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| 类型/形式: | Domestic fiction Football stories Bildungsromans Fiction |
|---|---|
| 材料类型: | 小说 |
| 文件类型: | 书 |
| 所有的著者/提供者: |
Jerry B Jenkins |
| ISBN: | 0446529028 9780446529020 0446679267 9780446679268 |
| OCLC号码: | 46792949 |
| 描述: | 303 p. ; 24 cm. |
| 责任: | Jerry B. Jenkins. |
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Hometown Legend
ISBN 0446529028 - My review is based on my reading of an ARC I picked up at a thrift store, so if I comment on things that didn't show up in your book, don't worry about it. First, I'd like to point out something on my book that isn't on yours: the publication date on it is September 10, 2001. ...
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ISBN 0446529028 - My review is based on my reading of an ARC I picked up at a thrift store, so if I comment on things that didn't show up in your book, don't worry about it. First, I'd like to point out something on my book that isn't on yours: the publication date on it is September 10, 2001. Jenkins is the sort of author whose books normally catch attention, even mine, upon release, and I have to think the timing - if it was published then - on this one buried it. It's time for you to go back and pick it up.
Athens City is a small town in Alabama, where football is more than a sport, it's the lifeblood of the town - and the town is dying. The high school football coach left town following a tragedy in 1988 and for the last 12 years things have gone from bad to worse. American Leather, the town's main employer, is failing; jobless people have to leave town to be able to survive; the high school is facing its last year and can't even find a coach to take them through it. Until, that is, circumstances bring Coach Schuler home. With little more than hope on their side, can the team, the school, the company or the town get through alive?
I'm not a fan of Christian writing, but found that religion in the first half of the book slipped naturally and easily into the story. Near the end it began to feel as if Jenkins thought you might not get the message he was sending and the religious references began to feel forced and a bit heavy-handed. The hillbilly-esque writing, including a million uses of "a course" instead of "of course" or even "o' course", didn't read as naturally as the author seems to think it does. Still, with or without a faith in god, Hometown Hero is an easy read with an inspirational storyline and a really touching secondary story in Athens City's star player. Go, read!
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