- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; First Edition edition (7 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743268490
- ISBN-13: 978-0743268493
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,681,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Reichmanns are a prosperous farming family. The envy of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, they delight in their good fortune and their three blond sons. But when World War II shatters the dreams they worked so hard to build, the youngest, Billy-Ray, vows to confront the world that has so betrayed them. It is no accident that he becomes an unrivalled oil prospector, driven to tame the untameable land that makes him so rich and powerful, yet leaves him always wanting. From the oil fields of Alaska, to the country estates of the English aristocracy, Billy-Ray seeks forgiveness in the arms of the women he seduces, and begs deliverance from the landscapes he so ruthlessly exploits. Set against the dramatic elements that constitute the world we live in: the unfathomable power of the sea, the unstable nature of the ground we walk on and the destructive force of human endeavour, Jules Hardy takes us on an epic journey of love, adventure and human fallibility.
About the Author
Jules Hardy was born in Bristol and grew up in London. Following graduation she had a number of jobs, including mobile fish-mongering and freelance publishing work. She is a trained carpenter and now works as a teacher in Bristol, while studying for a PhD.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Being an enormous fan of Jules Hardy's two first novels, I was eager to read Blue Earth when it came out. Blue Earth is different from the two previous books from Hardy: it's longer, more descriptive and less "twisted". Hardy creates a story who crosses different decades and different places in the planet, and the first part of the book is increadibly readable and pleasurable. Yet, I felt the book's too big and in the last 100 pages there just seems to be a succesion of disasters that seem artificial. I got to the end of the book and felt something was missing for Blue Earth to be a novel that was WHOLE (unlike Altered Land or Mr. Candid-Hardy's first novels). I think it's a nice book to read if you have plenty of time, but if not, then read another.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fantastic read. Hardy has written an absorbing,emotional,engagingly complex web of a book which spans generations and continents. I was entralled by some beautiful descriptive passages but my favourite part was how well the reader gets to know the main character - Billy Ray - and the effect he has on others and indeed the planet.
A great read..and a fantastic book to discuss.
A great read..and a fantastic book to discuss.
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