Sunday, February 03, 2019

#4 Fade Out - Kayleen Schaefer

This is a small novel which can be read in an hour or two. But this is closest to the idea which is in my head this days (what life you want to live). Jarrett Schaefer (Kayleen's brother) is missing some years after having his first movie "Chapter 27" select for the sundance festival. Kayleen is finally able to find his brother in Mexico living a life as a poor person. The reason he moved from USA to Mexico as it was tough to USA to live as a poor person. The story is told from the way Kayleen seeing things without telling the readers why Jarrett made such a decision (or may be I was not able to figure that out). The writer does not try to preach about life or give any insights. She just tells her story. There is no right or wrong (no prejudice). I just love such stories which make you think without preaching.

The "Chapter 27" trailer can be seen on you tube. It is about John Lennon killer David Chapman. David Chapman had the book 'The Catcher in the Rye' which has only 26 chapter.

I am still intrigued by what happened to Jarrett Schaefer and why he did what he did? 

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