{"id":4084,"date":"2020-06-17T12:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2020-06-17T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:46:00","slug":"the-ghosts-of-hawthorn-missouri-heroes-of-hawthorn-by-james-peet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=4084","title":{"rendered":"The Ghosts of Hawthorn, Missouri (Heroes of Hawthorn) by James Peet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ghosts<\/p>\n

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Penetrating in particulars, extensive in scope, this is a triumph\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peet makes his foray into literary fiction with this Intense and haunting debut marked with memorable characters, sparkling prose, and a brilliantly conceived story. After his mother\u2019s tragic death, Daniel Wright is content to live with Terrence Haight, Daniel\u2019s mother\u2019s friend and the only son of the town\u2019s only family of color, in the shambolic hillside community of Jackass Flats, but instead becomes the adopted son of the privileged Redmond family. Daniel\u2019s understated revulsion toward his adopted father and his adopted brother Eric Redmond\u2019s fiercely rebellious nature helps construct an unbreakable bond between the boys that carry them through their disconcerting growing years. Peet portrays the individual stories of his characters\u2019 sad, ugly lives, a result of their failed dreams with nuance and grace. Infused with complex themes of racial issues and identity crisis, the novel makes for a mind-blowing read.<\/p>\n

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The Ghosts of Hawthorn, Missouri<\/h2>\n

By James Peet<\/h3>\n

Buy now<\/a><\/h4>\n

Persimmon<\/h4>\n

Pub date May 6, 2020<\/h4>\n

ASIN B07CZQ1VCG<\/h4>\n

Price $0.98 (USD) Kindle edition, $10.99 Paperback, $28.08 Hardcover<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Penetrating in particulars, extensive in scope, this is a triumph\u2026 Peet makes his foray into literary fiction with this Intense and haunting debut marked with memorable characters, sparkling prose, and a brilliantly conceived story. After his mother\u2019s tragic death, Daniel Wright is content to live with Terrence Haight, Daniel\u2019s mother\u2019s friend and the only son of the town\u2019s only family of color, in the shambolic hillside community of Jackass Flats, but instead becomes the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An editorial Book review Website\n\nBook review: The Ghosts of Hawthorn, Missouri (Heroes of Hawthorn) by James Peet #amreading #WritersLife #authors #Kindle #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #theghostsofhawthornmissouri #jamespeet","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"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":[56739],"tags":[7223,726,91,178,1747,1320398,1136176,610903656,54306025,91586,1473,309,349],"class_list":["post-4084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-blogging","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-fiction-book-reviews","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-literary-fiction","tag-reading","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-13S","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084","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=4084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4090,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions\/4090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}