I just watched a few really neat videos by Edward Mooney Jr. the author of The Pearls of the Stone Man. I haven't read it yet but it has 16 out of 16, 5 Star reviews on Amazon. That looks like a pretty good recommendation to me. Oh and it promises to be a real tear-jerker, two hanky reads anyone?
What I thought was interesting about the novel was that Edward uses real locations and settings of Pine Forest, California for inspiration. He has 5 youtube videos up discussing different aspects of Pine Forest and his novel. Each one focuses on something different: from a house, a forest, a town, a letter or a wall. Here are my two favorite:
So what do you think? I thought the presents in the stone wall was pretty adorable myself and I liked the trail hiking through the forest. I also thought we got a real good look at what a small town would be like which is great for visualizing small town romances (which there a lot of right now).
More on the book:
The Pearls of the Stone Man is an inspirational novel with plot elements that touch both older and younger generations. Main characters Joseph and Anne Marino are rare. They’re still in love after 53 years of marriage and with little time left, Joseph’s priority becomes finishing the stone wall that Anne requested years ago – a special reminder from her childhood.
Needing the help of someone younger, Joseph turns to his son, estranged for five years, in hopes of rebuilding a severed relationship as well as the wall. Two teenagers also come to Joseph’s aide, and he to theirs, as they all work to finish Joseph’s promise to Anne.
The Pearls of the Stone Man was written in the town in which the book is set: Pine Mountain, California. The settings in the novel are real locations and Edward takes groups of readers there regularly.
Seriously, who doesn't want a book based tour like that given by the actual author? Fabulous idea!
Buy: The Pearls of the Stone Man
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I have 3 copies on hand to give away of The Pearls of the Stone Man. Open to US and Canadian readers. If you want one leave a comment telling me why a novel's setting is important to you. Ends: June 18, 2010. (EXTENDED)
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Thanks for the kind words about my novel, Keira! Head over to Pine Mountain for a tour sometime!
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The setting gives me a feeling about the characters. I loved a book that took place in Australia, there were 3 stories all we’re Aussie so The setting’s not everything. Have to have a good story to, but that one story made me want to go there so bad!
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Is this contest still open? If it is, I’d love to join!
If I CAN join, I believe the setting to a story is important because it helps a reader know what kind of a mood the story is set in. If you’re reading a story set in the ghettos, you’re expecting a character that’s familiar in the ghettos- or at least- has an interesting tale of WHY they’re in the ghettos in the first place. Such a setting colors our perceptions of how the characters react to situations that arise and how the enviornment and other characters are going to affect the character.
If the setting is somewhere the reader has no familiarity to, we expect to get a taste of the environment from the reading.
Devon Monk’s Allie Beckstrom series is set in modern day portland- with magic. But the descriptions of area, the old buildings, the rainy weather, the giant bridges- paint a familiar picture to my childhood of visiting the city, but making me want to go visit it again and see those things that are mentioned with such fondness in the book.
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