The Poet of Tolstoy Park (Audiobook) by Rick Bragg, Sonny Brewer

from carmen29

I loved this book. It makes me want to visit Fairhope, Alabama.

from Gmomaj

I didn't expect to like this book, but then he stopped wearing shoes! A most interesting man about whom I'd like to know more. Can't say I'd live as he did, but it certainly seemed to work for him for quite a few years. Highly recommended.

from TimBazzett

An older "Thoreau" faces mortality. Sonny Brewer's book is a puzzle to me. It's a book which moves slowly and inexorably, yet most pleasurably towards its inevitable end. I was initially put off by all the minute detail, which seemed unnecessary, given the everyday nature of what was being descri...

from Unkletom

Sometimes it is great to slow down and read a book that is gentle and philosophical. Sonny Brewer's novel based on the life of Henry Stuart is just such a book. When diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1925, Stuart made the unusual decision to leave his home and go to a place where he could face his i...

from carmen29

I loved this book. It makes me want to visit Fairhope, Alabama.