Until the dot.com bubble burst, George Bailey never gave much thought to why his grandfather seemed so happy.
But then George’s wealth vanished,...
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Jan 10, 2012
Jennifer
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From My Blog...[return][return][return]When the Dot-com craze went from boom to bust, George Bailey decided he needed to reevaluate his life, and as his world was crumbling around him, he found himself thinking of his grandfather more often than not, a man who went from a farmer to a very prosperous man until the collapse of the stock market, and yet managed to pick himself up again and carry on. Abbeville by Jack Fuller is the story of Karl Schumpeter and the lessons his grandson George learns
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Jun 20, 2010
Jennifer
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When the Dot-com craze went from boom to bust, George Bailey decided he needed to reevaluate his life, and as his world was crumbling around him, he found himself thinking of his grandfather more often than not, a man who went from a farmer to a very prosperous man until the collapse of the stock market, and yet managed to pick himself up again and carry on. Abbeville by Jack Fuller is the story of Karl Schumpeter and the lessons his grandson George learns from r More...
When the Dot-com craze went from boom to bust, George Bailey decided he needed to reevaluate his life, and as his world was crumbling around him, he found himself thinking of his grandfather more often than not, a man who went from a farmer to a very prosperous man until the collapse of the stock market, and yet managed to pick himself up again and carry on. Abbeville by Jack Fuller is the story of Karl Schumpeter and the lessons his grandson George learns from r More...
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Jun 26, 2009
Joanne
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Written by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Jack Fuller, Abbeville is an excellent read. I found the novel on the new fiction shelf at the Marina Branch Library and was well rewarded. This is a generational story set in the Illinois farmland south of Chicago. When the dot com bubble bursts, George seeks the comfort of his Grandfather's life journey. By returning to the farm George discovers the theme of his family's life and generational parallels that bring him closer to his own son and
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Feb 04, 2010
Clark
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A novel which begins with a return to desolation and poverty by the last of the line of generational characters in the book, develops intrigue to discover what caused this scenario. Abbeville is the story of the men in a family who built a life style and town through four generations. You are brought inside the lives of a patriarchal ascendancy to power, fortune, and destruction. Jack Fuller’s style is easy flowing and moves rapidly through many events with a paucity of words, but at the sam
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Apr 09, 2010
Marvin
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I can't recall ever thinking this before, but this author's style and tone reminded me of Wallace Stegner; it has the same directness, sense of place, and quiet depth. Set mostly in a small town in central Illinois, with scenes in Chicago and northern Michigan, it is the story of a man who builds something of a small business empire in this small town that is undone by the Great Depression. This is a truly good man, who has a strong, positive relationship with his good wife, living in a communit
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Nov 23, 2008
Diane
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Story traces five generations of an Illinois family; their successes and failures and how they cope.
Jul 03, 2008
Candy
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Fortunes won and lost by generations of an Illinois family are at the heart of this story. It's the grandfather's tale that really is the focus and the most interesting, encompassing Chicago history, the last turn of the century and a decent, hardworking and happy man. Loved the "It's a Wonderful Life" quality of it. (C'mon, one of the characters is George Bailey!)
May 17, 2009
Caroline
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A totally meh book. Felt like I was being preached to. I liked the setting and the storyline had such great hope to actually being interesting but it did not live up to the book jacket blurb.
Sep 02, 2008
Roger
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Eh. Good-natured and mildly interesting, but cramming several generations worth of characters into 250 pages means the text doesn't have much room to breath. The constant It's a Wonderful Life references mostly just call attention to the fact that this is a construction, and inferior by comparison. Could have used a healthy dollop of perversity.
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