12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=1d68f12f-cceb-4cd8-97bf-bb52230eafc3&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&1/2HomeTop Picks: All BooksCarrying Albert Home A Novel MoreCarrying Albert Homeby Homer HickamPrice: $25.99(Hardcover)Published: October 13, 2015Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)From the Publisher: Big Fish meets The Notebook in thisemotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and analligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New YorkTimes bestselling author of the award-winning memoir RocketBoys—the basis of the movie October Sky.</p><p> Elsie Lavender andHomer Hickam (the father of the author) were high schoolclassmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as theGreat Depression began.</p><p> When Homer asked for her hand, Elsieinstead headed to Orlando where she sparked with a dancingactor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen).</p><p> But whenBuddy headed for New York, Elsie’s dreams of a life with him werecrushed and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields,married to Homer.</p><p> Unfulfilled as a miner’s wife, Elsie wasreminded of her carefree…Rate This Book|Rate/ReviewAdd To BookshelfGet This Book Go to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site whereyou can get this book.BookFilter12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=1d68f12f-cceb-4cd8-97bf-bb52230eafc3&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&2/2 Personalize / Add More ChoicesWhat We SayIf I had a bookstore, I'm not sure where I'd stock this new book by Homer Hickam, the author of a string of memoirsand novels, namely "Rocket Boys" aka "October Sky" about his childhood in coal mining country.</p><p> It's called "CarryingAlbert Home" and since it's a sort-of true memoir about a road trip his parents took with their pet alligator down toOrlando Florida during the Great Depression, at first why the Biography section makes sense.</p><p> Then you keepreading and the stories get wilder and more improbable -- bootleggers, smugglers, bank robbers, union radicals,making a Hollywood movie, a hurricane and both John Steinbeck AND Ernest Hemingway -- make appearances --and well, maybe fiction makes more sense.</p><p> By the end, after the ghosts and the wild mountain man spouting poetrywith his salacious Muslim wife and that dancing fool actor Buddy Ebsen, I'd be looking for the Tall Tales section.</p><p> Inthe end, I'd just stock it up front by the door, so everyone can see the great cover, recognize the name Hickam,glance at a summary, and maybe open a page or two and find themselves sucked in and bingo, you've got anothersale.</p><p> Sweet, funny, and somehow clear-eyed but romantic at the end.</p><p> And sort-of true. -- MIchael GIltzLessWhat Others Say“Great memoirs must balance the universal and the particular...In his debut, Hickam...walks the line beautifully...Nomatter how jaded readers have become by the onslaught of memoirs, none will want to miss the fantastic voyage ofBCMA, Auk and Coalwood.” - Publishers Weekly on Rocket Boys“Recalling a lost era, the transition between small-town life and the dawning of the new technological age, he bringshis American hometown to life with vivid images, appealing characters and considerable literary magic.” - PublishersWeekly on The Coalwood WayWhat You SayFilter byNo Reviews Found .....
