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A Still Small Voice
by
John Reed (Goodreads Author)
A spellbinding novel of love and war from "a young writer of great promise."
-- Paul Auster
Written with a storyteller's grace and a poet's touch, John Reed's powerful first novel is a true adventure of the heart -- at once a passionate love story and a sweeping historical saga set against a vivid backdrop of the Civil War....
The year is 1859 as seven-year-old Alma Flynt arr...more
-- Paul Auster
Written with a storyteller's grace and a poet's touch, John Reed's powerful first novel is a true adventure of the heart -- at once a passionate love story and a sweeping historical saga set against a vivid backdrop of the Civil War....
The year is 1859 as seven-year-old Alma Flynt arr...more
Paperback/Hardback, 368 pages
Published
April 13th 2011
by Delta/Delacorte
(first published 2000)
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May 22, 2010
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Recommends it for:
Civil War enthusiasts, people interested in nineteenth century America, love story readers
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I learned a huge amount about writing from this book. In terms of the U.S. history—more things than I could discuss. Perhaps one of the stranger things I discovered was the ability to tune into another time: to discuss things with a high level of detail—detail I thought I didn't know until I fact-checked and saw that I had it right.
I found it hard to know how to react to this story. I loved the simple straight forward voice of Alma and it got me in from the beginning. And I was interested in the story of Alma's relationship as she comes to live with her aunt in Cotterpin Creek. There she meets the Cleveland family and in particular their youngest son John Warren.The two form an immediate and unshakable bond. As they grow up the civil war comes. What will happen to Alma and John Warren?
This contains a great deal of history...more
This contains a great deal of history...more
I gave this book 40 pages of chances, but I couldn't put myself through this torture anymore. The plot itself isn't the issue, it was the style of writing, plus a lack of proof reading and editing. First off, the chapters I read were supposed to be from the viewpoint of a pre-pubescent child, or an adult looking back on her youngest years. Too bad the child was a genius who was burdened with the ability to reason everything out like a damn logic professor. And because this is weighing heavily on...more
I've read this novel years ago and as I was rummaging through my books, I'v found this and opened it to the last page, and suddenly, the memories of this book came flashing back to me. It was a great great poetry novel. Oh how I loved John Reed's narration. It is a simple war love story that we have always read of, but its humour and wordings are natural and homey. I felt like I was being carried through a carriage to somewhere behind the city walls while I was reading this. Really heart-clenchi...more
This book was a little slow at times but I really enjoyed it. It's really just the story of a girl growing up during the civil war time- but it has a lot more to it. I thought it was well written.
I was disappointed in this book in that it was classified as a historical romance and there was not any romance in it except puppy love/friendship of the characters when they were children. The author spent way too much time detailing stuff that was really not that important. I skiped over some of the details of things and did not miss it. Historically it was good to read about how people lived. I always like to learn that stuff.
This was a beautifully written book about the Civil War era and the years after.
A slow read but worth the time and effort.
A slow read but worth the time and effort.
I read The Whole and Snowball's Chance, which were way far out, man. Is this really the same author? Is this a joke?
I'm on page 12 and completely love this book.
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