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Summary: Best Book I've ever read
Review: This is by far the best book I have ever read. I consider myself an avid reader. However I have never been touched by a novel as I have by Letters for Emily. This book is a quick read and you will not want to put it down. The tears will come so naturally because of the heart-felt emotions expressed by the grandfather who wrote the letters, and the reactions by his family members. After completing this book, I immediately looked for other books by Cameron Wright, but was unable to find others. I am eagerly awaiting the author's next novel. If you ever want to understand forgiveness and family love, this book will give you that experience. I would recommend this book to EVERYONE.
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Summary: Letters for Emily
Review: This is Camron Wright's first book but he has a real flare for writing. Letters for Emily is a wonderful story about a grandfather who realizes that his mind is failing him. Wright unveils relationships between parents & children while a grandfather is giving advice & telling about his past to his granddaughter. The grandfather has depression, an illness often denied. Once you have read this story you will want to share it with others. Telling you more would only take away the creative why he tells this story.
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Summary: That's it. I am reading it again.
Review: This is the best little book I have read in awhile. I was so captivated by the letters and the messages they held that I decided to put the book in my new baby daughters time capsule. The lesson learned in the letters are a must for everyone in the family to read. The authors first go at writing has proven that he is a master storyteller. I hope he writes more books like this as we need some good heartfelt literature. Put it this way if you like Nicholas Sparks and Richard Evans than you will love this twist and turn of a book. It starts out with a few different things going on and than it gets intriguing as you will try to read the book in one setting just to see what the clever old guy has written in the letters next. And if you like the mystery of these letters than check out the "Giffin and Sabine" trilogy by Nick Bantock. Its another mind boggler. Be prepared when you pick up this great read to be up all night until the book is done. Its that good.
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Summary: Excellent - Couldn't Put It Down
Review: This was his first novel? It was Excellent. I read it in one night! A definite page turner. And the ending . . . You'll Love It!
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Summary: Letters for Emily......WOW
Review: Though he knows he is dying that does not disturb Harry Whitney. However, Alzheimer's bothers him because he realizes how much the disease has changed him from Grandpa Harry to an old cranky geezer complaining about everything. Harry has several grandchildren, but his favorite is Emily, who visits him every week.When Harry dies, his daughter-in-law Laura, finds three homemade books filled with his poems and stories. Together with her daughter Emily, who mourns the most over the loss of her best friend, they read Harry's poetry and stories, realizing that each contain a coded password that opens a related computer file. Inside the files are special notes to Harry's beloved Emily to help her in life. Other family members soon read Emily's treasure that reminds them how remarkable Harry had been as a person, father, husband, and grandfather before Alzheimer's destroyed his mind and body. This inspirational family drama will leave the audience crying for joy and out of sadness. Harry in life and death is quite a protagonist as his wisdom passes down to Emily and others. When the tale focuses on Harry directly or indirectly (the sandwich generation struggling on what is the right thing to do with their father) or on Emily's child-like but mature understanding of him, the book is incredible. When the tale centers on the breakup of marriages amidst Harry's children, it adds depth yet too much angst that weighs down the reader a bit. Still LETTERS FOR EMILY is a powerful and insightful look at the individual members of a family. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: powerful and insightful look at the members of a family
Review: Though he knows he is dying that does not disturb Harry Whitney. However, Alzheimer's bothers him because he realizes how much the disease has changed him from Grandpa Harry to an old cranky geezer complaining about everything. Harry has several grandchildren, but his favorite is Emily, who visits him every week. When Harry dies, his daughter-in-law Laura, finds three homemade books filled with his poems and stories. Together with her daughter Emily, who mourns the most over the loss of her best friend, they read Harry's poetry and stories, realizing that each contain a coded password that opens a related computer file. Inside the files are special notes to Harry's beloved Emily to help her in life. Other family members soon read Emily's treasure that reminds them how remarkable Harry had been as a person, father, husband, and grandfather before Alzheimer's destroyed his mind and body. This inspirational family drama will leave the audience crying for joy and out of sadness. Harry in life and death is quite a protagonist as his wisdom passes down to Emily and others. When the tale focuses on Harry directly or indirectly (the sandwich generation struggling on what is the right thing to do with their father) or on Emily's child-like but mature understanding of him, the book is incredible. When the tale centers on the breakup of marriages amidst Harry's children, it adds depth yet too much angst that weighs down the reader a bit. Still LETTERS FOR EMILY is a powerful and insightful look at the individual members of a family. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Letters for Emily
Review: What a wonderful book! This was a very quick read with an excellent story to tell. Passed it along and heard rave reviews!
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Summary: A Definite Must Have
Review: What an amazing book!!!! Recommended to me by a member of my Church, I was a bit skeptical about cracking the cover. To my delight, I fell in love with the book and the characters. Your heart begins to ache for poor Harry. You begin to well up with tears for Laura. You start getting angry at Bob. And you are excited for little Emily. It starts out as a book about Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and its cruelty to those who are inflicted with it. AD is one of the worst because you watch your loved one wither away before you. AD steals the most important part of life...your memories -- then your body. It is, however, a book just about AD because as you are engrossed with the characters and the story, another problem begins to surface. What is it? Read the book and find out. I highly recommended this book to all readers! As a Pastor, it will certainly have a place of prominence on my bookshelf. Truly a delight to read as well as a challenge to our lives. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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Summary: Think Richard Paul Evans with a really bad editor
Review: Whatever editor Simon & Schuster hired for this job was clearly out to lunch. The author had an interesting idea, but the book is so poorly written I found it impossible to read it from cover to cover. I'm not a big fan of Richard Paul Evans, but I appreciate the genre, and this book doesn't even come close to hitting the mark. It would be an act of kindness to let this book go out of print in the hopes that another publisher will pick it up and give it the edit it needs.
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Summary: Keep the Kleenex close...
Review: You'll need to keep a box of Kleenex close by when you read this tear-jerker. This book was among a few others that I found in a box of books in a basement. I knew by the book's size and large print that it would be a quick read, and that's what I was looking for, something quick to read. So I sat down and started, thinking this was going to be another one of those stories where the wife and husband are at odds and it will go from there. Well, that was somewhat true, but after learning that Harry's son, Bob, suffered from depression just like Harry, and he had sense enough to get tested and to save his marriage, well, I was simply thrilled by this little book. Love stories are supposed to have a happy ending, although life doesn't always coat it with pretty colors as we'd like. This story had a good ending, even though the years Bob could have shared with his father and didn't, had slipped away. IF Bob didn't feel the father-son relationship that most boys require when they are growing up, it was simply because Harry was sick and didn't know how to tell him...or express his emotions. So the old man, while failing in health and losing his memory, wrote his emotions in his Letters to Emily.
Grant it, I could see where this book did need an editor's touch, but when you're totally engrossed in a good story, you overlook that and keep reading. This must be Camron Wright's first attempt at writing, and he does remind me of Nicholar Sparks too. Regardless, I'm glad I had the chance to read this book and I highly recommend it to anyone, any age, in any given situation that requires good sound advice about trying to face life's problems. This is an excellent read.
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