READ THE REVIEW & AN EXCERPT from DOG BONE SOUP: “THE BUICK,” too! ~ Bette A. Stevens
REVIEW EXCERPT by N.A. Granger, author of The Rhe-Brewster Mysteries as well: Dog Bone Soup is a gem of a book, fast paced, entertaining, and moving. I loved it and devoured it in two sittings (I had to stop to eat!). Bette Stevens is a talented storyteller and I hope we will have another book from her soon.Five stars!
I grew up in New England the 1950s and ‘60s, and Bette Stevens has written a coming of age novel about a life I wouldn’t recognize. Call me lucky. Shawn Daniels, the oldest of several children, lives in poverty. His father is the town drunk and beats his mother, who struggles to keep the family together in an unfinished, tar papered house with no indoor plumbing, running water, and heat. They have a TV but that’s for the enjoyment of Dad. Shawn and his brother Willie do all his chores: cutting and stacking firewood, hauling water into the house, and helping mind their two younger sisters. Despite the curtailment of a real childhood, the brothers still find a way to have adventures in small pockets of time, fishing for one, with a home-made pole and a safety pin for a hook. Dog bone soup, made from the marrow in left…
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Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Comments on: "Book Review: Dog Bone Soup by Bette Stevens" (12)
Lovely review. I guess I’ll have to read it again 🙂 I hope there’s another on the way!
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Thanks so much, Marilyn. Must get writing… 🙂
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Nice review.
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Thank you, John. Enjoy your day! It’s lovely here in Central Maine; we are getting spoiled at 68 degrees, sunshine and a lovely breeze. 🙂
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We actually had 68 degrees this morning (for twenty seconds)
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Wonderful book deserving of unlimited stars!
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Thanks! ❤ Hugs to you, my wonderful friend. May your day be amazing! ❤
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Dog Bone Soup is one of my favorite books!
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Thank you, Michelle. Happy reading, reviewing & all of those other amazing things you do! ❤
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Wonderful!
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Thank you, Lynz. Enjoy your week. I sure enjoy your stories and those great recipes too! 🙂
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Thanks!
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