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Hard Rain Falling
Hard Rain Falling | Don Carpenter
4 posts | 8 read | 11 to read
Living off his wits in the seedy hotels and pool halls of Oregon, orphaned teen Jack Leavitt befriends Billy, a young African-American runaway and pool hustler whose schemes land Jack in an abusive reform school from which he emerges an embittered man, while Billy moves on to enjoy a bourgeoisie existence. Original.
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sisilia
Hard Rain Falling | Don Carpenter
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Mehso-so

3⭐️ A friend recommended this book, saying that it‘s one of his faves, so I had high hopes when I started reading this. It‘s indeed a page-turner, but I find nothing special with the story. Tough prison survival, and the characters feeling trapped in life, craving for something but don‘t know what exactly, and the angst towards social injustice…. I‘ve read / watched similar stories somewhere everywhere, both real stories and fictions 🤷🏻‍♀️

StaceGhost Is the title from the sister Rosetta Tharpe song? It sounds like it would jive with the storyline 3y
sisilia @StaceGhost I‘m not sure about that. I‘ll ask my bookclub if anyone knows 😄 3y
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Leftcoastzen
Hard Rain Falling | Don Carpenter
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#NYRBBookclub My nominations for November. The bookstore, the baker, the candlestick maker are all crying the blues about supply chain issues so @vivastory thought it would be good to post a little early.I agree.I have to say I‘ve been lucky to find copies used or at my library,sometimes I do an ebook . I have ordered direct from NYRB classics too.

vivastory Thanks for posting! My vote is for 3y
Leftcoastzen Thanks @vivastory I was going to go back & do that.Add everyone to the tag list.I got a call that required me to get something in the mail.Thanks again. (edited) 3y
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vivastory @Leftcoastzen No problem 👍 3y
sisilia I vote for School for Love. I read this 2 years ago and loved it so much. I dont mind rereading it 😄 3y
mklong Thanks for posting early! I vote 3y
LeahBergen I‘m going to vote for the one I *almost* nominated last month (and own! 😆) 3y
quietjenn Another tough one! I vote for 3y
BarbaraBB My choice is 3y
batsy I just added Storm to my wishlist so that's what I'm voting for! (Though I'm also very much looking forward to the Manning :) 3y
Liz_M I thought November was going to be my month 😆 and the tagged book was in the pile to consider for nominations. So, I vote for 3y
GatheringBooks Thank you so much for putting this up early! I vote for 3y
merelybookish I am game for any of them but will vote for 3y
vivastory @Liz_M Due to labor shortage, supply issues etc it would be a good idea for you to post your nominations for the Dec. selection after our September.discussion on 10/3 3y
Liz_M @vivastory I have it narrowed down to 5 selections, so I will start flipping coins Sunday evening. 😁 3y
vivastory @Liz_M I look forward to your selections! 3y
saresmoore Great picks! My vote is for 3y
youneverarrived These all sound good but this one takes my fancy the most 3y
Reviewsbylola Oooooh tough. I‘ll go with 3y
Billypar I'm going with Hard Rain also 3y
sarahbarnes I‘ll vote for School for Love! 3y
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Caffeinated_Reader
Hard Rain Falling | Don Carpenter
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#49 of my year. 9 pages in and so far I‘m not disappointed.

Caffeinated_Reader Great read. It was a brutally honest telling about a life of a tuff guy who had a hard start at life. Life in an orphanage and then on the streets. Running away. Prison. Even with all of these tuff life moments I never felt pity for Jack. He had a way of taking it all and doing the best he could, even when he found himself drunk and stealing, he knew it 5y
Caffeinated_Reader wasn‘t right and you get the sense that he knew for a fact had he been born with a different beginning, he wouldn‘t be there drinking and stealing. Idk I really liked it. His life in prison was told well and you definitely felt the weight of despair in those pages. The writing style was great. I really loved how strong and vulnerable the characters got and even the most messed up ones found love, even if it lasted for a short time. 5y
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