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Summary: Just right
Review: It is always a wonder to read about a place you know nothing about. This is such a book. I love the details, the small notes of grace in the writing that allow knowledge of the characters to fall through. Also, there is a wonderful portrait of family and male friendship in addition to a realistic love story.
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Summary: Just right
Review: It is always a wonder to read about a place you know nothing about. This is such a book. I love the details, the small notes of grace in the writing that allow knowledge of the characters to fall through. Also, there is a wonderful portrait of family and male friendship in addition to a realistic love story.
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Summary: CLAY' QUILT
Review: IT WAS WONDERFUL,ALL THE LADIES IN MY BOOK CLUB LOVED IT,NOT ONLY
IS THE BOOK WONDERFUL, BUT SO IS MR HOUSE I KNOW HIS BECAUSE
HE TOOK TIME OUT HIS BUSY LIFE TO CALL US ON THE NIGHT WE HAD OUR
BOOK CLUD DINNER AND LET ME TELL YOU HIS WRITING IS JUST AS SWEET AS HE IS.
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Summary: Putting together the missing pieces ............
Review: Silas House is one THE most gifted Southern writers! Clay's Quilt is an amazing, heart touching story about a young coal miner putting the missing pieces of his life together in order to understand who he is and where he has come from, and what his future may hold. His mother is murdered in front of him when he is barely four years old. He is taken in by family and raised and loved deeply, yet he still feels incomplete and not sure how to change that. The story of his mother, her friends and her hopes are gently pulled together and carefully, cautiously Clay begins to get a sense of who she was and why. This in turn causes him to look deep into himself and discover what life holds for him.
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Summary: Compelling read
Review: The dialect and charactrs are true and the imagery is beautiful. If you have ever lived in Appalachia it will take you back there in an instant. When you start to read this book you better have a few hours to spare because you will not be able to get the dishes done or the yard mowed until you finish. I started this book on a plane and very nearly turned around and told a few people to stop being friendly to one another so I could read. I could not wait until we landed to finish.
I will advise all my friends to read this book.If you like Sharyn McCrumb's Songcatcher and other ballad novels you will like this one. Though their stories are nothing alike, they illuminate Appalachian values--home, music, the land and family. And they prove that the region produces brilliant storytellers.
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Summary: Clay's Quilt, Silas House (Book Review)
Review: The novel, Clay's Quilt, is written by Silas House, who is a Kentucky author. A lot inspired him to write this novel, because he could base it off his childhood. When he was eleven his uncle was shot and killed; no one in the family really talked about it, and the only way he felt like he could erase it out of his memory was to write a story that could relate to it. The title can explain the whole story. House came up with the title, because Clay was brought up by his aunt Easter and Uncle Gabe, because his mother died when he was four. The whole time that he lived with them he is trying to piece everything together with his mom's belongings that she left behind to figure out who his parents were and what they were like. At the same time his uncle is sewing him a quilt with Anneth's (Clay's mom) clothing.
The theme that came out of this book was that we all need to rely and stay close with family. They can help you overcome hard times and move on. With the language and content of this novel, it is intended for mature young people as well as adults. The situations can relate to people, and the writing style is easily understood.
Clay Sizemore's mother died when he was four years old; his Aunt Easter and Uncle Gabe had to raise him. When he was in him mid- twenties Cake was his best friend; they were always with each other, whether it was drinking or going out to Honkey Tonk. He fell deep in love with Alma, who was a fiddler. Finally, one day he found a box that his mother left behind; it was filled with letters, clothing and clues to who she was. He found a letter that told him that she lied to him about his real dad was and he was part of a one-night stand. He found out who his real dad was and went and met him. His Uncle Gabe sewed him a quilt out of her old clothing, and also he made his own quilt with traces of belongings left from his mother.
House writes very simple, and what he says is very logical and down to earth. The way the chapters flow together it could be described as a book of poetry. Impact Weekly said about the novel, "Stunning authenticity...Exquisitely crafted...House gets it right- from the dialect of characters with names such as Dreama and Cake to the details of the world in which the bond of family is stronger, almost, than gravity....on nearly every page words are strung together with such electricity they almost make you weep....still, perhaps the most endearing quality of Clay's Quilt is its message, one we all ought to know by now: From death comes life. Following winter is spring. Even a lonesome heart can feel the spark of love."
