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The Meaning Of Names (2014)

by Karen Gettert Shoemaker(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1597099597 (ISBN13: 9781597099592)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Red Hen Press

review 1: I went to the library one day and saw about 20 copies of this book on the shelf so I grabbed one! It was the OMAHA READS book club selection and the author spoke, I believe? or will speak? The author is the sister of a teacher my kids had for kindergarten. It is based in NE (LOVE!) in the 19-teens (LOVE) and examines rural prejudices/stereo-types during wartime. It was lovely! Kudos to another local author!
review 2: How do I start this review. There is so much to say. At how the sentences flow gently together like poetry. How the stories of Gerda and Dr. Gannoway are knitted together leading to the stories' conclusion. At the strength of the story-telling, and how the plot propels one forward, so interested in the lives of the characters--a character-driv... moreen story in which the reader melds into the story because the author's presence is barely noticeably. This is a novel that should be received with wide-spread serious attention when awards are handed out. It is a literary classic without the handle of Midwestern American literature. Without over-stating, this is American literature at its best; as good as Cather, Updike, Steinbeck, Yates, Roth. less

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