Jewel - Softcover

Lott, Bret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671740393 ISBN 13: 9780671740399

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1992

Synopsis

In this masterful portrayal of a mother's heartbreak and her devotion to a child who is both a blessing and a burden, Bret Lott takes a quantum leap forward. He transports readers to the backwoods of Mississippi, to 1943 and to the subject of truly great novels--love's redemptive power.

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Review:

"The Boston Globe" Bret Lott has a gift for making the ordinary seem luminous. In "Jewel," he applies his art to a broad canvas and produces what may stand as his masterpiece....Lott matches the honest strength of his characters with that of his prose. His Jewel is a force of nature, her story rising out of a perfect, seamless union of teller and tale.

About the Author:

Bret Lott is a native of Los Angeles, California. His parents were raised in Mississippi and East Texas and relocated to Los Angeles in the 1950s. It is this Southern heritage -- going all the way back to the War Between the States -- that Mr. Lott has drawn on in writing Jewel. He is the author of five highly acclaimed novels, The Man Who Owned Vermont, A Stranger's House, Jewel, Reed's Beach, and The Hunt Club, as well as two collections of widely anthologized short stories, A Dream of Old Leaves and How to Get Home, and a memoir, Fathers, Sons, and Brothers. He lives with his wife and two sons near Charleston, South Carolina, and teaches at the College of Charleston and Vermont College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0671740393
• ISBN 13: 9780671740399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358