Rediscovered Classics: Five Smooth Stones : A Novel (Series #12) (Paperback)

from snuggie

This is between # 1 and # 2 of the top five best, most interesting books I've ever read and I've read many. I first read this book in the early 70s. Since then, I've read it another 6 or 7 times. I used to keep it on my book shelf and read it twice a year. I've lost two copies, they may be packed...

from icolford

This huge novel should be required reading for anyone who thinks it's no big deal that Barack Obama is in the White House. Five Smooth Stones spans four decades of American history, from the Great Depression to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. David Champlin, a black man, grows u...

from LeslieHurd

Amazon Description: First published in 1966, Five Smooth Stones is a wide-ranging yet intimate portrait of an America sundered by racial conflict. David Champlin is a black man born into poverty in Depression-era New Orleans who makes his way up the ladder of success, only to sacrifice everything...

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Five Smooth Stones starts out in New Orleans in 1933. Times are hard, money is scarce, and the acceptance of Jim Crow separates black people from white. Li'l Joe Champlin and his wife, Geneva, have suffered hardship and the unwritten laws of blatant discrimination. When their son dies, and then h...

from mcclean_

Where to Start, This book is a must read for everyone who loves a love story, a touch of history, and the belief that somewhere there is hope for mankind. I read this when it came first out and have reread it every 2 years since and it still makes me laff , cry , and renew my vows to be more tole...