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Earl, Honey
EARL HAHN is slow, the last one to catch on to things. Since the day his father hit him in the head with a two-by-four of loblolly pine, he’s struggled with a “thickness in his brain.” It takes him longer to make the connections others arrive at easily. When his father is prosecuted for the crime of incest, it feels like deliverance for Earl, his mother Lizzie Belle and the entire Hahn family. Sadly, his father’s abhorrent actions are not through exacting a price. Everyone in the household will pay for their patriarch’s crimes – no one more than Earl.
“Ever since Pa hit him in the head with the two-by-four, Earl had lived with blinders on. Not real blinders, of course, because that would be foolish. It was his own brain that blinkered him.”
So begins a powerful coming-of-age tale about a shy, damaged boy who must overcome unimaginable personal tragedy – both as its victim and its perpetrator. Raw, honest and filled with heart, Earl, Honey recounts an extraordinary search for redemption amid the perilous world of the 1920s American South.
“Ever since Pa hit him in the head with the two-by-four, Earl had lived with blinders on. Not real blinders, of course, because that would be foolish. It was his own brain that blinkered him.”
So begins a powerful coming-of-age tale about a shy, damaged boy who must overcome unimaginable personal tragedy – both as its victim and its perpetrator. Raw, honest and filled with heart, Earl, Honey recounts an extraordinary search for redemption amid the perilous world of the 1920s American South.
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First published May 28, 2022
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July 21, 2023
A well written heart wrenching story based on events in the author's family history. The first sentence of this story sucked me right in. Not for everyone as it contains brutality and incest.
June 18, 2022
I absolutely love this story. Even though it times have broke my heart as Earl went through troubles and miss treatment.
It’s a study of the human spirit how is different people can relate to those of us who are not perfect. Earl was by far not perfect but yet was tender and kind and would always make time for people.
I think this book is going to be an absolute hit.
I highly recommend.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
It’s a study of the human spirit how is different people can relate to those of us who are not perfect. Earl was by far not perfect but yet was tender and kind and would always make time for people.
I think this book is going to be an absolute hit.
I highly recommend.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
June 2, 2022
When Earl Hahn accidentally shot his mother it ended all the safety he had ever known in his life. Prior to that before his papa went to jail for impregnating his sister Rosie he was physically and verbally abused. It was because his papa hit him in the head with a shovel that caused people to think of him as “simple.“ Earl is a good boy and all he wants is to be safe and to be with her sister Lucy, but first he will have to revisit more frightening abuse and then maybe just maybe he can feel safety again. This book was so so so so so good! I could read books about crime and not cry, but I have never cried with a book and did happily and I did with Earl, honey. I even cried at the happy ending. I wish I could invent more social media sites so I could put this book on there and this book was so good and I mean IT WAS SO FREAKING GOOD! I highly recommend this book I gave it five stars and it definitely deserves all of them. If you love historical fiction and happy endings you need to read this book. I absolutely loved it!
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June 9, 2022
--I have received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are purely my own and not influenced in any way.--
This is one of those books where I really had to think about how exactly I felt about it and how exactly to review it because there was something about it that just didn't quite click with me like it did and will do with others. The pacing is a bit strange at times, such as starting the book with an adult Earl in the 1970s before switching to a thirteen year old Earl in the 1920s. All right, that's a pretty common framing device in historical fiction books, except future Earl is NEVER revisited ever again. It felt out of place, like it should've been an epilogue or like we should have had another scene with him to bookend the story. Equally, we start right off at the trial of Earl's father, which will shape most of Earl's summer along with another tragic event that will make this perhaps the most turbulent summer of his life. I like books that get straight to the point, but personally, I wish we had seen more of Earl's family life before his father was taken away so we would be able to see how the family functioned, what the siblings' relationships were like, and even how their relationships with their parents were as opposed to being told what it was like before. That said, I do get it: the trial involves child rape and the impregnation of his own daughter. I understand not wanting to dwell on that or get into the nitty-gritty of it nor would I want to read it, but the trial seemed to happen a bit too early for it to have as big of an impact as it could have. This book is a bit of a slow burn as it meanders from place to place, plot point to plot point, before picking up with Earl making a grave mistake with far reaching consequences that permanently splinters his already badly deteriorated family.
