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Summary: The flavor of Balona
Review: "We got to change are life." These are first few words of "Finding Dad". The misspelling is intentional (thank heaven), but it made me blink and re-read. What am I getting into here? What I got into was Balona, a little town like many others -- wide spots in the road that city people quickly drive through, glad they aren't stuck there. Why would anyone live there if they had a choice? Well, I'd live there. Heck, I do, only my Balona is in Iowa, and instead of a King Korndog factory, we process soybeans. (Hmmm.) I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reminded me at first of Jan Karon's Mitford books, but where Karon's characters reek with gentility and good taste, Balona's Joe and friends and relatives (which seem to be everyone in Balona) are something else entirely. I guess they're real. As Pearce introduced me to these folks, I formed first impressions, like always, and like always, my ideas were sometimes off the mark. Some of these people are just what they seem to be, and some are better or worse, for reasons you might not imagine. These books might be categorized as "Young Adult", and I'm sure teenagers will enjoy them, but if you're a grownup, don't let the label put you off. "Finding Dad" is funny, serious when it needs to be, moral without being preachy, and it gave me a look at ordinary people without being the least bit condescending. Mr. Pearce has a nifty website too -- www.balona.com. This was my first POD book and I didn't know what kind of product to expect. It's just fine, nice binding and an easy to read type style.
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Summary: The flavor of Balona
Review: "We got to change are life." These are first few words of "Finding Dad". The misspelling is intentional (thank heaven), but it made me blink and re-read. What am I getting into here? What I got into was Balona, a little town like many others -- wide spots in the road that city people quickly drive through, glad they aren't stuck there. Why would anyone live there if they had a choice? Well, I'd live there. Heck, I do, only my Balona is in Iowa, and instead of a King Korndog factory, we process soybeans. (Hmmm.) I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reminded me at first of Jan Karon's Mitford books, but where Karon's characters reek with gentility and good taste, Balona's Joe and friends and relatives (which seem to be everyone in Balona) are something else entirely. I guess they're real. As Pearce introduced me to these folks, I formed first impressions, like always, and like always, my ideas were sometimes off the mark. Some of these people are just what they seem to be, and some are better or worse, for reasons you might not imagine. These books might be categorized as "Young Adult", and I'm sure teenagers will enjoy them, but if you're a grownup, don't let the label put you off. "Finding Dad" is funny, serious when it needs to be, moral without being preachy, and it gave me a look at ordinary people without being the least bit condescending. Mr. Pearce has a nifty website too -- www.balona.com. This was my first POD book and I didn't know what kind of product to expect. It's just fine, nice binding and an easy to read type style.
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