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The Clock Of Life is an entertaining and absorbing novel. The author’s vivid descriptions allow the reader to share in a time and place that they may never have experienced otherwise. Klann-Moren resurrects a dark yet hopeful period in America’s history, told through the experiences of a young boy, Jason Lee Rainey. Through Jason’s eyes, the author aptly takes on Read the rest of this entry »
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The story is gripping and the pace never lets up. I would certainly recommend buying The Clock of Life as a Christmas present or stocking stuffer. I might add, like Harper Lee, Ms. Moran understands the South and leaves the reader longing for more, more and more. Lita Manson
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Lovely coming of age tale set in the south, where racial tensions still run deep. Young Jason Lee transforms from a boy to a young man and is judged by townsfolk because his best friend is black. Jason Lee’s birthright sets the stage for his ability to stand up to bigotry: His father marched in Montgomery and Selma. Sadly, Jason Read the rest of this entry »
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Cover: A very simple yet elegant cover that is as southern as the book, love the tree being the 12 symbol on the pocket watch. My Thoughts: Now, I am southern which makes me love about reading where I come from, but just like anything author’s will either get it right like Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind Read the rest of this entry »
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The Clock Of Life is racking up awards. Writer’s Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards Finalist, 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Readers’ Favorite Book Award Contest. Semi Finalist, The Kindle Book Review 2013 Best Indie Book Awards. Honorable Mention, San Francisco Book Festival 2013
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For Jason Lee Rainey in the 1980s, living in a small Mississippi town, the clock of life ticks toward the day he’ll become the brave and honorable man his father was. Klann’s voice seems perfect for the times, for the young Jason Lee and for the South. The tension of the racism Jason Lee must face is firmly threaded throughout Read the rest of this entry »
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Well-paced, coming-of-age story redolent with the southern charm of rural life in 1970-80s Hadlee, Mississippi. A place where Jason Lee forms a strong friendship with Samson, a black boy, and together they must battle bigotry and bullies. A time when Jason Lee has a close relationship with his traumatized Vietnam vet Uncle Mooks who is the one to explain to Read the rest of this entry »
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If you enjoy historical fiction, you will love this book, a coming of age story about a young man who seeks to know and understand his past. Klann-Moran expertly peels away the story of his father gradually unveiling the man Jason Lee aspires to be. Having lived through this time period in Mississippi and Alabama, I can tell you Klann-Moran Read the rest of this entry »
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I was hooked from the first few paragraphs. I became quite attached to the characters and was sad to finish! Nancy Klann-Moren tells us a story not only of growing up in the South during a contentious time in history, but also of self discovery, family relationships, and the importance of friendship. It is serious subject matter, bringing forth sadness Read the rest of this entry »
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I don’t have a lot of time for reading, but once I got into this story I couldn’t put it down. The Clock of Life is a coming of age story during our nation’s fight for Equal Rights. Jason Lee is a boy trying to define himself in the racially charged town of Hadlee, Mississippi. The southern ambiance, the Selma Read the rest of this entry »
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In the tradition of some of the great Southern writers, Nancy Klann-Moren brings us Jason Lee Rainey, a white boy growing up in 1980s Hadlee, Mississippi, where simmering racial tensions provide a bumpy road for Jason Lee and his best friend, Samson Johnson, who is black. The author skillfully blends the two boys’ growing friendship and the taunting and violence Read the rest of this entry »
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When I think about books that influenced from the South, names that come to mind are Harper Lee, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston to name a few. As we read their stories now, they take us back to a place in time that for some it reminisces good or bad but for others there is only a captured sentiment. After Read the rest of this entry »