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A Cry of Angels

Jeff Fields

Paperback | Pages: 392 pages

Rating: 4.37 | 121 Users | 29 Reviews

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Original Title:	A Cry of Angels: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books)
ISBN:	0820328480 (ISBN13: 9780820328485)
Edition Language:	English

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It is the mid-1950s in Quarrytown, Georgia. In the slum known as the Ape Yard, hope's last refuge is a boardinghouse where a handful of residents dream of a better life. Earl Whitaker, who is white, and Tio Grant, who is black, are both teenagers, both orphans, and best friends. In the same house live two of the most important adults in the boys' lives: Em Jojohn, the gigantic Lumbee Indian handyman, is notorious for his binges, his rat-catching prowess, and his mysterious departures from town. Jayell Crooms, a gifted but rebellious architect, is stuck in a loveless marriage to a conventional woman intent on climbing the social ladder.Crooms's vision of a new Ape Yard, rebuilt by its own residents, unites the four-and puts them on a collision course with Doc Bobo, a smalltown Machiavelli who rules the community like a feudal lord. Jeff Fields's exuberantly defined characters and his firmly rooted sense of place have earned A Cry of Angels an intensely loyal following. Its republication, more than three decades since it first appeared, is cause for celebration.

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Title	:	A Cry of Angels
Author	:	Jeff Fields
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 392 pages
Published	:	September 25th 2006 by Brown Thrasher Books (first published May 1974)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. American. Southern

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Ratings: 4.37 From 121 Users | 29 Reviews

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This is the very first book I ever read twice. I read it in the late 70"s and it just resonated with me. I thot it was fabulous and would have made a great movie. After reading it in the 70's then the 80's I still loved it. I even read it a third time. I'm overdue to read it again. I'm always surprised that more people haven't heard of it. Great storytelling.Oct. 2017I just read this again for a book club. I still love it and still think it's one of the best fiction books ever written.

I never understood why this book never reached the same level of critical acclaim as To Kill a Mockingbird. It is my number two of my list of all time favorite books.

Bob recommended I read this book. I am very glad he suggested I read it. It is set in a fictional Northeast Georgia setting that is based on Elbert County, where I currently teach high school. A Cry of Angels is truly a wonderful explanantion of small town living, with the separation of the races, back in the 1950s. There are lots of references to granite, rivers, building a dam, SC, and, Athens, also.

Reminded me of "Cannery Row."

Interesting look at racial issues in 1950s backwoods Georgia. Some surprising adult situations.

This is a very good novel, under-rated in my opinion.

Quoting back of the book: "It is the mid-1950s i Quarrytown, Georgia. In a slum known as the ape Yard, hope's last refuge is a boardinghouse where a handful of residents dream of a better life. but those dreams are on a collision course with Doc Bob, a small-0town Machiavelli who rules the Apre Yard...."Wonderful characters, good reading.