Reviews for A summer life

The average rating for A summer life based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-06-25 00:00:00 Timothy May Gary Soto can spin a phrase. He can paint a picture in your mind, even if that moment in time took place over fifty years ago. He is a master at 'show, don't tell," which is why my middle son's ninth grade English teacher used some of the vignettes in A Summer Life in her classroom writing instruction. Gary Soto reminds me that we all have stories tucked away from our childhood. Waiting to have life breathed back into them with the stroke of a keyboard, we just have to begin breathing them into existence.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-18 00:00:00 Glen Olfert Gary Soto is brilliant at description! I could picture it all distinctly. This is a serious of vignettes from his boyhood in Fresno, CA where most of the time he was hot and in trouble. :)