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Edward Adrift
Edward Adrift
Edward Adrift
Audiobook7 hours

Edward Adrift

Written by Craig Lancaster

Narrated by Luke Daniels

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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It’s been a year of upheaval for Edward Stanton, a forty-two-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s lost his job. His trusted therapist has retired. His best friends have moved away. And even his nightly ritual of watching Dragnet reruns has been disrupted. All of this change has left Edward, who lives his life on a rigid schedule, completely flummoxed.

But when his friend Donna calls with news that her son Kyle is in trouble, Edward leaves his comfort zone in Billings, Montana, and drives to visit them in Boise, where he discovers Kyle has morphed from a sweet kid into a sullen adolescent. Inspired by dreams of the past, Edward goes against his routine and decides to drive to a small town in Colorado where he once spent a summer with his father—bringing Kyle along as his road trip companion. The two argue about football and music along the way, and amid their misadventures, they meet an eccentric motel owner who just might be the love of Edward’s sheltered life—if only he can let her.

Endearing and laugh-out-loud funny, Edward Adrift is author Craig Lancaster’s sequel to 600 Hours of Edward.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 9, 2013
ISBN9781469290478
Edward Adrift
Author

Craig Lancaster

Craig Lancaster is a journalist who has worked at newspapers all over the country, including the San Jose Mercury News, where he served as lead editor for the paper’s coverage of the BALCO steroids scandal. He wrote 600 Hours of Edward—winner of a Montana Book Award honorable mention and a High Plains Book Award—in less than 600 hours during National Novel Writing Month in 2008. His other books include the novel The Summer Son and the short story collection Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. Lancaster lives in Billings, Montana.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    How heartwarming Edward's story is! I was rooting for him all the way through both books.

    Mr. Lancaster writes so beautifully that immediately upon finishing EDWARD ADRIFT I went searching for more of his books. I found two, and both are now on my to-read list!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Second book about Edward, a 42 y o with Asperger's, and his life after losing his job and going on a road trip to see his old neighbors. Very well done book which compelled you to care about the main character deeply while learning to understand how he thinks.
    Great narration in Audible book as well.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved the first book and this one is even better.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It was a great follow up up to book 1 of Mr. Edward Stanton. Please Scribd, bring us the final book of the trilogy. I want to know what happened to those two magical people Edward and Sheila.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book is much more low-key than its prequel, 600 Hours of Edward, but anyone who has read the first book will care enough about Edward to want to read the whole book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I started this book today, and then got sucked in and finished this book today also. Well, housework is dull, and can wait. Edward is neither.
    Loved this book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I can't believe I've had this sitting in my kindle app since 2013. And I can't believe how much I have missed Edward. I adore him. Craig Lancaster is a helluva writer. Some of the conversations between Kyle and Edward had me laughing out loud. Lighthearted,fun read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I found this a bit more enjoyable than "600 Hours of Edward". Its a bit funnier and Edward is definitely more complex.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It's been quite a year formEdward. He's lost his job, his friends across the street have moved, and his counselor has retired. When his friend Donna calls him to help with her son, Kyle, Edward dares to leave the safety of his home and drive to Boise, Idaho, to see if he can reach the now sullen Kyle. When Kyle stows away in Edward's car, he decides to take him to a small town in Colorado where he meets an eccentric motel owner who just might be the love of Edward's life.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A worthy sequel to 600 Hours of Edward. While I loved the first book, this one was not quite as engaging for me. Nevertheless, as sequels go, I did enjoy this book and would recommend it to anyone that liked the first book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A wonderful sequel to [600 Hours of Edward. ]We meet Edward several years after the end of the first story. It is not a good year for Edward. He has been laid off from his job. His therapist has retired and his friends cross the street have moved away. For a man who needs structure, his base is crumbling.After hearing that a friend is in trouble Edward decides to help and embarks on a journey outside his familiar comfort zone. Way outside!! He begins a journey out of Billings, out of Montana and way out of his self imposed boundaries. It was heartwarming to see stretch his boundaries and learn how to live!If you read [600 Hours of Edward] you must read [Edward Adrift]
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved this book and Edward, the title character. He seems to have adapted quite well since the first novel.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Oh how I adore Edward! I just couldn't wait for this book to be released, and to journey with him again! My expectations from this book were met even more so than I hoped.

    To be there while Edward grew emotionally was a privilege. He is a character who will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you Mr Lancaster for bringing him into my life. My only wish is to meet him again, so please continue his saga!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It is three years since we left Edward that this story picks up, and a lot has happened in that time. Edward, who has Asperger's syndrome, now finds himself very much alone. His best friends Donna and her son Kyle have moved away, his much respected therapist has retired, he has new health problems, and his job is about to go. While he appears to be enduring what some might call an annus horribilis (Edward has other words to describe it), and things just seem to be getting worse, there maybe light ahead.Donna had contacted him to seek his help with Kyle, now twelve years old, who is having problems at school as well as at home. So we follow Edward as he makes the journey to visit his friends and as he takes Kyle on a short trip away. It is while Edward is devoting his time to helping Kyle that owner of the motel where they are staying takes an interest in him, and while the feelings are reciprocated, Edward's insecurity combined with an untimely intervention seem doomed to put payed to any hopes for a possible romance.Edward Adrift is a worthy successor to 600 Hours of Edward, it has all the charm and humour of the latter, develops Edward as a character most satisfyingly, and makes for a most rewarding read. No doubt reading 600 Hours of Edward first is preferable, but I am sure this novel is quite capable of standing on its own merits so can just as easily be read in isolation.I thoroughly enjoyed reading this; I wonder if there is any hope that Craig Lancaster will see his way to providing us with a third installment?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I am developmentally disabled. I’m not stupid.Yet 42-year-old Edward Stanton is adrift. Not from his Asperger’s or OCD, but from an accumulation of events that could be in anyone’s life: the move of his best-friend neighbors to another state; the retirement of his therapist; the “involuntary separation” from his job; and now new diagnoses of diabetes and high blood pressure. So when those former neighbors ask Edward for help with their troubled-teen son, he embarks on a road trip and a quest for purpose.It’s a very fast read in the first-person voice of Edward, which stays just inside believability and comfortably outside tedium. It’s sweet and uplifting, but never sappy or afraid to have some tension on the page, and reminds me of enjoying Steve Martin’s The Pleasure of My Company. A follow-up to 600 Hours of Edward, it's dedicated in part, “This one’s for those who love Edward and wanted to see more of him. As it turns out, I did, too.” Huh; now, so do I.(Review based on an advance reading copy provided by the publisher.)