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Blue Jesus
by
Tom Edwards
Deep in the Appalachian mountains of Northern Georgia there dwell a group of blue skin people who live apart from the rest of society. This is the compelling story of two boys, one white and one blue, who live in the tiny Georgia hamlet of Comfort Corners in the 1950s. Trouble starts when the boys find a dead baby whose body has been thrown onto the town garbage dump. As t...more
Paperback, 300 pages
Published
June 28th 2009
by Academy Chicago Publishers
(first published June 9th 2009)
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I read this an advance for a book review. (Read the review here: http://outsmartmagazine.com/2009/06/blue... ) I was not prepared for the voice of the narrator, a young man who is bullied at home and at school for being a sissy. His is not a victim's voice, but a determined voice, defiant and strong. When his friend, Early, becomes something of a carnival show, his worry for his friend pushes aside his fears and he works to become Early's protector and advocate. He is also a young boy who is in...more
Not quite what I was expecting. The vision of a South populated by white, black, and blue people was intriguing, but the story itself got bogged down in the protagonist's struggle with his faith and lost track of the more interesting societal aspect. The bond between Early and Buddy seemed to be assumed rather than evident, which weakened the plot. At times the book got rather repetitive and I almost think it would have been better as a short story, giving us a glimpse of Buddy and Early's wo...more
Another easy read, although I didn't love it. Maybe it's a lack of spirituality, or a disconnect with people in small rural southern towns, but I didn't connect with the characters. Although it did spark my interest in researching the "blue people."
Loved it and had fun meeting the author at book club!
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