My Last Days as Roy Rogers by Pat Cunningham Devoto Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of My Last Days as Roy Rogers
Book Review: Get ready to reconnect with some old familiar feelings!
Summary: 5 Stars
Pat Cunningham Devoto's work, My Last Days As Roy Rogers, is an vividly crafted novel, which brings back the warm, old feelings that many of us have buried since childhood. Her characters are all familiar and memorable. Tab, Maudie, the brothers, the twins all become an integral part of our stroll though the countyside of southern America in the 1950's. This reviewer was born and raised in NYC, is male and 10 years junior to being a contempary of Tabitha, yet her days are as real, and her adventures as emotional, as if I were there, right along side her all the way. I am proud to say that I was one of the first to be immersed in this novel, that I enjoyed so much. I am sure that many, many will follow. Congratulations, Pat Cunningham Devoto!! Nick VentimigliaBook Review: First novel of polio era, wonderful dialogue & characters
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first novel I have read set in those polio summers that anyone who lived them remembers..for adults the terrible fear..for children the bother of movies and pools closing. Yet this is not a maudlin story, rather an evoking of those southern summers and the freedoms that children enjoyed then. Through exceptionally good dialogue, the characters are revealed. My favorite is Maudie May, so dignified, so funny and wise, she will grab your heart. The reader sees how the roles that are 'assigned' to people who lived in a small southern town in the 50's lent security, smothered and sometimes trapped them into desperate acts. A delightful novel for reminiscing, for laughing and for authentic history.