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The Field
A family torn apart. A friendship stronger than blood. A dark journey that will change two young boys forever.
After his mother and sister are killed in a tragic accident, ten-year-old Will struggles to hold on to what is left of his life. His father, consumed by grief and rage, forces Will to find solace elsewhere. An abandoned field is where he finds that solace, exploring the afternoons away with his best friend, Eddie.
But when he’s attacked during one of his excursions, the one place where Will feels he can escape his broken life is no longer safe. His misfortune soon escalates far beyond black eyes and bruised ribs, threatening to destroy his psyche as well.
Beaten and stripped of everything, Will is forced to decide how far he will go to put an end to the torment.
In the spirit of films like Stand By Me and novels like The Catcher in the Rye, The Field is a coming-of-age novel that explores the debilitating effects of loss, the unbreakable bonds of friendship, and the ghosts of our past that haunt us for the rest of our lives.
After his mother and sister are killed in a tragic accident, ten-year-old Will struggles to hold on to what is left of his life. His father, consumed by grief and rage, forces Will to find solace elsewhere. An abandoned field is where he finds that solace, exploring the afternoons away with his best friend, Eddie.
But when he’s attacked during one of his excursions, the one place where Will feels he can escape his broken life is no longer safe. His misfortune soon escalates far beyond black eyes and bruised ribs, threatening to destroy his psyche as well.
Beaten and stripped of everything, Will is forced to decide how far he will go to put an end to the torment.
In the spirit of films like Stand By Me and novels like The Catcher in the Rye, The Field is a coming-of-age novel that explores the debilitating effects of loss, the unbreakable bonds of friendship, and the ghosts of our past that haunt us for the rest of our lives.
- GenresComing Of Age
384 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2017
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July 21, 2021
We find treasures at the most unexpected places. I found this literary gem while browsing Amazon for my January River novel keywords ads. What pulled me toward it? First, it was the image on the cover; I remember finding it intriguing. Then it was the blurb that triggered my curiosity and got me. “A family torn apart. A friendship stronger than blood. A dark journey that will change two young boys forever.” When it referred to the movie Stand by Me in the last paragraph, I knew I wouldn’t pass it. I had to have it. It was free when I found it, so I clicked to buy it. I would buy it even if it weren’t free. Because I couldn’t resist its call. It had my full attention.
Just as it had my full attention in the next few days when I sped through it. Hungry for its tragedy, genuine emotion, raw reality, its beauty. I didn’t want such an end, but I embraced it. Because I would write it the same way if it was my story. I wish it were my story, I wish I were ingenious enough to come up with it. But I am glad Jason Fuhrman wrote it. The big tragedy would be if it were left untold.
I have a request for all of you who read this review. Please, help me correct injustice and read and write an honest review for The Field. If you feel what is going on in my heart and mind now, you will understand. This book is unnoticed for four years with just a few reviews on Amazon and Goodreads while it should shine with hundreds of fat, bright, five stars dancing around it. I hope my star will help in lightning its way to the stardom it deserves. And I promise you, it’s going to be a fat, bright, pulsating star, stretching out into each of five corners of its universe. Thank you.
Just as it had my full attention in the next few days when I sped through it. Hungry for its tragedy, genuine emotion, raw reality, its beauty. I didn’t want such an end, but I embraced it. Because I would write it the same way if it was my story. I wish it were my story, I wish I were ingenious enough to come up with it. But I am glad Jason Fuhrman wrote it. The big tragedy would be if it were left untold.
I have a request for all of you who read this review. Please, help me correct injustice and read and write an honest review for The Field. If you feel what is going on in my heart and mind now, you will understand. This book is unnoticed for four years with just a few reviews on Amazon and Goodreads while it should shine with hundreds of fat, bright, five stars dancing around it. I hope my star will help in lightning its way to the stardom it deserves. And I promise you, it’s going to be a fat, bright, pulsating star, stretching out into each of five corners of its universe. Thank you.
May 7, 2022
Too disconnected for me
I read the entire novel: I really love a good coming of age story. And though I appreciate where the author was trying to go, I just felt he fell short on too many levels of getting there.
The book was too depressing for me, had strange areas where the sentences just stopped and started in a totally different place. Plus so much of the language and events were just too much for me. I grew up in a time where I'm sure many of these things happened, and still do, but it read more like a depressing sci-fi to me than a heartwarming tale of two best friends.
I definitely would not recommend it. I'd like to explore this author again; maybe I'd feel differently about another work.
I read the entire novel: I really love a good coming of age story. And though I appreciate where the author was trying to go, I just felt he fell short on too many levels of getting there.
The book was too depressing for me, had strange areas where the sentences just stopped and started in a totally different place. Plus so much of the language and events were just too much for me. I grew up in a time where I'm sure many of these things happened, and still do, but it read more like a depressing sci-fi to me than a heartwarming tale of two best friends.
I definitely would not recommend it. I'd like to explore this author again; maybe I'd feel differently about another work.
May 11, 2022
Steeped in Reality
This poignant story will reach deeply into your heart. It’s about lost boys thrown into the world with no adult to ground them with a loving family. Left on their own to face sad and sometimes horrible experiences. It’s about survival and it’s very different outcomes!
This poignant story will reach deeply into your heart. It’s about lost boys thrown into the world with no adult to ground them with a loving family. Left on their own to face sad and sometimes horrible experiences. It’s about survival and it’s very different outcomes!
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June 4, 2024Interesting characters but confusing interactions
This book made me laugh sometimes but often made me cringe at the damage we do to one another and the ending was both unexpected and yet correct. Best not to read this if you are depressed.
This book made me laugh sometimes but often made me cringe at the damage we do to one another and the ending was both unexpected and yet correct. Best not to read this if you are depressed.
November 29, 2021
Mind bending
Wow. You're really going to have to keep your mind sharp reading this twisted story. There just aren't words for how to describe it other than mind bending.
Wow. You're really going to have to keep your mind sharp reading this twisted story. There just aren't words for how to describe it other than mind bending.
March 20, 2022
beautiful
Awesome touching, you think one way then it turns, beautifully done. Great characters, could see stories from each story line.
Awesome touching, you think one way then it turns, beautifully done. Great characters, could see stories from each story line.
August 13, 2024
This was too sad for me, I couldn't finish it
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