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“I wanted to like this book, I really did. But the editing was so poor I found the story difficult to follow in places.
Susan S wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Would I recommend: Sorry to say, no.”“If I could I'd give a 10 star rating, it's that good!”
Crystal J wrote this review Monday, September 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“jeffrey lent is one of my favorite authors. his writing is filled with unusual but compelling turns of phrase and articulations - you know exactly what he means but you never would've thought of saying it that way! subject matter is rich - lots of variants on relationship - with people, life, journeying. his other books Lost Nation and A Peculiar Grace are also wonderful.”
susanna w wrote this review Monday, July 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“norman is an injured civil war soldier who is nursed to health by leah, a runaway slave. They fall in love and get married and have three children, abigail, prudence, and jaimie. 25 years later leah decides to go back to the place where she ran away from. what she finds out drives herself to commit suicide. 15 years later jaimie runs away from his home and becomes a bar owner and meets prostitute joey and falls in love. they wander around place to place making money here and there and finally joey gets pregnant, they get married and have two chilren. Disease kills joey and her daughter but leaves jaimie and his son. It's not for another 15 years, after jaimie dies that his son finds out about his father's family and decides to find out what it really was that made leah kill herself!
Megha M wrote this review Wednesday, March 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Beautiful novel! great dialouge great description! never got boring! loved every minute and can't wait to get my hands on his other novels!”
“A very gifted writer and a wonderful first novel. I immediately went out and bought two more books by him. He will be added to "my favorite authors" list.”
Ruth G wrote this review Wednesday, August 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A very well written book, great use of voice, excellent descriptions a great read”
Morrigan F wrote this review Monday, June 9 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“An engrossing story that takes place during the Civil War. The story revolves around the issues of racism and how it can affect family members for many generations.”
Nona L wrote this review Monday, June 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A story spanning three generations where a civil war soldier falls in love and marries a black woman, but she has a pastwhich haunts the family 25 and 60 years later. This book shows the evil human nature can have and that slavery was more than just owning a person---it was about ownership of a soul. Powerfully good.”
Sue G wrote this review Tuesday, April 15 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Normally not a historical fiction fan, but I really liked this book! It seemed a little long, but I liked how it all tied together.”
lwooters wrote this review Tuesday, April 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“In the Fall is a remarkable novel. It tells a story of a family, through three generations. It is an unwrapping of a family history and the secrets there in. The beginning is during the civil war, when a wounded soldier from New Hampshire is helped by a young girl, an escaped slave from North Carolina. They travel to New Hampshire and on the way fall in love and marry. The people of this novel are so well crafted that you feel you almost know them and yet there always parts that are hidden away. In one scene in the novel, someone says "A man is the sum of his parts." Foster answers,"Maybe,.. I don't know. Seems to me though, the last one who could do that sum would be the one involved." He is told,"...everyman is at least two men. One of them known only to himself." That is how the characters evolve, there seem to be real dimensions that you catch only a glimmer of and other facets that are laid wide open. The story is strong and provocative, and thoroughly captures the reader. The generations are woven gently and not so gently through out each other, creating a wondrous and stunningly intelligent work. The fabulous part is that you really think that you know what is coming next and then it doesn't. A casual yet brilliant conversation in this novel says everything about the author. Someone says,"...You know exactly what [the words] are. You just don't want to say them for fear you'd be wrong." Foster answers,"I'm not sure it's worry about being wrong so much as wanting to get things right." Well Mr. Lent, you got it right, very right!!”
jeanne-scott wrote this review Thursday, February 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