I know it seems like I disliked this book, but I really didn't: I just found it kind of slow and in some cases directionless. Barring his fatal error, things just kind of happen to Earl, which I THINK was intentional to show how powerless he was in his situation and how helpless he felt he was, but after a while you just wanted to shake him and tell him to "DO SOMETHING" (a sentiment echoed throughout the book by other characters, interestingly enough). One thing I will absolutely give this book is that there are a TON of really strong, interesting female characters. His sister Lucy was amazing and absolutely unyielding at only seven years old, Earl's mother was a very quietly strong woman just trying to keep her family together, and I loved Mrs. Phipps. Therein I think was my problem with the book overall: I just did not find Earl interesting. I think if this book were in Lucy's perspective, Earl actually would have been an interesting character because her story alone was quite tragic and heartbreaking and we would get to see him as the person she saw him as: a lovable boy who just wants to keep his last remaining family intact. Though that sentiment wasn't quite lost in the book we got, Earl would actually have to SHOW how he plans to keep them intact as opposed to him just TELLING us that's what he intended to do.
Overall, to me, this book is just kind of okay. There's some great characters, the cover is absolutely gorgeous, and the book is really not afraid to go in dark places. However, the book tends to suffer from telling rather than showing and our main character just wasn't all that interesting in comparison to some of the other characters introduced in this book. That said, I truly do think I'm going to be in the minority here and I absolutely see why people will like it, and if you do, good for you! I think this one is just not really my cup of tea. If you think it sounds interesting, absolutely give it a try: just because it didn't quite work for me doesn't mean it won't work for you.
This is one of those books where I really had to think about how exactly I felt about it and how exactly to review it because there was something about it that just didn't quite click with me like it did and will do with others. The pacing is a bit strange at times, such as starting the book with an adult Earl in the 1970s before switching to a thirteen year old Earl in the 1920s. All right, that's a pretty common framing device in historical fiction books, except future Earl is NEVER revisited ever again. It felt out of place, like it should've been an epilogue or like we should have had another scene with him to bookend the story. Equally, we start right off at the trial of Earl's father, which will shape most of Earl's summer along with another tragic event that will make this perhaps the most turbulent summer of his life. I like books that get straight to the point, but personally, I wish we had seen more of Earl's family life before his father was taken away so we would be able to see how the family functioned, what the siblings' relationships were like, and even how their relationships with their parents were as opposed to being told what it was like before. That said, I do get it: the trial involves child rape and the impregnation of his own daughter. I understand not wanting to dwell on that or get into the nitty-gritty of it nor would I want to read it, but the trial seemed to happen a bit too early for it to have as big of an impact as it could have. This book is a bit of a slow burn as it meanders from place to place, plot point to plot point, before picking up with Earl making a grave mistake with far reaching consequences that permanently splinters his already badly deteriorated family.
I know it seems like I disliked this book, but I really didn't: I just found it kind of slow and in some cases directionless. Barring his fatal error, things just kind of happen to Earl, which I THINK was intentional to show how powerless he was in his situation and how helpless he felt he was, but after a while you just wanted to shake him and tell him to "DO SOMETHING" (a sentiment echoed throughout the book by other characters, interestingly enough). One thing I will absolutely give this book is that there are a TON of really strong, interesting female characters. His sister Lucy was amazing and absolutely unyielding at only seven years old, Earl's mother was a very quietly strong woman just trying to keep her family together, and I loved Mrs. Phipps. Therein I think was my problem with the book overall: I just did not find Earl interesting. I think if this book were in Lucy's perspective, Earl actually would have been an interesting character because her story alone was quite tragic and heartbreaking and we would get to see him as the person she saw him as: a lovable boy who just wants to keep his last remaining family intact. Though that sentiment wasn't quite lost in the book we got, Earl would actually have to SHOW how he plans to keep them intact as opposed to him just TELLING us that's what he intended to do.
Overall, to me, this book is just kind of okay. There's some great characters, the cover is absolutely gorgeous, and the book is really not afraid to go in dark places. However, the book tends to suffer from telling rather than showing and our main character just wasn't all that interesting in comparison to some of the other characters introduced in this book. That said, I truly do think I'm going to be in the minority here and I absolutely see why people will like it, and if you do, good for you! I think this one is just not really my cup of tea. If you think it sounds interesting, absolutely give it a try: just because it didn't quite work for me doesn't mean it won't work for you.
