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Title: Summer of Pearls by Mike Blakely ISBN: 0-8125-7004-9 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 19 November, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ITS DIFFERENT!!!!
Comment: Summer of Pearls is different from other Blakely book I have read. I was disappointed at first but the more I read the more I really enjoyed it. It is really about three 14 year old boys and their experience the summer of the pearls. Ben Crowell and his two friends have many things happen to them that summer, the finding of pearls, the catching of fish, the feeding of hogs, carring water and just growing up. Billy Treat is the one that teaches them much, especially Ben. Trevor Brigginshaw is good as the pearl buyer who has come to town. Judd Kelso is the villian. It is but together to make a very good story. It will hold your attention. The ending is great. The whole book I kept thinking of "The Waltons".
Rating: 5
Summary: SUMMER OF PEARLS a real jewel
Comment: The more I read Mr. Blakely's novels, the more I'm intrigued by his creative vision. SUMMER OF PEARLS, as far as I can tell, is a departure from his epic American Indian epic, COMANCHE DAWN, and his finely crafted westerns, like SHORTGRASS SONG and TOO LONG AT THE DANCE. What the author demonstrates in his most recent novel is his God-given ability to tell a compelling story--in this case the quiet saga of a dying east Texas town that explodes after the discovery of pearls in Lake Caddo. In my opinion, Blakely has yet to receive the acclaim he deserves. Read this book despite its horrendous cover and see if you don't agree that he's one of the best living writers mining the American historical vein.
Rating: 5
Summary: Summer of Pearls is a real gem. . . .
Comment: Mike Blakely is a gifted writer. Make no mistake about it. Some of his books are epic in scope, theme and characterization. Some, like this one, are set in one little place and involve only a few people. And Mike does each with great grace and skill.
SUMMER OF PEARLS is a wonderful book: a story set in a small town, told by an old man as he looks back on the most enjoyable and meaningful summmer of his life. In scope and feel, the book reminds me very much of that classic movie, DAYS OF HEAVEN (Richard Gere's first movie, I believe). It is contained, the style is spare and crisp, the characters are rich and full, and you leave the novel with that sense of poignancy that we all have when we look back on those bitter sweet times in our lives.
SUMMER OF PEARLS is a beautiful book, in many ways. If you want to find out just how good a writer Mike is, read this, then read COMANCHE DAWN. You will wonder how the same guy could write each. Both very fine novels, but so different from one another.
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Title: The Snowy Range Gang by Mike Blakely ISBN: 0812563573 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Moon Medicine by Mike Blakely ISBN: 0812580257 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 17 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Vendetta Gold by Mike Blakely ISBN: 0812589157 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Dead Reckoning by Mike Blakely ISBN: 0812548302 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Last Chance by Mike Blakely ISBN: 0812530276 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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