As their friendship blossoms, we learn of secrets in his past and the romance going on in hers. After he settles her into a suite at his son’s hotel, she brings over her recording apparatus and they get to work.įrom that point on, John Q shares with us the roiling emotions stirred up through the vignettes he shares with Annie. John Q would never have agreed to any such outlandish, as he would deem it, proposal-but as soon as the words are out in the air, he has agreed. It is no apparition, of course, merely a tall, striking young woman in the spitting image of the lovely Denney-Annie Baxter, a grad student who has been sent to wrangle an oral history from John Q so she can write a real and true history of Eastis County. John Q, as he insists on having everyone call him, is determinedly living his life just as he pleases, when out of the blue appears the apparition of his lost love, Liz Denney. That might sound strange, given the title, but the story centers around and is told from the perspective of John Quincy Adams II, a 95-year-old resident of Eastis County, Texas. It is no apparition, of course, m There’s more than just a dab of James Ward Lee in his 2017 novel, The Girls of the Golden West, I am convinced. There’s more than just a dab of James Ward Lee in his 2017 novel, The Girls of the Golden West, I am convinced. bemoans opening his door for nosy townsfolk, readers come face-to-face with a blend of wisdom and fun that will keep them coming back for more.more The Girls of the Golden West is ultimately a story of finding love for other people and for one’s homeland. While John Q.’s pace of life is slow, his mind is razor sharp and keeps readers on their toes, waiting for his next harmlessly bawdy joke or flare of seriousness. Author James Ward Lee easily carries readers through this humorous cultural pilgrimage of the West. Meanwhile, John Q.’s inner dialogue reveals secrets of his own, including the long months he disappeared in order to protect his family from a deadly threat. John Q.’s memories follow histories of love and jealousy, misunderstanding and murder, giving a picture not only of Bodark Springs, but also of Texas. After welcoming Annie to the small, fictional town of Bodark Springs, he shares hours of stories on Annie’s tape recorder, with little prompting along the way. The redheaded Annie looks just like Liz Denney, one of John Q.’s old lovers, which immediately endears her to him. The redheaded Annie looks just like Liz Denney, one of John Q.’s old l The Girls of the Golden West tells the tale of ninety-five-year-old John Quincy Adams the Second (no relation to the famous historic figure), who meets a graduate student named Annie Baxter and agrees to help her write a history of the culture of the South by sharing his experiences through the decades. The Girls of the Golden West tells the tale of ninety-five-year-old John Quincy Adams the Second (no relation to the famous historic figure), who meets a graduate student named Annie Baxter and agrees to help her write a history of the culture of the South by sharing his experiences through the decades.
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