Come Again No More, Jack Todd
Come Again No More, Jack Todd
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Come Again No More

Author: Jack Todd

Narrator: James Jenner

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Author Jack Todd won the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, the Quebec Writers' Federation First Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. In Come Again No More, the Paint family suffers during the Great Depression. Despite his great wealth, Eli Paint is unhappy. When events leave him struggling for his life, Eli must closely examine the decisions he's made separating him from his daughter. Now, Eli has a chance for redemption through his granddaughter-but will he make the most of it?

About Jack Todd

Jack Todd was born and grew up in Nebraska. He came to Canada during the Vietnam War and eventually settled in Montreal, where he has been a columnist for the Montreal Gazette for nearly thirty years. He is the author of a memoir and four novels.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

I enjoyed Jack Todd’s first book in the trilogy so much I immediately bought and read the second one. The Paint family comes to life again. Jack is a gifted writer. He deserves so much more credit than ever will come to him, but I suppose in the Twitter age that this can be said of many. I won’t for......more

Goodreads review by Marie

The second in a series of books based loosely on Jack Todd's family, this one did not have the punch of the first, Sun Going Down. I would still give it 3 1/2 stars if I could, because Todd's writing is wonderful, and there were times when I could not put the book down. I had a couple of problems: t......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

This was a second in a series about the Paint family, who were big ranchers. It was beautifully written but a bit confusing because it starts with the grandfather and then moves to the granddaughter Emaline. I think if I had read the first book, it would have been clearer and would have given it a 4......more

Goodreads review by Vera

They were three miles west of town when the sun broke through. The wind tore the clouds to rags, the sun lit the rags on fire and in fiery trails they streamed across the sky that opened like a bruised and tender heart. Opening sentences of Come Again No More In that opening, Jack Todd paints a beaut......more

Goodreads review by Becky

This was an engaging book with many interesting characters and a layered plot. The ending was weak and completely disconnected from the rest of the novel, however.......more