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Plantation Secrets
Plantation Secrets is set on a Lousiana sugarcane plantation. It is rich with southern heritage. The plot is constantly twisting and turning, thus keeping the reader guessing. The first part of the novel explains the workings of a real sugarcane plantation. After a couple of chapters, a riviting twist is plunged into the story leaving the reader in shock. At this point, the reader will not be able to put the book down. The main character is a gay man that comes to live on the plantation. He has been tormented by the events that had plagued his life back East. He seeks to live a simplier life on the farm. However, a sugar baron and his family take this man to heart. Soon, they embrace him and take him down another road of affliction, including murder mystery, romance, and high drama. In addition, his brother sends his troubled gay adolescent son to live with him. Uncle and nephew forge a special relationship with the former giving guidance to the latter, while the latter stimulates courage in the former. This is a must read for anyone seeking an escape to a time period that captures the spirit of true american gay lore.
377 pages, Hardcover
First published June 15, 2000
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April 25, 2018
The first third of this book could be subtitled “Forest Gump - the Lost Years.” There was even a box of chocolates. That’s all I’ve got to say about that.
This book is riddled with misspellings, grammatical errors, and word confusion. The author does not seem to grasp the difference in meanings of words like to and too or weary and wary. Some writing was just plain sloppy, like the continual use of “the man Pilot” and one character who “unzipped his belt”. I can excuse such errors in a free ebook, but not a hard cover of which we are expected to pay.
This book is set in southern Louisiana. First, I hardly think it takes 10 hours to drive from any point in Louisiana to any other point in Louisiana. Secondly, these people sure used a lot of three-dollar, high falutin’ words. I don’t recall any character saying y’all.
The premise of the story was, at best, a stretch and the author ran more characters through this book than the number of people participating in the Boston Marathon. You might need a score card to keep up.
In the end notes, the author suggested a sequel. Ummmm...no.
This book is riddled with misspellings, grammatical errors, and word confusion. The author does not seem to grasp the difference in meanings of words like to and too or weary and wary. Some writing was just plain sloppy, like the continual use of “the man Pilot” and one character who “unzipped his belt”. I can excuse such errors in a free ebook, but not a hard cover of which we are expected to pay.
This book is set in southern Louisiana. First, I hardly think it takes 10 hours to drive from any point in Louisiana to any other point in Louisiana. Secondly, these people sure used a lot of three-dollar, high falutin’ words. I don’t recall any character saying y’all.
The premise of the story was, at best, a stretch and the author ran more characters through this book than the number of people participating in the Boston Marathon. You might need a score card to keep up.
In the end notes, the author suggested a sequel. Ummmm...no.
May 29, 2016
An epic saga that reads like a soap opera.
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