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A Sound Like Thunder
A Sound Like Thunder
Author: Sonny Brewer
From Publishers Weekly — To tell a classic, if overwrought bildungsroman?complete with teenage boy, quiet younger brother, alcoholic father, possibly cheating mother and a boat?Brewer returns to Fairhope, Ala., the setting of his 2005 debut, The Poet of Tolstoy Park. As WWII rages in Europe (Pearl Harbor is still a sleepy navy outpost), 16-year-o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345476333
ISBN-10: 0345476336
Publication Date: 8/1/2006
Pages: 288
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3.4 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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I really enjoyed this book. If I knew more about sailing, it would have even been better.
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This is the kind of book every writer dreams of writing. If you are a connoisseur of great writing,then this is the book for you. If you are an aspiring writer, then read and study this book. If you are looking for a book to edify as well as entertain, then this book is for you. You don't have to know a lot about sailing or the Gulf Coast to thoroughly enjoy this book. It is a masterpiece.


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