The Motherless Oven

by Rob Davis

In Scarper Lee's world, parents don't make children--children make parents. Scarper's father is his pride and joy, a wind-powered brass construction with a billowing sail. His mother is a Bakelite hairdryer. In this world it rains knives, and household appliances have souls. There are also no birthdays--only deathdays. Scarper's deathday is just three weeks away, and he clings to the mundane repetition of his life at home and high school for comfort...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190683881X
• ISBN13: 9781906838812
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Selfmadehero
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Dadaistic, Darkly Cryptic, and Wildly Inventive

"The Motherless Oven" tells the story of three teens in a world vastly different from our own. Where parents are made by children and every appliance is a story-telling god. Definitely a story for those who don't mind not having all the answers and for those who like stories that walk the line between thought-provoking and the absurd.