June 3, 2022
I loved how it was told from Earl's POV, simple as he may be, with all his feelings and trials. Excellent read.
March 6, 2023
Really enjoyed this tug at your heart strings story, Earl is so sweet I would have taken him home myself! Loosely based on real people and events in the author's family.
October 9, 2022
I received a complimentary electronic Advanced Reader's Copy of this excellent historical southern noir novel from BookSirens, author D S Getson, and Matador Publishing. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read Earl, Honey of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work. I am pleased to recommend D S Getson to friends and family. This is an author I will follow. This is a story to chill your soul before it warms your heart.
First said this is not a book for the faint-hearted. It's the 1920's in rural North Carolina. Wife Lizzie Belle has had 15 pregnancies and had ten children who lived past 1 year of age. As they reach 11 or 12, the kids are farmed out to work.
Spousal and child abuse are an intricate part of this tale, as are incest and rape. Our story is for the most part seen through the eyes of Earl, almost 14, a boy who has difficulty with short-term memory and has a time trying to connect the dots, but he has a good heart and good instincts as well. Earl's problems began after he was knocked upside the head with a 2X4 by his Daddy. Everyone in this family has wounds and nightmares that scroll right back to Reinhardt Hahn.
But believe me, the focus of our tale is the strength and vibrancy of family love and support. Early on we see the locking up of Daddy Hahn behind bars for 15 years for impregnating his underaged daughter Rose. Life is tranquil and not much harder without Reinhardt Hahn's presence because everyone already worked. Lizzie takes in washing, sells eggs, and does sewing and piecework for the neighbors. The older kids were already placed out, the boys with farmers, the girls as domestic help. Only Earl and his younger sister Lucy, and after her birth Rose's daughter Mattie, live with and are cared for by Lizzie Belle. The family is still strong, still held together with love. And they will survive and flourish because now they can.
pub date May 22, 2022
rec August 8, 2022
review by Nov 6, 2022
Reviewed on August 19, 2022, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, BookBub, Kobo, and BookSirens.
First said this is not a book for the faint-hearted. It's the 1920's in rural North Carolina. Wife Lizzie Belle has had 15 pregnancies and had ten children who lived past 1 year of age. As they reach 11 or 12, the kids are farmed out to work.
Spousal and child abuse are an intricate part of this tale, as are incest and rape. Our story is for the most part seen through the eyes of Earl, almost 14, a boy who has difficulty with short-term memory and has a time trying to connect the dots, but he has a good heart and good instincts as well. Earl's problems began after he was knocked upside the head with a 2X4 by his Daddy. Everyone in this family has wounds and nightmares that scroll right back to Reinhardt Hahn.
But believe me, the focus of our tale is the strength and vibrancy of family love and support. Early on we see the locking up of Daddy Hahn behind bars for 15 years for impregnating his underaged daughter Rose. Life is tranquil and not much harder without Reinhardt Hahn's presence because everyone already worked. Lizzie takes in washing, sells eggs, and does sewing and piecework for the neighbors. The older kids were already placed out, the boys with farmers, the girls as domestic help. Only Earl and his younger sister Lucy, and after her birth Rose's daughter Mattie, live with and are cared for by Lizzie Belle. The family is still strong, still held together with love. And they will survive and flourish because now they can.
pub date May 22, 2022
rec August 8, 2022
review by Nov 6, 2022
Reviewed on August 19, 2022, at Goodreads, AmazonSmile, Barnes&Noble, BookBub, Kobo, and BookSirens.
July 17, 2024
I loved this story of a broken teenage boy who discovers that life can be good even with a dark and troubled past. Earl lived with a mean father who actually caused brain damage to him when he hit him in the head with a 2 x 4. There were many siblings in his impoverished family. After a terrible accident, Earl and his younger sister Lucy are continually moved around to foster homes while the father is serving a 15 year prison sentence. Story takes place in the South in the 1920s.
January 22, 2024
So many feels!! Sweet, sweet Earl! What an excellent book!
March 8, 2024
This was such a nice read. A family filled with anguish, but working together. As in most families, some stay and do the right thing...and others run away. This book is warm and cozy and based on a true story. Good clean read, no foul language or explicit scenes.
Highly recommend!
