The Anxious Lives of Edwin Miller

Middle Falls Time Travel, Book 17

By: Shawn Inmon

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Edwin Miller is uncertain. Not about any one thing, but about every thing.

He's smart, capable, and completely unable to move forward in his life because of his own anxiety.

Luckily for Edwin, he lives in Middle Falls, Oregon, where the apparent end is often just a new beginning.

The Anxious Life of Edwin Miller is the seventeenth book in the Middle Falls Time Travel Series. Like all others in the series, it can be listened to in order, or as a standalone novel.

©2022 Shawn Inmon (P)2023 Podium Audio

Edwin Miller - Middle Falls series

This was another great story about the second, third or more chances at life given to certain lucky (?) residents of Middle Falls, OR. All of Shawn Inmon’s Middle Falls books are about people finding and living their best life, however many it takes. I can’t think of a single title character that wasn’t developed really well and who I liked more and more through their lives. I loved Edwin, Thomas, Michael - I loved them all. It’s a great series. I hope you’ll try it.

I love Middle Falls! I have every book.

Shawn Inmon is such a talented author. Can't wait for the next book to come out. These books are like being pulled into another world that's so real. He makes you feel so invested in the characters that its always sad when a book ends. I hope this series never ends. Please keep the books coming Shawn and I will keep buying them. Iv never been this in love with a series of any kind. Thank you Mr. Inmon.

The story has grown on me...

...but the audio narration has not. Luke Daniels...what happened here?

Spoiler alerts.

This book is one I've listened to a few times--I've listened to all books in this series 2 to 4 times. They are my version of a "comfort read." They either grow on me or it's, "Nope. I was right the first time. Not for me." This one has continued to grow on me. First time around I think it was a 2-star read for me. I felt like I had to suspend disbelief (aside from time travel) far too much, e.g., Edwin has lived over 100 years and never kissed anyone romantically until his last life? 2 adults and 2 teens sharing a 500-sq-foot room for 8 years? (I have noticed that Inmon writes family relationships as a little too close for me to think they are normal to so god-awful, I can't even imagine). Somehow in all these decades, therapy isn't even on the table until his last life?

I sometimes get impatient with a long life (and a long section of the book) where little progress is made (in the Effie book, she dies of bulimia 3 effin' times.) I felt that way with this book the first time, but each time I've read it, I've liked it more--especially the parts with Moondog and Mushu and the usual theme of "found family" that is so much a part of this series

I also liked the drive-in and all the innerworkings of it. (Inmon is always so good at presenting a profession and making it interesting even if you have zero interest in, say, real estate. Except sports. Sorry. Always boring to me, though golf was more interesting than football, which appears too often for my liking.) The descriptions of the entire drive-in were fantastic. The painting aspect in this novel was also really enjoyable.

I tend to like his books with older (or at least they get older as the book goes on) male protagonists better than the ones with women. While his pacing of lives has gotten better as the series has continued, making the ones with female MCs better, I just don't think he's as good at writing women, but again, the older they are, the more believable.

Wonderful!

I have read (or rather listened to) every Middle Falls Time Travel book so far. This one is every bit as good as all of the previous. It had me crying and laughing and with lots of smiles. What more could you want. I look forward to the next one. Keep up the great writing Shawn.

Not…

in my Middle Falls Top 3, so I must rate it sub 5. But I do love coming back to the Middle Falls world where things are as comfortable and cozy as your favorite pillow.