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Stormy Weather (Paperback)

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (May 20 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1554681898
ISBN-13: 978-1554681891

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Jiles's eloquent, engaging sophomore novel celebrates four strong women toughing out the Great Depression in the Texas dust bowl. As the book opens in 1927, Elizabeth Stoddard and husband Jack have three daughters: the pretty Mayme, the tomboyish Jeanine and the writerly Bea. Jeanine, resented for being daddy's favorite, soon becomes the novel's primary point of view. After the disgraced Jack dies in 1937, the four Stoddard women move back to the 150-acre homeplace on the Brazos River in Central Texas. Drought, hail and dust storms, land-tax debts and grinding poverty make life a struggle; radio shows, horse-racing, wildcat oil well speculation and stuttering news reporter friend Milton Brown provide diversions. Jeanine falls in love with local rancher Ross Everett; Mayme dates soldier Vernon. Visceral detail of the 1930s rancher life and the hardscrabble setting add authenticity, particularly in the characters' feel for horses. While forthright, some of the dialogue is less than believable (as when Ross compliments Jeanine on her "furious bloody purple" dress), but it serves the characters' greater-than-usual emotional bandwidth. Jiles winds this gritty saga up on the eve of WWII with a patchwork quilt's worth of hope. (May)
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Colleen Delany brings out the strength of character in three women who struggle to survive the Depression in Texas. Delanys drawl rings as true as the authors research, and her narration adds to the local color that is so much a part of the story. Delany differentiates the Stoddard daughters with varying tonality. Writer Bea is dreamy; Mayme is practical. The focus character is Jeanine, beloved by her late father, a charming, alcoholic gambler. Delany portrays Jeanine as a complex character, showing her determination when she fights for her family and her confusion as she tries to choose what she really wants in life. S.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars REMARKABLE, MEMORABLE, AND EVOCATIVE, Aug 1 2007

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Stormy Weather (Hardcover)

Some four years ago after only a scant few pages I was hopelessly and happily hooked by a stunning debut novel, Enemy Women. Written in spare, almost lyrical prose it was amazing. The author was poet and memorist Pauline Jiles who had married history and fiction to create an unforgettable story of strength, courage and love during the American Civil War.

At the time I was so impressed by this author's narrative skills that I couldn't wait to read her next book, yet I wondered if she could possibly live up to the praise soon heaped upon her debut. With Stormy Weather she has done just that and raised the bar.

Once again Ms. Jiles has taken her setting from the pages of our country's history - the Depression as endured on the merciless plains of Texas. It is a story of a family, the Stoddards, and four incredible women who not only survive but conquer.

Jeanine is the middle daughter, the one most favored by her father, and she adores him despite last night's " tormented shouting" between her parents, Elizabeth and Jack. Wise beyond their years, we read, "....Jeanine and her sister knew these were noises of pain. Their parents needed comfort." Yet, when she expresses her love to him, the reply is, "...you'll be mad at me too someday, Jenny," he said. "Before the world is done with me."

Many needed comfort in 1930s Cental Texas where life was more than hard, each day bringing a struggle for food, clothing, and shelter. However, these were proud people who believed "Hard times and collapsing marriages and heavy labor was nobody's business but their own."

Jack finds release from his failures in whiskey and gambling. An accident while working on an oil well causes him to slip from reality. A criminal act follows and he dies in jail.

Now widowed Elizabeth has no means of support nor a roof over their heads. The only option is to return to the home of her ancestors, the Tolliver farm. So they packed their belongings, Mayme, the oldest, and Bea, the youngest, doing their part. As they drove toward the farm on Highway 80 they saw cars loaded with household belongings moving from one oil field to another or to a cotton harvest. It was "People searching for work, as if it were a thing, a metal in the ground or a place."

To say the farm and house are run down is an understatement. But Jeanine is determined to make a go of it. It's their place and she'll repair the house and work the fields. Mayme eventually finds work, which brings in a small amount of money, and Bea goes to school. Bea's the reader, an intelligent child who nurtures her stray cat, and escapes from their hard scrabble life in the magazines she devours.

Elizabeth discovers that she's made of sterner stuff than she had imagined when she takes her place among men to invest in some wildcat oil drilling. As Jeanine struggles with the physical labor involved in the house and land, she also tries to come to terms with her desire for independence and two very dissimilar men who want to share her life.

Stormy Weather is a remarkable story, memorable and evocative. At its heart are the portraits of four women, each blessed with equal parts grit and grace. One more triumph for Paulette Jiles!

- Gail Cooke

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book, passionate and descriptive, July 23 2007

By	Betty Gelean (Smithers, BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stormy Weather (Hardcover)

Jiles has written an amazing book, passionate and descriptive. I have always heard of the "Dirty '30s", "Great Depression" and "Dustbowl" but through the lyrical prose and the voices of the characters of this book I now feel I have experienced it. Not just the hardships, but the survival instincts that come to the fore in times of disaster, as well as the humour and optimism that is the backbone of survival. This is one of the best books I have ever read. The descriptions of life and of environment are spellbinding. The characters are believable and well-defined. The story is set in 1930s Texas, for the most part telling the story of the hardy people who chased the oil from discovery to discovery, and particularly of Jeanine, the main character who grew from child to adult throughout the book. It is through her eyes we become witnesses. The endless search for work in the oil fields meant immediate shanty towns were set up whenever a new well was about to come in; the desperate and yet hopeful people continuously packing up and moving on when the flow slows down. Complete with a background of gambling and horse-racing rumbling through the story like an underground river, the book does not lose momentum through all this. Unfortunately, the very end for me tended to lose steam, possibly the author wanted to show the calm after the storm. At any rate, though complete, I felt it lacked the passion of the rest of the book. Nevertheless, I still highly recommend this book. You will not want to put it down.

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