Ward's Reviews > The Irresistible Henry House

The Irresistible Henry House by lg is the story of Henry, a young man who was raised in the 50’s within a college home economics program. He was borrowed from an orphanage to be used as a practice baby in a practice house on campus to teach young women the skills of motherhood. Being passed from young woman to young woman, some lenient, some strict, during crucial development years gives Henry a foundation of detachment, and as he ages he finds himself in drawing and art.
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This was my very first buddy read with a friend, and we couldn’t have chosen a better book! I’m a huge Disney fan, and little did I know upon choosing this book, that Henry’s life would include key Disney elements. He works at Walt Disney’s Burbank studios as a penguin animator for the animated sequences of Mary Poppins. He is greatly effected by the death of Walt Disney. He goes on to work on The Jungle Book and then elsewhere to assist with the production of Yellow Submarine and The Beatles. There’s really a lot to love here as Henry ages and life unfolds.
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Fans of coming of age and/or character study type novels should take a look at this one.