false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172875668m/227274.jpg 227274 6 A burnished day in September 1952 provides the framework for a narrative that movingly distills the lifetime of an uncommonly admirable if very human being. A new corrected edition. <P>"<i>The Memory of Old Jack</I> is a slab of rich Americana, eloquent testimony that `it's not a tragedy when a man dies at the end of his life.'" -The New York Times Book Review <P>"The account of Jack's courtship of his wife is a beautiful piece of writing...and worthy of a place among the best pieces of prose written by American writers of this century."-Library Journal 74221 1974 The Memory of Old Jack total:240|5:110|4:91|3:30|2:6|1:3| 240 1019 338 43 5 2 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 16:50:24 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 15:28:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 08 08:22:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 08:23:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 14 08:46:25 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 03 09:00:45 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 14 08:45:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 04:38:07 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 04:45:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:35:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:17:53 -0700 2009 The Memory of Old Jack for two reasons. First, Berry came highly recommended by Wallace Stegner, an author I very much admire. Second, Berry is scheduled to speak at the Wisconsin Book Festival in the fall,and I wanted to have read some of his fiction before hearing...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 21:07:34 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 14:37:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 06:38:49 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:00:59 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 10:22:58 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 10:26:07 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Oct 09 19:02:05 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 04:39:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 15 13:18:27 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 13:52:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 20:11:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 17:26:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 18:35:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 19:14:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:35:17 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:48:06 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 11:29:41 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 17:50:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 18:42:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 18:45:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 18:17:54 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 18:19:48 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Jul 27 17:13:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 11:34:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 17:13:09 -0700 2009
I loved the voice of the reader, but the story was b.o.r.i.n.g.
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