Balloon Animals

Name: Balloon Animals
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Jonathan Dunne
ISBN: 9798882459726

Author: Jonathan Dunne

Narrator: Jonathan Dunne

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Jonathan Dunne

Published: 08/20/2024

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Satire

Synopsis

Balloon Animals READ BY THE AUTHOR.BALLOON ANIMALS is a pilgrimage and road-trip of unusual dimensions. Follow me, Jonny Rowe, on a wild goose chase from Ireland to the USA with my American grandfather's remains in my red birthday balloon. I use 'remains' in the loosest sense of the word: my grandfather, 45, puffed his last breaths of air into my birthday balloon before suffering a massive heart attack right there at my birthday party which becomes his deathday party.Feeling responsible for 45's death, and as a thank-you for filling Clinical Dad's void after leaving that questionable suicide note, I make it my quest to return 45 to his birthplace amongst the corn of Iowa, USA, suspended inside his soul-bubble. This journey might also help me with my identity crisis... I'm a genealogy student, by the way. And who knows, maybe I'll find love - I tend to find things when I'm not looking for them. Join me on a desperate race against time to unveil the truth as my birthday balloon begins to deflate and loose 45 forever to the wind.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura

Here is something like Fast Times at Ridgemont High meets a low-brow version of Joyce's (please place an emphasis on low-brow) Ulysses. It involves a journey, Ireland, and a mind-blowing amount of Scrumpy Jack, Mexican brown or black, and chakra openings. It also involves a red balloon - a "semi-per......more

Goodreads review by Hunter

Funny...sexy...intelligent. This book is so well done I thought it was an autobiography when I first started reading it. Mr. Dunne takes the reader on a flight of fantasy in many ways. You will be captivated by the humanness of Johnny Rowe, from the first chapter. Congrats to Mr. Dunne for being one......more

Goodreads review by Boo-Boo

I cannot remember how I stumbled across this book but when I joined "goodreads" it asked me about the books I had read. As soon as I saw the cover, I remembered I loved the story.It made me laugh. Who'd think you could get so attached to a balloon just as a reader. Now, I have discovered there are o......more

Goodreads review by Dawn

Humour is a personal thing. What makes one person laugh won't necessarily make others laugh. I think Jonathan Dunne has it right with "Balloon Animals". My husband banned me from reading it in bed at night because of the snorts and chuckles! There's probably a laugh in there for everyone at some poin......more