JEWEL by Bret Lott - paperback - signed edition - Oprah's Book Club

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1st Edition, Signed
ISBN
9780671038182
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Publisher
Washington Square Press
ISBN-10
0671038184
ISBN-13
9780671038182
eBay Product ID (ePID)
969117

Product Key Features

Book Title
Jewel
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Small Town & Rural, Family Life
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Fiction
Author
Bret Lott
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-017842
Reviews
The Chicago Tribune Bret Lott's Jewel is a beautifully crafted first-person epic of one poor southern woman's personal duel with God....This is a voice we don't want to stop hearing....Some of the tenderest scenes of family love since those in Dickens...., The Boston GlobeBret Lott has a gift for making the ordinary seem luminous. InJewel,he applies his art to a broad canvas and produces what may stand as his masterpiece....Lott matches the honest strength of his characters with that of his prose. His Jewel is a force of nature, her story rising out of a perfect, seamless union of teller and tale., The Boston Globe Bret Lott has a gift for making the ordinary seem luminous. In Jewel, he applies his art to a broad canvas and produces what may stand as his masterpiece....Lott matches the honest strength of his characters with that of his prose. His Jewel is a force of nature, her story rising out of a perfect, seamless union of teller and tale., The Los Angeles TimesLott is one of the most important and imaginative writers in America today. His eye for detail is unparalleled; his vision --wherehe looks -- is like no one else's in this country., The Los Angeles Times Lott is one of the most important and imaginative writers in America today. His eye for detail is unparalleled; his vision -- where he looks -- is like no one else's in this country., The Chicago TribuneBret Lott'sJewelis a beautifully crafted first-person epic of one poor southern woman's personal duel with God....This is a voice we don't want to stop hearing....Some of the tenderest scenes of family love since those in Dickens....
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Synopsis
In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome.Jewelis the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction., A "sweeping and beautifully written" ( The New York Times Book Review ) novel of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction., Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In the backwoods of Mississippi, a land of honeysuckle and grapevine, Jewel and her husband, Leston, are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.
LC Classification Number
PS3562.O784J49

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