Highly recommend!
March 26, 2024
This novel was short and sweet, and based on a true story from the authors family history. I was both smiling and tearing up towards the end. I love Earl with all of my heart and have so much sympathy for all individuals, especially children, who have to handle such a heavy burden of grief and poverty and not knowing where you’ll be safe, esp. at a young age. This book both broke my heart and simultaneously gave me hope. I always tell people that I won’t be having kids, unless I suddenly become rich, in which case I’m adopting underprivileged children. A few women in this novel did just that, I don’t see why more people don’t do so as well. Oh well. An excellent read, never a dull a moment.
December 7, 2023
This book was both heart wrenching and heart warming. I was so happy that the Phipps family took in Earl and were so good to him. The ending had me in tears…and the authors note! Earl, Honey was based on the author’s great uncle. Which makes this story even more compelling. Have some tissues with you when you read it.
October 16, 2022
I absolutely loved this book. So well written. Heart breaking and Heart warming.
April 21, 2023
I loved this book. A beautiful coming of age story about sweet Earl, set in rural NC in the early 1920s. The story is based on true events and it will tug at your heartstrings. I read the book in 2 days because I couldn’t put it down. I absolutely recommend this book.
December 23, 2022
I knew from the first page I was reading something very special. Earl immediately cast his spell over me and engaged all my emotions. This is a novel, based on real events, in my opinion, in a class of its own.
This is the unforgettable story of Earl and his family and the tragedies which stole his youth in the 1920s. As I read the story made me weep and at times I had to put the book down the sorrow was so completely overpowering. And yet this is a book I never wanted to end. It is a testament to friendship, love and resilience echoing the literary brilliance of John Steinbeck's classic 'Of Mice And Men'.
A masterpiece.
This is the unforgettable story of Earl and his family and the tragedies which stole his youth in the 1920s. As I read the story made me weep and at times I had to put the book down the sorrow was so completely overpowering. And yet this is a book I never wanted to end. It is a testament to friendship, love and resilience echoing the literary brilliance of John Steinbeck's classic 'Of Mice And Men'.
A masterpiece.
July 1, 2022
I normally read books from the library but very glad I spent the money to buy it. It was everything I expected. I laughed. I cried. I loved Earl. I'm not a hugger but I would have loved to have been able to give Earl a hug. His mother and sister Lucy were great as well. I won't dwell on the horror Earl's dad imposed on his family but I will say I was very happy justice was served. However, it turned out that the times he lived in didn't serve protection or justice up for young females. I am certain bad people don't care about the damage they do and what futures young girls face after being treated poorly. We learn some of the repercussions of the damage in this book. Bless Earl's heart. After all the abuse he lived through he still had a heart of gold. I highly recommend this book but know that it may bruise your spirit to read it but it does have a good ending. I hope that many people get to appreciate his experience.
June 26, 2022
I loved this sweet sad book so much. I want to know more. I want to know everything about the authors grandmother. Did she go to school? How was her life?
Did Earl learn to read?
I was honestly blown away. I expected good things and this exceeded my expectations. I want to know more. I was a follow up.
Did Earl learn to read?
I was honestly blown away. I expected good things and this exceeded my expectations. I want to know more. I was a follow up.
March 16, 2023
What a wonderful wonderful story! I really think this could be made into a movie, and I would be first in line to buy a ticket! Think along the lines of Where The Crawdads Sing.
September 24, 2023
Sad and heartwarming story. Author's narrative embodied the personality of the main character.
February 11, 2025
Everyone in the family will pay for their father's crimes... none more so than Earl.
I cant say enough about this book. It was so good.
I cant say enough about this book. It was so good.
April 10, 2024
It's hard to believe that the author drew from her own family's experience for this story. Her great-grandfather was convicted for incest. He also beat his son so badly that it caused lifetime brain damage. Earl is that boy.
How have more people not read this book? Although there was abundant gut-wrenching brutality and heartbreak, Earl has the kindest heart and the finest manners. He loves his little sister Lucy so much that he's willing to sacrifice his own well-being to protect her. It may be difficult to read about all the bad people doing bad things, but the payoff is totally worth it in the end.
