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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Choice Dec 06, 2006
By All-access Customer
"Melody"
The story of Luellas Calling is on my favorite top 5 list. Eckie's descriptive writing is rare and also is finding a novel as this one. I curled up on my couch and really never left it until it was finished. Brilliant!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great story with ups, downs and twists Nov 04, 2010
By Connie
Luella's Calling isn't your typical 'good guy'/bad guy' story. So realistically full are Ms. Friar's characters that you live the ups, downs and twists that everyone can identify with. Ms. Friar's imagination supplies a surprising set of characters that create an interesting setting that is only fully understood and appreciated after reading to the end.
This is a book full of life's truths that wake you up as well as comfort your own life. It has characters you will ponder for time to come encouraging you to look at people in maybe a different way. This story is enjoyable for an individual's pleasure as well as being a great book for a book club discussion.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful Oct 18, 2007
By Jan Salter
"booklover"
This book is brilliant, emotion evoking and fresh. The characters are memorable and believable. I LOVED all 560 pages.
A First Novel May 24, 2011
By Eckie Friar
"eckief"
Luella's Calling is the first novel that I wrote. It was published in 2006 through Booksurge, a company owned by Amazon.com. Booksurge gives the author the full responsibility of the novel's creation from start to finish. Although the novel is not biographical, the main character in the novel, Luella Jennings, is loosely based upon my daughter. For example, Luella's mother is from Korea, while Manda's grandmother on her father's side was a Korean war bride. Luella's intelligence; her spirited unwillingness to accept pat answers for life's big questions; her wit; and her inner and outward beauty are also attributes inspired by Manda. As my main source of inspiration, it only stood to reason to dedicate Luella's Calling to Manda. When she read the outline of the novel, she was thrilled and immediately began offering her suggestions and helping me work out plot developments and characterizations. She gave me the picture for the front cover - one of her senior pictures from Hendersonville (Tennessee) High School where she graduated in May, 2000. We lost our beloved daughter, Manda Curry, in a car accident the year after I began writing Luella's Calling. I hope that you enjoy the book - it is not widely read but those who do take the time to read it say nice things about it. It is a story about growing up different, about growing up in a cult-like religion; about surviving a wacky childhood and nevetheless, benefiting from it all.
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