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The Widow And The Tree (2009)

by Sonny Brewer(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1596923334 (ISBN13: 9781596923331)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

MacAdam/Cage Publishing

review 1: I'm no expert, but.....This was written by an editor? And an editor whose website touts the editing work he can do for budding authors? That's quite a stretch. I gave up after the first two chapters. The dialog was full of so much information it was just unnatural. "Oh, Bob, who I bribed two years ago to do X, where are you going today?" (I paraphrase.)I lost count of how many times the No Trespassing sign is mentioned in the first chapters. Yea, we got it. No trespassing around the tree. We got it. I started this book with high hopes. I read Don't Quit Your Day Job and loved his writing style in the Introduction (the rest of the book is written by "acclaimed authors"). I find it hard to believe that this book was written by the same person. Much less an ed... moreitor!
review 2: Based on a true story involving a magnificent oak tree and the lives touched by it, the author puts the reader deep in the heart of this drama set in Alabama's backwater bays and rivers. Gorgeous writing combined with dialogue that feels true to the setting and its inhabitants. The book jacket includes a quote from Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird (as if you didn't know that). She writes: "Sonny Brewer holds the reader close..." I can't top that. less

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