a performer in a side-show balancing act with her "husband", Cyprian. The relationship between Delphine and Cyprian is not what it seems but they love each other, in a way, and support each other through many difficult times. Delphines story is complicated, and she turns to Eva as a sort of surrogate mother, as her how own mother died long ago, when Delphine was a toddler. Eva takes to Delphine and they soon become the best of friends. Years go by, many things happen, clear up to the end of WWII.The first half of the book was very good, but it seemed like the author lost steam when it came to recounting life after the boys grew up. The reveal about Delphines mother was so odd coming at the very end like that. I thought it could have come sooner and been explored a bit more but thats not what happened. I think this could have been much better but it wasnt bad either. by Louise Erdrich