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Jewel (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback)

by Bret Lott (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (28 April 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671038184
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671038182
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 410,453 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"The Boston Globe"Bret Lott has a gift for making the ordinary seem luminous. In "Jewel," he applies his art to a broad canvas and produces what may stand as his masterpiece....Lott matches the honest strength of his characters with that of his prose. His Jewel is a force of nature, her story rising out of a perfect, seamless union of teller and tale.

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In the backwoods of Mississippi, Jewel and her husband Leston are blessed with five healthy children. All this changes with the birth of Brenda Kay in 1943. This is the story of a woman's devotion to a child who is both her burden and her blessing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A JEWEL OF A NOVEL..., 2 Dec 2002
By Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This is a wonderful, luminous book about families. It focuses on one family, in particular. The novel centers around a poor, undereducated woman named Jewel, who began her life in the backwoods of rural Mississippi. It takes us on her life journey and, consequently, that of family. It shows us how Jewel dealt with a situation that can often make or break a family, and the impact that this issue had on that same family.

Beautifully written in the voice of a poor, ill educated, southern woman, the author gives life to a three dimensional character, Jewel. Born in 1904, her parents died when she was young. She then lived with her maternal grandmother who simply did not treat her with affection, as she had disapproved of her daughter's marriage to Jewel's father. While Jewel's grandmother did her duty by her, Jewel lived a life devoid of familial love and affection.

Consequently, when Jewel up and married, she was determined to have a household filled with love. She and her devoted husband, Leston, made a life. They had five children. Life was good, though hard. Then they had a sixth child, Brenda Kay, when Jewel was pushing forty. They loved her dearly. It soon, however, became apparent that Brenda Kay was not like their other children. Jewel's worst fears were realized, when she was told that her youngest daughter had Down Syndrome.

How Jewel coped and how this event affected each member of the family is the crux of this wonderfully written novel. Brenda Kay's birth is the catalyst for a journey that would take this family in search of a better life for its newest member. It would be a test of the measure of the love that they had for one another. It is a story of perseverance and survival. It is a story of familial love and acceptance. It is a story of a mother's struggle to make sure that her beloved child reaches her full potential, no matter what the cost.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Realistic portrayal of parents struggling with retardation, 25 Feb 1999
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Jewel is a woman who earns our respect for the sacrifices she is willing to make to ensure that her Brenda Kay has the best opportunity to aquire skills and knowledge despite her retardation. Less admirable, but a sympatheic character nonetheless, is Leston, whose pride is injured by his failure to be financialy successful, and by losing what he perceives to be his head-of-the-household status. Lott has written a compelling novel that disappointingly loses steam in its final chapters when decisions must be made for the future.
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