![]() He mourns alone, and works alone, even though there are lots of people around as a result, he loses almost the entire staff who’d worked for him when John was alive, and must start fresh. But when John died suddenly, Asher wound up digging himself into Idlewild and losing almost everything-he’s since become estranged from John’s family and almost never leaves Idlewild (he lives above the restaurant, and when he’s not upstairs, he’s downstairs). And it’s kind of literally the story of Detroit itself, too, at least as a backdrop.Īsher and his partner John had opened Idlewild, a restaurant in the heart of Detroit, as their dream. (If that also sounds like a metaphor for Detroit, so be it.) It’s the story of very different worlds meeting and working together, trying to resolve differences and make something great. (If that sounds like a metaphor for Detroit itself, well, maybe it is.) It’s also the story of a young guy trying to find himself, working his butt off to become someone he likes, and figuring out who he is. Idlewild is the story of a Detroit restauranteur/widower who figures out how to rescue himself from isolation and loss after the tragedy of his husband’s death. Idlewild by Jude Sierra (December 1, 2016) 250 pages. ![]()
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