The Humanity Project, (Paperback)

from SheTreadsSoftly

Jean Thompson's latest novel, The Humanity Project, follows the lives of several forlorn people in the Bay area. Sean and Connor, his son, are about to lose their home. Sean is handyman who is unable to find enough work to support them. Then, after contacting a woman on Craig's List, he is in a m...

from revliz

A good read. Although the connections between the characters are a bit implausable, it's a rich, interesting book. Worth getting a copy I could mark up.

from SignoraEdie

This book held me up until the ending. Then it was like it lost all its salt! Blah... Or maybe I just didn't get it?!

from bibleblaster

"The Humanity Project" of the title actually didn't make much of an impression on this reader, but the family relationships that were explored made this an enjoyable and thoughtful read. At her best, Thompson captures the telling details of real life, allowing her characters to live in the reader...

from msbaba

The Humanity Project, by Jean Thompson, is an appealing, subtle, and somber tone poem on the theme of economic dislocation in contemporary America...it is also a ambitious philosophical novel about the human condition. Despite these serious themes, The Humanity Project is a delightfully compellin...