Following a 30-year-old man named Rhonda suffering from
depersonalization, Some Things That Meant the World to Me is a gritty
and beautiful work that is creative and hypnotic, and should stand as an
introduction of an original new voice to American literature.
When Rhonda was a child - abandoned and ignored by his mother; abused
and misguided by his mother's boyfriend - he imagined the rooms of his
home drifting apart from one another like separating continents. Years
later, after an embarassing episode as an adult, Rhonda's inner-child
appears, leading him to a trapdoor in the bottom of a dumpster behind a
taqueria that will force him to finally confront his troubled past.
In the spirit of Cruddy and Hairstyles of the Damned, Joshua Mohr
has created a remarkable and unforgettable character in this charmingly
poetic and maturely crafted first novel.