Five Smooth Stones, Ann Fairbairn
Five Smooth Stones, Ann Fairbairn
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Five Smooth Stones
A Novel

Author: Ann Fairbairn

Narrator: Sean Crisden

Unabridged: 34 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/14/2021

Synopsis

David Champlin is a black man born into poverty in Depression-era New Orleans who achieves great success and then sacrifices everything to lead his people in the difficult, day-by-day struggle of the civil rights movement. Sara Kent is the beloved and vital white girl who loved David from the moment she first saw him, but they struggled over David's belief that a marriage for them would not be right in the violent world he had to confront. Likening the struggle of black Americans to the "five smooth stones" the biblical David carried against Goliath in lieu of arms, this novel's range encompasses decades and continents—but that range is insignificant compared with the intimate picture of its hero's irresistible warmth and inner conflicts. First published in 1966, this epic has become one of the most loved American bestsellers.

About Ann Fairbairn

Ann Fairbairn was best known for Five Smooth Stones, but also published two other books: a biography of New Orleans jazz clarinetist George Lewis, whose tours she managed, and a 1970 novel, That Man Cartwright. She lived for many years in New Orleans and died in Monterey, California, in 1972.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ian

This huge novel should be required reading for anyone who thinks it's no big deal that Barack Obama spent eight years in the White House. Five Smooth Stones spans four decades of American history, from the Great Depression to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. David Champlin, a black......more

Goodreads review by Tish

This was on the bottom of an extra-credit reading list my freshman year of high school. For a 14-year-old white girl living a very insulated life, this book was a world-shaker. I still refuse to believe it's a novel - the story was so vivid the characters will always be to me, more than fiction.......more

Goodreads review by Lori

This is an incredible story of an African-American young man growing up and pursuing his education during the turbulent sixties. My mom recommended this book to me, which she hadn't read since the year it was published sometime in the sixties. Written during the period during which it takes place, t......more

Goodreads review by Susie

This is with out a doubt my favorite book of all time. I read it first in High School--lost if for a while and rediscovered it in the early 80's and have read it at least once every year since. Powerful and moving--I like to give it as a gift.......more

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