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Lädt ... The Lake, The River & The Other Lake (2005)von Steve Amick
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This book kept me interested and I became invested in the lives and fortunes of many of the characters. It is a "slice-of-life" look at a small town and some of it inhabitants. Parts of the story were a bit raunchier than I had anticipated - it is not always folksy and clean-cut, but then neither are real people. The author could swing from social satire to explicit sex to excruciatingly touching moments with ease. There is no overarching plot with a neat beginning, middle, and end, no hero or villain, but rather a peek into a few months in the lives of some fairly ordinary people doing fairly ordinary things. After reading some online reviews of this book I hesitated to even read it, but one reviewer who compared this author to Richard Russo convinced me to give it a try and I'm glad I did. It's a worthwhile read with some memorable folks. Weneshkeen, Michigan, is a small town on Lake Michigan with a river called Oh-John-Ninny which feeds into the lake in town, Lake Weneshkeen. The book tells the story of one summer in this town of middle-class locals and "summer people" with their big houses, bit boats, and jet skis. Lots of colorful characters with interwoven stories. A great read. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The resort town of Weneshkeen, nestled along Michigan’s Gold Coast, has become a complex melting pot: townies and old timers mix with ritzy summer folk, migrant cherry pickers, wily river guides, and a few Ojibwe Indians. As the summer blooms, these lives mingle in surprising ways–a lifelong resident and Vietnam Vet pursues the take-no-guff deputy sheriff, while plotting revenge against the jet-skiers polluting his beloved lake; a summer kid from downstate stumbles into a romance with the sexiest rich girl in town; the town’s retired reverend discovers the Internet and a new friend in his computer tutor. A resonant social comedy with richly-drawn characters and quirky charm, The Lake, the River & the Other Lake welcomes you into a world that you may never want to leave. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Amick really pictured the joking approach taken by many local Native Americans. ( )