Gentlehands, M.E. Kerr
Gentlehands, M.E. Kerr
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Gentlehands

Author: M.E. Kerr

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 4 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/25/2013


Synopsis

Buddy Boyle lives year-round with his family in unfashionable Seaville, New York, in a cramped little house on the bay. Skye Pennington spends the summers nearby on lavish estate complete with ocean view and a butler named Peacock. But Skye and Buddy fall in love anyway. And every once in a while they visit Buddy's estranged grandfather, who makes them forget they're from opposite sides of town. Then a reporter appears, searching for a man known as Gentlehands, a man with a horrifying past. Who is Gentlehands? And what is his connection to Buddy's handsome, aristocratic grandfather? The mystery threatens to shatter Buddy and Skye's relationship, and change their lives forever.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason

Update, 9/24/22: Who is the villain of this story? Hint: It ain't the Nazi. Oh, make no mistake, he's definitely the villain in a different story, parts of which are shared here, but he's not the villain in this one. No, the villains are Buddy's parents along with bigotry, ignorance, hypocritical sno......more

Goodreads review by Lynne

4 stars for thematic elements, 3 for the execution thereof. Can a person be redeemed of past actions by present good deeds? Are there some events or actions that are simply unforgivable? The protagonist and we the readers are left to decide that for ourselves.......more

Goodreads review by Alex

This novel begins like a typical teenage love story. “Buddy” William Raymond Boyle is a 16 year old boy from a lower middle class family, living in a small village near Montauk, Long Island, NY, where his father is the local policeman. Buddy works part time in a soda shop for a pot-head named Kick R......more

Oh, boy. The thing I find truly useful about this book is its exploration of the heavy themes of the Holocaust without being a "Holocaust book." Written at a time (1978) when one's grandfather could have been a Nazi strongman in a concentration camp, the story doesn't center on the terrible things B......more