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Carrying
Best-selling author Theodore Weesner, unleashes his first novel in eight years: Carrying that symbolizes both the knife hidden in the boot of a military recruit, and the burden of history. With unapologetic candor Weesner navigates literary cherry bombs surrounding the subject of evolving race and class relations in America today. With exquisite aptitude, a mentorship between blue collar Professor Herman Roth and his Southie protege Jimmy Murphy reveals a universal human conflict, that of personal-best versus the other. Set in New England and overseas military zones, the narrative alternates between the quotidian of Professor Roth's existence and hope for love, and Murphy's letters chronicling keen observations during his life in the military. Once again, Weesner's resonant prose detonates a mine field to transcend archaic stereotypes and blaze fresh trails for humankind.
350 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 12, 2015
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Theodore Weesner
24 books3 followersAmerican author and Professor at Emerson College.
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April 13, 2016
I was asked to review this book by Librarything.com.
For the author's fan this book has been an 8 year wait.
This book explores race and class in America and continues on the story of Jimmy Murphy from a teenager attending school to being a trained soldier. The books sees Jimmy mature and a mentorship emerges with his professor as jimmy is engulfed in a war zone.
This was an unusual book for me but for readers out there who are interested in war fare and military novels this will be right up their street.
The author writes well and has researched his subject well.
For the author's fan this book has been an 8 year wait.
This book explores race and class in America and continues on the story of Jimmy Murphy from a teenager attending school to being a trained soldier. The books sees Jimmy mature and a mentorship emerges with his professor as jimmy is engulfed in a war zone.
This was an unusual book for me but for readers out there who are interested in war fare and military novels this will be right up their street.
The author writes well and has researched his subject well.
May 30, 2016
Carrying follows the life of Jimmy Murphy, from South Boston, as told by his ex teacher and friends Herman Roth.
The plot follows Jimmy’s life from a young 14 year old to an amateur boxer through to a serving soldier deployed to the gulf war. It then follows his life outside of the army, after serving for his country.
I must say straight off that I had quite a hard time reading this book. I really wanted to love it as the Gulf War was something that I studied and was interested in. I kept journals of events and newspaper cutting, etc, so it was a war I knew a thing or two about.
However, I found the book hard to swallow. There was a lot of racial and expletive language, and also a few words that when translated into British English had a completely different meaning, which took some getting used to.
The book opens quite slowly building up to the war, and I felt like it dragged on for a little too long. The part where Jimmy served in the Gulf War was the most interesting and was quite action packed.
Unfortunately, I didn’t connect with the characters, and I feel this is one of the reasons that I found the book hard to read.
I’m sorry to say that this book really wasn’t something I could get my teeth into, even though I really wanted to. In the right hands this book could be a five star rating, for me, I’m afraid it is only three stars.
Reviewed by Stacey at www.whisperingstories.com
The plot follows Jimmy’s life from a young 14 year old to an amateur boxer through to a serving soldier deployed to the gulf war. It then follows his life outside of the army, after serving for his country.
I must say straight off that I had quite a hard time reading this book. I really wanted to love it as the Gulf War was something that I studied and was interested in. I kept journals of events and newspaper cutting, etc, so it was a war I knew a thing or two about.
However, I found the book hard to swallow. There was a lot of racial and expletive language, and also a few words that when translated into British English had a completely different meaning, which took some getting used to.
The book opens quite slowly building up to the war, and I felt like it dragged on for a little too long. The part where Jimmy served in the Gulf War was the most interesting and was quite action packed.
Unfortunately, I didn’t connect with the characters, and I feel this is one of the reasons that I found the book hard to read.
I’m sorry to say that this book really wasn’t something I could get my teeth into, even though I really wanted to. In the right hands this book could be a five star rating, for me, I’m afraid it is only three stars.
Reviewed by Stacey at www.whisperingstories.com
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