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A Far Piece To Canaan: A Novel Of Friendship And Redemption (2013)

by Sam Halpern(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062233165 (ISBN13: 9780062233165)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: I don't know if you've ever read "Sh*t My Dad Says," but "A Far Piece to Canaan" is written by the father (Sam Halpern) who says all those outrageous & hilarious things. This book isn't a comedy, though. It's written with that same straight-shooting, intelligent, dry wit...but it's about an old man who goes back to the Kentucky area in which he spent a few of his formative years. It's two tales; the one where the man remembers his past & the one where he comes to grips with his actions as an adult. It was exciting, moving, and fantastic. If Sam Halpern ever decides to put a pen to paper again, I'll be there to read it. Definitely put it on your to-read list.
review 2: It took me a few pages to get into the book, but eventually I found it a good read. Ear... morely in the book I felt the transaction into "hick" was not consistent, but that too seemed to get better as it went along. I had a pretty good idea who would be involved in the climax of the book, but I had the sequence of events wrong. In the end I found the book very engaging, even if the principle was hard to warm up to. less

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