River Season

"I think my mom’s patience with Charles, Gary, and myself stemmed from years of working on the pediatric floor at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Maybe seeing so many sick and dying kids makes you look at your own in a different light. I don’t know. I do know she was not overly protective or strict b......more

The story, as told by the narrator as he looks back over thirty years to his childhood, more specifically the year in the 1960s when he was thirteen, is set in Archer City, a small town in America. That was the year the young Jim Black met and befriended Sam, an ageing black American, a decent and w......more

I was disappointed with the ending, where Jim believes he encountered a ghost ( though it could thankfully be interpreted as just his imagination). Otherwise, it was a beautiful story of friendship. Sam reminded me of a dear friend of mine, Brother Green. It was nice to see a story about a friendshi......more

4 1/2 stars......more

A story but partly an autobiography. Simple language. Clear images. Uplifting. A range of 'real' characters-- some likable, some not at all. The book rings true. A story of a white boy of thirteen and his friends and an older man, Sam,black, who becomes a "father-figure" for the boy. About the preju......more