Twin City

by Jerry Lee Davis

In sparsely inhabited, passive Greentown, Georgia, a young boy struggles for acceptance and peace in a dark, chaotic world. Through his relationship with the young daughter of the only Jewish family... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928704131
• ISBN13: 9781928704133
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Authorlink
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Twin City--An engaging, painful, and emotional tale

Twin City, a first novel by southern author Jerry Lee Davis, is a marvelous and emotional tale of humanity in the context of inhumanity in a small rural town. Tommy, the main character, is a small child growing up in rural Georgia who is exposed to hate, inhumanity, and intolerance due to his sensitive and uncorrupted emotional state and his willingness to befriend others who are also different. Although set in the South, the themes of the book resonate to anyone who has ever faced emotional judgement--that is all of us. Although human beings can be wonderful and loving to each other, they can also be amazingly cruel, often for no other reason than their inability to heal the scars of cruelty inflicted upon them.The book is consuming, both from the point of view of Davis' story-telling expertise and the humanistic subplots. It is at times quite riveting. I read it in a couple of nights and was engaged--eager to learn the final climatic conclusion on the last page.Davis has much to teach us but in a way that is not only emotionally challenging but satisfying for someone who wants to be amused and engaged. Davis does not preach. He teaches by engaging our hearts and spirits and by tapping universal wounds in the human experience. There are some magnificient turns of phrase, the writing is smooth, the story is enveloping, the style is very southern, but the message is applicable to a wide audience. A good book to give your high school aged children or any adult as a gift--one they are sure to remember.

Add Davis to the list of Great Southern Novelists

Jerry Lee Davis' characters are so fresh and painfully real that they appeal to us as someone we actually know, or have known, and by the middle of the book, they have become people we love. The author becomes completely transparant; his characters grow and develop their own multi-faceted personalities, complete with frailties as well as strengths. It's been months since I read the book, yet I find myself looking for Blayne and Tommy as though they are just in front of me at Starbuck's, or relaxing on the grassy hill at Piedmont Park.

A Georgia Fan

This is a wonderful book that portrays the lifelong friendship between two children. It is so well-written that I found myself getting lost in the characters, their daily adventures, and the town in which they lived. I could not wait to read more about them. It is also easy to lose yourself in the humorous antics and forget about the pain that lies beneath the surface of these two characters. It is a wonderfully written book that captures friendship, childhood, and the South all in one great story!

Twin City is fabulous

From page one until the very end, I was held in fascination at the portrayal of the two main characters. Pain and suffering rides along with the love and friendship for these 2 lost souls. The gripping storyline leads us on a roller coaster ride of emotional highs and lows along with a mystery that is not over until the final page!Wonderful book!