Book Jewel of the Month: Of God, Rattlesnakes, and Okra (Easterling)
What is a book jewel? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that.
This month's book jewel is Of God, Rattlesnakes, and Okra by J. Bennett Easterling.
Description:
A heaping slice of old-fashioned Southern storytelling, this book gives readers a taste of genuine American life that will keep them coming back for more. Join the journey as a preacher's kid survives his father's stern discipline, rattlesnakes, and harvesting okra. The deep-fried characters are unforgettable, and the furry and feathered folks will steal the heart of animal lovers. Soaked in faith, people survived the lean, mean times, thanks to the velvet hearts they carried under their calluses, hard work, the good sense to laugh at themselves, and, often, the hand of God. What a delightful legacy they left us! Once you pick up this book, you'll be pleading, "Don't stop now and don't ever grow up!"
Review by Terry Hust on Amazon:
This is the best and most heartwarming book I have read in years. The tales in this book kept me laughing all the way. All animal lovers will cherish this book. The author writes of any and every animal you can think of from farm animals to "critters" in the woods. There were buzzards, owls, foxes, alligators, armadillos, bullfrogs and bulldogs and anything you could think of. The preacher could have filled Noah's Ark with these remarkable animals! The author, Bennett Easterling, takes us back to a time in the rural South where families depended on God and each other to survive.
Pinnacle Book Achievement Award
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