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Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; Or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus
Holy Roller Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down Drag Out Or How I Quit Loving a BlueEyed Jesus
Author: Diane Wilson
In this rollicking memoir, Diane Wilson - a Texas Gulf Coast shrimper and the author of the highly acclaimed An Unreasonable Woman - takes readers back to her childhood in rural Texas and into her family of Holy Rollers. By night at tent revivals, Wilson gets religion from Brother Dynamite, an ex-con who finds Jesus in a baloney sandwich and han...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781933392820
ISBN-10: 1933392827
Publication Date: 10/1/2008
Pages: 210
Rating:
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1 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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scrapbooks avatar reviewed Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; Or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
You will either love this book or hate it. I don't think there is any middle ground. I did not like it at all. It's written as the ramblings of a young child in the South with many compound sentences and paragraphs. It would be as if you were actually hearing her tell the story to you - which is my main point. This would be great as an audio book or narration in person. On paper, it is confusing, difficult to read and follow. In the end I wasn't sure why I read this book. It left me with nothing. None of the humor or wit I was expecting. It wasn't even entertaining. The only thing I learned is that the shrimping community had a lot of problems with Game Wardens. Again, what is the point of this memoir?

Other readers (on Amazon) loved this book, especially those in the Southern area.

I wish I hadn't wasted the time on this book.
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