Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne
Autore di Holding On To Nothing
Opere di Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne
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- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 48
- Popolarità
- #325,720
- Voto
- 4.4
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 2
All I have to say is WOW. It grabbed me from page 1.
I don't know that I would exactly call this an Appalachian novel. As I was reading it I thought to myself that the themes in the book are just human nature and not necessarily Appalachian. The setting could have been anywhere; South Alabama, Texas, etc. It's just rural farming community living. I've even seen this in the city.
The storyline itself isn't that new either. One night stands, pregnancy, alcoholism, poverty, bar drinking, day drinking, music, and all the other themes that go with that.
I had even painted a picture in my mind of what this place looked like. When I went to Shelburne's website she's got a photo on it of some barns in the country and that is exactly the way I pictured it.
But what makes it special for me is Shelburne's lyrical way of writing these themes and making the characters so relatable that you want everything to work out. You know it won't, because this isn't a fairy tale, but you have no idea how it won't. You want Jeptha to quit drinking. You want Lucy to get that college degree. You begin rooting for these characters to buck the system and prove everyone wrong. But, just when you think it might happen..............
..........BOOM! Plot twist. I literally yelled a WTF! from the couch. My husband peered around his computer and asked if everything was ok.
No, it most certainly was not. I totally didn't see it coming.
But I'm not going to spoil it for you.
Just read the book.… (altro)