The Dewsweepers: Seasons of Golf and Friendship

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Summary: Great writing, horrible editing and proofreading!
Review: Wow. I have read some of James Dodson's previous novels, namely Final Rounds and Faithful Travelers, and once again he paints a charming and smoothly-flowing story about his life between his divorce and trip with daughter Maggie (as described in Faithful Travelers) and the not-yet-occurring adventure in Europe with his son Jack (in The Road to Somewhere). This period of his life finds him rekindling his passion for golf and love while undergoing more trials and tribulations within his family... and not the somewhat-expected kind he dealt with in Final Rounds. What surprised me greatly about this book was the shoddy editing and/or proofreading I discovered. Three different golfer's names were mispelled, and on several occasions a double letter turned into a triple lettter (yes, just as I demonstrated). I suppose if I didn't expect books to be grammatically perfect it wouldn't be such a big deal, but come on... the guy shouldn't settle for such sub-par post-writing work on what is another great story. In fact, it's the lack of proofreading that keeps me from giving it the five stars this book probably deserves.