How have more people not read this book? Although there was abundant gut-wrenching brutality and heartbreak, Earl has the kindest heart and the finest manners. He loves his little sister Lucy so much that he's willing to sacrifice his own well-being to protect her. It may be difficult to read about all the bad people doing bad things, but the payoff is totally worth it in the end.
December 31, 2024
My first book by this author, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
December 3, 2022
A sweet book about a boy and how he overcomes horrible circumstances. The author made me feel so close to the main character. My heart would ache and then fill up right alongside him!
June 22, 2022
Earl, Honey by D.S. Getson is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It is moving, well written, and just the right length to be enjoyed on a train trip or lazy weekend afternoon. The novel is based on a true family story about Getson’s great-uncle.
Earl is “slow” because his father hit him on the head when he was little. All his life, Earl and his numerous siblings suffered abuse, until his father was incarcerated for incest. As a result of a tragic incident, the family is split up, and Earl is sent to live with a wealthy family, where he helps out the friendly gardener.
After a life of trauma, will Earl’s newfound happiness last? And will he ever be reunited with his youngest sister and former playmate?
I especially enjoyed the easy flow and great characterization in this impactful story. Earl’s spirit is captured beautifully through the author’s use of language. The character has a strong voice that reflects his mental state and the time he lives in. As soon as the book starts, we are thrown into 1920s life, and we can picture the setting and characters clearly.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction and family stories. It contains some references to traumatic events, but they aren’t too explicit to cause distress. A truly great read.
Earl is “slow” because his father hit him on the head when he was little. All his life, Earl and his numerous siblings suffered abuse, until his father was incarcerated for incest. As a result of a tragic incident, the family is split up, and Earl is sent to live with a wealthy family, where he helps out the friendly gardener.
After a life of trauma, will Earl’s newfound happiness last? And will he ever be reunited with his youngest sister and former playmate?
I especially enjoyed the easy flow and great characterization in this impactful story. Earl’s spirit is captured beautifully through the author’s use of language. The character has a strong voice that reflects his mental state and the time he lives in. As soon as the book starts, we are thrown into 1920s life, and we can picture the setting and characters clearly.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction and family stories. It contains some references to traumatic events, but they aren’t too explicit to cause distress. A truly great read.
October 29, 2022
This was an extremely difficult book to read because it's filled with unsavory characters committing despicable acts. However, it's extremely well-written and also compelling, and loving , decent, honest characters also are found among its pages. At it's core it's about the deep abiding love two terribly abused and disadvantaged children have for each other and the ways in which they look out for one another and also the remarkable compassion they feel towards others as they navigate the treacherous worlds they come to inhabit.
The book is an illuminating glimpse into a particular time and place and social structure that has come and gone, or maybe it hasn’t. Time will tell. I received an advanced review copy of the book for free and am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you to BookSirens, author D.S. Getson, and Matador for this opportunity.
The book is an illuminating glimpse into a particular time and place and social structure that has come and gone, or maybe it hasn’t. Time will tell. I received an advanced review copy of the book for free and am leaving this review voluntarily. Thank you to BookSirens, author D.S. Getson, and Matador for this opportunity.
April 17, 2023
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I couldn't put down this heart wrenching story of a family torn apart by an incestuous bully of a father and a son left mentally injured by the bully father's cruelty . The son ,Earl, is such a sweet boy with such a big heart you will fall in love with him as I did as he and his family try to survive the horrors of their early lives .
I couldn't put down this heart wrenching story of a family torn apart by an incestuous bully of a father and a son left mentally injured by the bully father's cruelty . The son ,Earl, is such a sweet boy with such a big heart you will fall in love with him as I did as he and his family try to survive the horrors of their early lives .
August 21, 2022
Set in the 1920s American South, Earl, Honey is filled with heartache and sadness. Earl Hahn is trying to navigate a world where everything is a struggle and everyone he loves leaves. Somehow, in the end, there is hope for better.
To realize that this story is based on the real-life events of the author’s family members makes the suffering and eventual calm even more powerful.
To realize that this story is based on the real-life events of the author’s family members makes the suffering and eventual calm even more powerful.
January 8, 2023
“Ever since Pa hit him in the head with the two-by-four, Earl had lived with blinders.”
If you can read that opening line and not be curious about what comes after it, check your pulse, because there’s a good chance you are already dead. As for me, I was drawn to it immediately, and I thank Net Galley and Matador Publishing for the review copy. This book is for sale now.
