Book reviews from Ash_Grove

Mean Spirit

by Linda Hogan

Set in Oklahoma in the 1920's, this novel tells of the discovery of oil on Cherokee land and the ensuing fraud, intimidation and violence perpetrated against them in the name of wealth. If you have been looking for something that has a Milagro Beanfield War feel to it this is the closest I've come.

Mean Spirit

by Linda Hogan

Set in Oklahoma in the 1920's, this novel tells of the discovery of oil on Cherokee land and the ensuing fraud, intimidation and violence perpetrated against them in the name of wealth. If you have been looking for something that has a Milagro Beanfield War feel to it this is the closest I've come.

Names of the Dead

by Stewart O'Nan

Fictional account of an army medics war experiences and adjustment to the real world. Sensitively rendered and exquisitly written it keeps you riveted with its mystery/ thriller twist.

A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain

by Robert Olen Butler

Pulitzer Prize winning collection of short stories fictionalized from interviews of Vietnamese living in Lake Charles area of New Orleans. These are the stories of the people who really lost the war and their homeland, the exiles.

Alleys of Eden

by Robert Olen Butler

A Novel this story transcends the war and the fall of Saigon with a love story poignant and sorrowful.