The words of House make you think about family stronger than you did before. The intake can make you understand the importance of family and life. In my opinion, this is one of Silas House's best novels. It has a lot of meaning, and can relate to life today. "A highly accomplished, down-to earth literacy debut...This one is long on love, but surprisingly short and sentimentality," said Mobile Register. That is one good way to sum up breath taking words of intelligence.
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Summary: Clay's Quilt, Silas House (Book Review)
Review: The novel, Clay's Quilt, is written by Silas House, who is a Kentucky author. A lot inspired him to write this novel, because he could base it off his childhood. When he was eleven his uncle was shot and killed; no one in the family really talked about it, and the only way he felt like he could erase it out of his memory was to write a story that could relate to it. The title can explain the whole story. House came up with the title, because Clay was brought up by his aunt Easter and Uncle Gabe, because his mother died when he was four. The whole time that he lived with them he is trying to piece everything together with his mom's belongings that she left behind to figure out who his parents were and what they were like. At the same time his uncle is sewing him a quilt with Anneth's (Clay's mom) clothing.
The theme that came out of this book was that we all need to rely and stay close with family. They can help you overcome hard times and move on. With the language and content of this novel, it is intended for mature young people as well as adults. The situations can relate to people, and the writing style is easily understood.
Clay Sizemore's mother died when he was four years old; his Aunt Easter and Uncle Gabe had to raise him. When he was in him mid- twenties Cake was his best friend; they were always with each other, whether it was drinking or going out to Honkey Tonk. He fell deep in love with Alma, who was a fiddler. Finally, one day he found a box that his mother left behind; it was filled with letters, clothing and clues to who she was. He found a letter that told him that she lied to him about his real dad was and he was part of a one-night stand. He found out who his real dad was and went and met him. His Uncle Gabe sewed him a quilt out of her old clothing, and also he made his own quilt with traces of belongings left from his mother.
House writes very simple, and what he says is very logical and down to earth. The way the chapters flow together it could be described as a book of poetry. Impact Weekly said about the novel, "Stunning authenticity...Exquisitely crafted...House gets it right- from the dialect of characters with names such as Dreama and Cake to the details of the world in which the bond of family is stronger, almost, than gravity....on nearly every page words are strung together with such electricity they almost make you weep....still, perhaps the most endearing quality of Clay's Quilt is its message, one we all ought to know by now: From death comes life. Following winter is spring. Even a lonesome heart can feel the spark of love."
The words of House make you think about family stronger than you did before. The intake can make you understand the importance of family and life. In my opinion, this is one of Silas House's best novels. It has a lot of meaning, and can relate to life today. "A highly accomplished, down-to earth literacy debut...This one is long on love, but surprisingly short and sentimentality," said Mobile Register. That is one good way to sum up breath taking words of intelligence.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This book is about the important things in life: family, finding love, discovering the importance of heritage. House writes about a very particular place but manages to make it universal. The writing is often like great poetry. The characters are unforgettable. Our book club read it and this is the only book out of our three-year existence that we have all agreed on. And we all loved it. If you liked Big Stone Gap but like a more literary prose, this is the book for you.
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Summary: A small classic
Review: This book really delivered everything a great book should--it made me laugh and cry. It made me feel as if I had been somewhere I had never been before (in this case, Appalachian Kentucky. These characters became real to me, and I think I will carry them with me for a long time. Beautifully written in a poetic style that announces House as one of our best new writers, Clay's Quilt is also a great read...I could not put it down and read it in two sittings (something I've never done before). Books are meant to transport us out of our own reality for a little while--this one does. While reading it, I was mesmerized. Highly recommended. My favorite book of the year so far.
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Summary: Perfectly Stiched
Review: This book was imensely heart warming. But if you like action this book is definitely not for you. It's about a man, Clay Sizemore, and when he was a child he watched his mother get killed. He never really deals with it, because he never really knows how. But the he meets a girl, Alma, she's unlike any other girl he knows, she doesn't care to be different, and he can't help but fall for her. In meeting her he slowly learns about his mother, and comes to healing. Then something tragic happens with a man from Alma's past, and Clay has a hard time dealing with it because it's a lot similar to what happened to his mom. But once again his family and Alma are there to help him heal. In the end something really exciting happens, but you'll have to read it to find out what it is.
This book teaches you the importance of family, and healing. There's a really important lesson to learn here.
I would recommend this book for people between the ages of 13-18. It is perfect for teenagers, especially girls, because of the subject matter and the higher level of thinking this book causes you to be on.
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