Prairie Sunset [NOOK Book]

Let yourself go on a wonderfully different journey

Open the cover of Eric Wilder's newest novel, Prairie Sunset, and meet John Warren, who you'll instantly like, and John Warren, who you'll instantly dislike. The former will take you on a journey that will leave you smiling, shaking your head in a 'Yeah!', and occasionally daubing the corners of your eyes. The latter, well, let's just say you'll have to resist urges to feel real anger as you remind yourself it's only a book. There is depth to this story, unusually (but effectively) told from several points of view, yet always and unmistakably drawing you in further to its bosom. You'll also meet Attie Johnson, and want to hug her like you did your grandma. Set in eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, Prairie Sunset might seem more of a misnomer than a proper title ... until you hear John Warren's explanation. Stay with this one to its wonderful conclusion. You won't be sorry, and you will be picturing who'll play the parts in the movie that absolutely MUST be made of this incredible book. Eric Wilder hooked me first with Ghost of a Chance, then Murder Etouffee, and I've had the pleasure of reading a draft of his next novel, Big Easy. Prairie Sunset is a departure from Wilder's haunting stories of New Orleans, but it ranks up there with The Notebook and The Bridges of Madison County in its surgically precise incision into the heart. Buy it. Read it. You'll be glad you did.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Something seniors can identify with

I am a senior and I don't find books with the charators in their 20's appealing at all. I ahve to be able to see myself in the story a little bit.

A great story, exremly well wriiten...... I felt like I there

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great book!!

I couldn't put it down. One of the best books I've read in a long long time.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great Read

A really good book. Didn't know if I would like it. Super writing.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Good clean romantic book

Slow start but good book about old fashioned love

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Heartwarming

This book captured my interest in the first few pages. The author has a real talent for telling a story with believable characters and storyline. I felt like a stowaway on the RV with John and Atti as they experienced their adventures together. It is a great reminder that age has nothing to do with the richness of enjoying the simple things in life. I felt a variety of emotion as I turned the pages. I did not want the story to end. Would be neat if there was a book to follow - The story doesnt really have to end, does it? I'll be waiting! :-)

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

"The Magic Fountain of Youth" is in your mind

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. In the beginning of the book we are introduced to John Warren Sr. After the death of his wife, he is in a state of depression and given up on life. He is now living with his son, an attorney, and daughter-in-law in Tulsa. Although he is still mentally sharp, because of his depression he is withdrawn and seems to be senile, practically acting like an invalid to all except his twin granddaughters. Two things then happen which goads him into action. He learns that his best friend has recently died, and his son informs him that they will soon be placing him in a nursing home. John Sr., who is over 80 years old, now decides to "run away from home," and on a snowy winter day, John packs his bag and walks out the door. As he is leaving, he sees an RV driven by an attractive middle-aged woman, Attie, which seems to be stuck against the curb of the icy street unable to get any traction. After helping the woman free her RV, she offers to give him a ride, and his adventure back into the world of the living begins. John wants to go to Hot Springs, Arkansas, to what he considers the "Magic Fountain." Attie is on her way home to Eureka Springs. Of course, John's son soon discovers him missing, calls the police, and a full-scale search is initiated for the "senile" elderly man who has wandered out of his house in a snowstorm. Although it quickly becomes apparent that John Sr. is not senile and has voluntarily left, his son will not accept this fact and stop the police manhunt. We are now drawn into the lovely tale of an elderly "runaway" who has the adventure of his life and in the process learns that he can again enjoy love and life as he once did, reminding us that the "Magic Fountain of Youth" is really in our minds.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Required reading

Thid book should be required for anyone with parents over the sge of 55. Wonderful book.

Entertaining, feel-good read

I really found this book a feel-good, and entertaining work. Though mostly predictable, the characters are refreshing and the story line is positive and heartening. Though not an epic novel, it nevertheless is a good read and leaves the reader with a "good feeling."

Pretty good

Kept me interested

Beautiful

This is more than a love story, its a tribute to lives well lived, hope and a lesson on how no matter what your age, each day of your life is precious and should be lived to its fullest. Bravo to the author

Enjoyable

This is an easy read. I thought the characters could have been developed more. The son seems perpetually angry with everyone and that was tedious. The book is shallow but enjoyable with moralistic overtones. A nice story about aging.

Great read!

The chance for a lonely older gentleman to take one last walk on the ride side.

Goor book

Worth reading.

Awesome

Loved it. Must read.

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