{"id":13540,"date":"2022-06-11T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T15:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=13540"},"modified":"2022-06-11T09:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T15:59:55","slug":"sandman-a-golf-tale-by-david-w-berner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=13540","title":{"rendered":"Sandman: A Golf Tale by David W. Berner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A novel filled with nostalgia and heart\u2026 Spectacular.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young boy grapples with the questions of what he wants from life in Berner\u2019s touching latest novella. The boy loves golf, but there is something about his love for the game he longs to understand better. When the homeless vagabond Jimmy, a regular at the Old Elm Municipal Golf course, stops coming, the boy gets curious. His quest unravels Jimmy\u2019s secretive past, sending him on a journey of self-discovery. Told in third-person omniscient narrative voice, the novella is a poignant coming-of-age story as it explores themes of empathy, understanding, desire, hope, and dreams, class disparity, identity, and self-discovery. Berner’s genius lies in his skill to trace his characters’ subtle mood shifts. He precisely portrays everything that’s going on below the surface; there’s insight and deep emotion as well as the pleasure of getting to know two people separated by age, class, and social status. The boy\u2019s journey as he tries to figure out who he is and who he wants to become is rooted in reality, and Berner\u2019s knowledgeable commentary about the game of golf adds to the authenticity of the story. Emotional and keenly perceptive, this novel is not only about finding life path and one\u2019s own place in the world but also about inner peace that comes from within. With a captivating arc and solid character development, the story underlines the magic of an ancient game and its deeper meaning for a young man trying to find his path in the world. Absolutely mesmerizing. Don\u2019t miss it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandman: A Golf Tale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David W. Berner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date July 15, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 978-1789049121<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $7.49 (USD) Kindle edition, $9.95 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A novel filled with nostalgia and heart\u2026 Spectacular. A young boy grapples with the questions of what he wants from life in Berner\u2019s touching latest novella. The boy loves golf, but there is something about his love for the game he longs to understand better. When the homeless vagabond Jimmy, a regular at the Old Elm Municipal Golf course, stops coming, the boy gets curious. His quest unravels Jimmy\u2019s secretive past, sending him on a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":13541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,726,3328,178,8053601,1136176,54306025,62857929,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-13540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-indieauthor","tag-indiebooks","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-3wo","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/sandman.jpg?fit=324%2C499&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13540"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13549,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13540\/revisions\/13549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}