When we meet Earl, the year is 1921 (although occasionally, we skip forward to 1970.) Earl is in the courthouse watching his father’s trial:
‘I di’nt fornicate with no donkey. Es ist eine dirty lie!’ From the back of the darkly paneled room, he feels his pa’s rage like a ground tremor rippling its way through the crowd the crowd to the spot where he sits, surrounded by family. Well, except for Rose. She’s up front in a special seat…
‘And what about the other charge, Mr. Hahn? Is it true your daughter, Rose, is carrying your child?’
Boom. So right in the first chapter, you can plainly see that if you are someone that needs to know about triggers before reading a novel, this may not be your book. And that’s a shame, because the quality of the writing is phenomenal, from the riveting opening line, all the way to the last.
Earl’s pa does, in fact, go to jail; even if he wasn’t guilty as sin (and of it,) which he clearly is, everyone in town hates him with an abiding passion, most of all his wife and ten children. “There wasn’t a man within a hundred miles of Sampson County who would stand up for Reinhardt Hahn.”
It is unusual for me to include so many quotes in a review, but as you can see, the writing is so clear, strong, and resonant that I cannot do it justice any other way.
As the title and first line suggest, the story is Earl’s, and we follow him through the remainder of his childhood and adolescence. At its end, I am thunderstruck when I read the author’s note explaining that the whole story is based on the truth! Earl was her grandmother’s brother; Reinhardt Hahn, or “Pa,” was her great-grandfather.
Friends, this is easily one of the best novels to come out of 2022, and I am convinced that the only reason it isn’t parked on the New York Times bestseller list is because it was self-published, and therefore it didn’t receive the kind of publicity that a major publisher could have provided.
I won’t say more; to do that, I’d have to fish out some more quotes, and they are even better when read in context. Highly recommended; D.S. Getson is an author to watch.
If you can read that opening line and not be curious about what comes after it, check your pulse, because there’s a good chance you are already dead. As for me, I was drawn to it immediately, and I thank Net Galley and Matador Publishing for the review copy. This book is for sale now.
When we meet Earl, the year is 1921 (although occasionally, we skip forward to 1970.) Earl is in the courthouse watching his father’s trial:
‘I di’nt fornicate with no donkey. Es ist eine dirty lie!’ From the back of the darkly paneled room, he feels his pa’s rage like a ground tremor rippling its way through the crowd the crowd to the spot where he sits, surrounded by family. Well, except for Rose. She’s up front in a special seat…
‘And what about the other charge, Mr. Hahn? Is it true your daughter, Rose, is carrying your child?’
Boom. So right in the first chapter, you can plainly see that if you are someone that needs to know about triggers before reading a novel, this may not be your book. And that’s a shame, because the quality of the writing is phenomenal, from the riveting opening line, all the way to the last.
Earl’s pa does, in fact, go to jail; even if he wasn’t guilty as sin (and of it,) which he clearly is, everyone in town hates him with an abiding passion, most of all his wife and ten children. “There wasn’t a man within a hundred miles of Sampson County who would stand up for Reinhardt Hahn.”
It is unusual for me to include so many quotes in a review, but as you can see, the writing is so clear, strong, and resonant that I cannot do it justice any other way.
As the title and first line suggest, the story is Earl’s, and we follow him through the remainder of his childhood and adolescence. At its end, I am thunderstruck when I read the author’s note explaining that the whole story is based on the truth! Earl was her grandmother’s brother; Reinhardt Hahn, or “Pa,” was her great-grandfather.
Friends, this is easily one of the best novels to come out of 2022, and I am convinced that the only reason it isn’t parked on the New York Times bestseller list is because it was self-published, and therefore it didn’t receive the kind of publicity that a major publisher could have provided.
I won’t say more; to do that, I’d have to fish out some more quotes, and they are even better when read in context. Highly recommended; D.S. Getson is an author to watch.
March 24, 2023
Earl, Honey is a book of pure emotions, and walks a tightrope between the risk of being cheesy on one side and that of being morbid on the other. But the authors keeps her balance sapiently, handling tragic and happy events with the same grace.
Earl is a magnificent character and Mrs Getson chisels him with delicate, insightful nuances.
Earl is a magnificent character and Mrs Getson chisels him with delicate, insightful nuances.
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