Earl in the Yellow Shirt
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Book Overview
From the acclaimed author of "Pawpaw Patch" and "Necessary Lies" comes a complex, masterfully executed tale of a divided, poverty-stricken Southern family struggling to pay for a mother's funeral. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0060187506
ISBN13:9780060187507
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.3" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
southern fiction at its best!!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This author is great! I have read all her books except Whistle & I just bought it. Her dipiction of the south is the best. Her characters are very believeable. I would love to know them. Please Ms Daugharty more books with the same theme as your previous books.
A Great Summer Read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I agree with the other reviews - this is a superb book. My husband is from that area of Georgia so I know firsthand that Ms. Daugharty truly writes what she knows [including the dialect]. The summary on the back makes it sound like it would be dark and depressing, but on the contrary. I finished it feeling very positive and glad I had read it.
FIVE STAR BOOK
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
EARL definitely deserves five stars, if for nothing but the cover. Hey, you never know! It could be another OH BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU! (?) Author, Janice Daugharty
A Truely Amazing Novel!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Increadible novel! This book is an amazing work of southern fiction. Daugharty accurately reveals the life of the south in rural Georgia. Her writing style is fresh and truthful. This novel was one I found difficult to put down.
Brilliant on good, evil and everything in between.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The last reviewer doesn't know what he or she is talking about! This is a rich novel of an American South at once contemporary and timeless, and its many virtues include ear-perfect dialog -- plus a great deal more. What I like best is the character's struggle with the burden of the local morality, a struggle that results in heavy losses, but also a quirky, stirring triumph. Janice Daugharty is Dixie's latest recording angel, a true heir to the legacy of Flannery O'Connor.
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