Herman Raucher
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4 | 298 Users | 33 Reviews
Mention Books As Ode to Billy Joe
| Original Title: | Ode to Billy Joe |
| ISBN: | 0440166284 (ISBN13: 9780440166283) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Narrative In Pursuance Of Books Ode to Billy Joe
On June 3, 1953, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Now, years after the whispers and rumors, the muddy Tallahatchie River gives up its secrets, the secrets within the haunting ballad that swept America.Based on his own screenplay, Herman Raucher has taken the Bobbie Gentry classic and written a tender, funny, and ultimately heartbreaking love story you will never forget.
Details Epithetical Books Ode to Billy Joe
| Title | : | Ode to Billy Joe |
| Author | : | Herman Raucher |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 1976 by Dell (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Drama. Classics. Romance |
Rating Epithetical Books Ode to Billy Joe
Ratings: 4 From 298 Users | 33 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books Ode to Billy Joe
I could read this book a million times!Another! Novelization! of! a! Movie!I should create a new tag called the song was better than the movie was better than the book here. All this did was painfully spell out why Billy Joe died which was wholly unnecessary.
Yes, it is melodramatic and over-the-edge in it's rural take on life and a young man's suicicde but it was riveting and a very comfortable read. I used to read quite of few of these in my youth. They are a guilty pleasure of mine.
Another good book from my high school days. I never realized Raucher wrote this and Summer of 42.
A good story of love, desire, old school beliefs, and growing up. Set in 1950's Mississippi Billie Joe has fallen in love with the town beauty Bobbie Lee. Her papa thinks she is too young, she is trying to be a good girl but her brother is too occupied with the town stripper, and her mama defers to her husband on such matters. As tensions build between them and desire is about to run over things spin out of control. On the night of the annual town music festival, moonshine flows freely and love
I'm from Mississippi, near the Tallahatchie Bridge where the book takes place, so it was easy for me to get involved with the characters and the setting. The characters will stick with you forever. The dialogue is awesome...Bobbie Lee's Southern voice is so much fun to read. You will laugh and cry!
Lo leà hace un tiempo por pura curiosidad, en ese momento aún no estaba muy interesada en la lectura, pero el libro me resulto fácil de leer aunque un poco trágico. Para colocarle un rating tendrÃa que releerlo para recordar los detalles.
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