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Wally by a novella by Don Peteroy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wally about?

Charming, manic Wally Tiparoy has done something awful to his wife, Elizabeth, and hes determined to prevent it from happening again. Knowing that his problem is too big for medication, and complex enough to baffle an entire team of psychoanalysts, Wally takes Elizabeths Honda and puts all his faith in a therapeutic road trip from Cincinnati to Inuvik, the northernmost town on the continent. Hes got a score to settle with Santa Claus, a lifetime of traumas to amend, and a marriage in need of repair. Told in letters to his wife, Wally retraces where his marriage went wrong, and recounts his encounters with diner patrons, a prayer hotline counselor, and the inventor of Memory Foam. But Wally has no more control over the momentum of his letters than he does his highway encounters, and ends up unearthing memories of his abusive grandfather, Marvin. What begins as a trip about reflection and redemption, quickly becomes a narrative of rationalization and evasion, as Wallys mental state deteriorates. It could be that hes off his meds, or it could be that hes been hiding something else from Elizabeth, something far worse than his original transgression, something that only the loathsome Ma

Who reads Wally?

Author

a novella by Don Peteroy

Publisher

Orlando, FL: Burrow Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780984953813

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.44 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14