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I wasn't so sure that I would enjoy this book as I am worn out by the stories about racial issues and the South. This book is so much more than that, though. It is due to race that many choices are made, but the friendships and family relationships and simply the fact that the author knows how to spin a tale made this an enjoyable read. Highly recommend.
Helpful Score: 1
I absolutely loved this book from the first page to the last. The author has an amazing gift for creating characters that you feel you know and root for. Highly recommended.
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Five stars is not enough to rate this book! This is one of the most powerful books that I have read in a long time. One of my favorite books of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird, and for some reason the entire time I was reading The Pecan Man, To Kill a Mockingbird kept coming into my mind, I think because of the subject matter- discrimination, assumption of guilt because of color and life circumstance, guilt and trying to assuage that guilt, and true love for those around you. I absolutely loved this book!!!
If 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and John Grishams' 'A Time to Kill' had a baby, it would be The Pecan Man. Set in Florida in the 1970's, this is a graceful and lyrical story of a Black man wrongly accused of a crime, and the White woman who knows the truth. This is a short tale, but one that will stand the test of time.
This is a spellbinding book told by an older white woman, Ora Lee Beckworth, in the 1970s in Mayville, FL. It involves her hired black help, Blanche and her family, and the black Pecan Man, called that because he picks up pecans along the street. The woman telling the story has a wonderful relationship with the black people in her life. The Pecan Man is a homeless man who is accused of something he did not do. The story involves their relationship together.
I started reading this book at 9:00 pm. I stopped at 11:55, went to sleep for awhile and then woke up and decided I had to read the rest of the book. WOW. What a great book. Easy to read but very touching. A five star read.
An interesting and quick read about a priveleged white widow who befriends a homeless black man in the early 70's. It is a story of "family" and what we will do to protect those who we love. It's about what happens when very real circumstances push us into very bad decisions and the consequences that follow. I enjoyed reading this story, but felt the ending was rushed.
The Pecan Man is a short fictional story, that could have been true. It recaptures the 1970's, a time in the United States, where much is changing, but not for all people. It is a powerful novel, with a surprising end.
The story starts in 1976 in a small Florida town when a recently widowed Ora hires a homeless man, dubbed the Pecan Man, to do odd jobs around her home. What follows is a tale of racism, love, trust, lies, deception, redemption and grace. This was, for me, a haunting story that I did not want to end. The characters were so real you felt their pain and love for each other spanning decades. Absolutely loved this book!
This is a very good book. The writing is excellent and the story keeps you turning pages until the last one. Highly recommended.
Short and sweet, sad, but heartwarming story for this lil Southern reader--loved it.
A window hired a black homeless man to mow her lawn. This begins a secret that will last for 22 years and include his time in prison in prison for murder and her maid's children who grow up in her house. It shows the harshness toward blacks in the South in the '70s and the humanity that can still exist. A rather short book that brought to mind times I lived through.
