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Summary: James Michael Pratt does it again!
Review: This is a great book to curl up with! I am so impressed with Pratt's ability to let us into the hearts and minds of his characters. We laugh, we cry, we ache for them, as though we are a part of their lives. If you love a story that tugs at your heart, this is a great choice. I'm excited to see what he comes up with next.
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Summary: Love, Loyalty,Faith, and Heritage
Review: This is an excellent book!
It's a tale of life's lessons....some sweet and some bitter.
I had to give this book a 5 star rating because I asked myself.....Am I glad that I read this book?..Emphatic yes! Would I recommend this book?..Another emphatic yes! Would I spend the money to buy this book again?...Another yes! Would I sell this book or give it away?...No, I want it in my personal library. This story has so much more meaning to it than just a love story.
It's a wonderful historical fiction, and I learned a lot of things about WWII as well as the struggles and determination of America's immigrents.The love and loyalty that family have for each other is so refreshing.
This is a short but very deep story of faith and understanding.
I truly enjoyed the scenes involving the transition into the spirit world and heaven or "the light"
I can see where this would be a book to help a healing heart missing a loved one that has passed on.
I highly recommend this book.Wonderful, gem of a book by a very gifted writer.
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Summary: Awful, just awful....
Review: This is one of the worst books I've read all year, possibly ever. First of all, the action is poorly blocked. Everything happens abruptly, and the whole plot is so predictable it's offensive. The characters are caricatures--all the Irish people speak with an atrocious brogue (they drop their g's at the end of words faithfully and say "ya" instead of "you" and "ta" instead of "to"). They even WRITE to each other in the brogue. The main characters are also too good to be true; none of them fight with each other, and they're lovey-dovey all of the time. And worst of all, the author's grasp of English seems marginal at best. Many of the sentences aren't particularly coherent. The author also suffers from a terminal case of adjectivitis--every noun is modified to death, and many times the adjectives are repetitive and/or redundant. Routine words are misspelled. But I have to admit, this book is so bad it's almost enjoyable. More often than not I was laughing at the awkwardness and the unintentional (I think) homoeroticism and phallic imagery. For those of you who like reading bad books for camp value, I heartily recommend The Lighthouse Keeper.
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Summary: The Lighthouse Keeper
Review: This story centers on the reflections of Peter O'Banyon, an elderly lighthouse keeper in Massachusetts... One day his daughter decides to bring him back to the old lighthouse to boost his spirits. The visit awakens old memories and causes the old man to pour out his soul to his daughter. The rich stories, filled with emotion, surprise his daughter because she was not aware of the depth of her father's love for her mother Anna or the pain he suffered over her loss. She also learns of Peter's painful separation as a child and his destiny in becoming a lighthouse keeper just like his Uncle Billie. He tells the story of Uncle Billie, who was raised in a poor family in Ireland but overcame the difficulties. He tells how Uncle Billie taught him to live life as a good man despite all of the life's injustices. He tells how Uncle Billie never gave up on true love. Overall, Peter shares valuable lessons learned throughout his life with his daughter and passes down the family lighthouse legacy before it is too late...
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Summary: A great heart tugger
Review: This was a delightful book. I cried, I laughed, I also skipped a few pages. A story of a man, Billie, who loses everyone in his life, except his nephew Peter. The story tells about their lives; both tragic and hopeful. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. The only disappointment were the WWII entries (there are only a few; those were the pages I skipped towards the end). If I wanted to read a book about wars stories, I would have purchased one.
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Summary: Sweet, but slow
Review: This was my first book I have read by James Michael Pratt, and it was pretty good. It was kind of slow at the beginning, it really didn't get interesting until chapter 24. The rest of the book was good though. Some parts I got kind of lost wondering where he was, but the obstacles that the family has to overcome made the book worthwhile. It's a different book to read, but it's worth reading.
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Summary: A well-written novel about love and compassion.
Review: Ticket Home is a wonderfully written book. James Pratt's talent for drawing his readers into the story is remarkable. He presents various aspects of love; from brotherly, to familial, to marital; and invites his readers to discover their own understanding of love and compassion. Ticket Home is a romantic saga and much more.
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