Wingshooters
By Nina Revoyr
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Nina Revoyr
Nina Revoyr is the author of four previous novels, including The Age of Dreaming, which was nominated for the LA Times Book Prize; Southland, a Los Angeles Times best seller and "Best Book" of 2003; and Wingshooters, which won an Indie Booksellers' Choice Award and was selected by O, The Oprah Magazine as one of "10 Titles to Pick Up Now." Revoyr lives and works in Los Angeles. Lost Canyon is her latest novel.
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Reviews for Wingshooters
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely love this book. I remember the time period and it is so accurate from my experience as far as peoples attitudes and treatment of others. Doesn't excuse some of what happens but still realistic. I felt like I was right there during parts and really wanted to be there during other parts. Not a happily ever after book. Extremely well written.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5“Wingshooters” is grim reminder that hatred and bigotry have no place in a civilized world. Michelle LeBeau, the nine year old daughter of a white American father and Japanese mother, has come to live with her American grandparents in Deerhorn, Wisconsin. It’s the early 1970’s and Deerhorn has remained virtually unchanged for the past 30 years. Michelle, or “Mike”, as her grandfather likes to call her, is the first non-Caucasian person many residents have ever seen. No one is very happy that she has come to live in their town. Mike’s grandfather, Charlie, who is well respected in town, is torn between his love for his granddaughter and the shame of his son’s marriage. Michelle is tormented and bullied by her schoolmates but finds comfort spending time outside with her dog Brett. When an African American couple comes to live and work in town, Michelle sees just how ignorant, bigoted and hateful her neighbors, and her grandfather, really are. This is a powerful, brutal and disturbing story that will leave you shaking your head at the senseless violence and utter disregard for life portrayed within its pages. A great choice for book clubs, this wonderfully written novel will linger in your thoughts well after the last page is turned.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the early 1970s, Deerhorn, Wisconsin, was pretty homogeneous. It caused quite a stir when 9 year old, half Japanese, Michelle went to live with her grandparents. She was teased, taunted, and bullied by her schoolmates who didn't care that her grandpa Charlie was one of the most respected men in town. Mikey was still fair game. And then a young professional black couple, a nurse and a teacher, moved to town, and folks kind of forgot about Michelle. They had bigger fish to fry now. Mikey treasured the moments she spent with her Grandpa Charlie and his dog Brett. She felt safe in his love--knew that in spite of his bigotry, when he looked at her, he saw only his beloved granddaughter. Then the situation begins to spin out of control, and Mikey, Charlie and his buddies, and the black couple are caught up in a maelstrom of hatred. Could there be any resolution?This is a quiet story that packs a huge emotional punch!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As a native Southerner with our history of Jim Crow laws, I only imagine extreme bigotry existing here in the South. But in Nina Revoyr's new novel Wingshooters, ingrained hate thrives in 1970's smalltown Wisconsin. The novel is told through the point of view of 9-year-old Michelle. Michelle, rejected because of her Japanese mother, is treated cruelly by townsfolks and her peers when she is abandoned by her parents and left to live with her grandparents in Deerhorn. Yet the turmoil she causes is nothing compared to the anger felt by the town with the arrival of an African-American couple to their community. The novel's real strength lies in the complex character of the grandfather and his relationship with his granddaughter. Charlie LeBeau is richly drawn and most intriguing. The author has some interesting things to say about prejudice and the struggle to accept change in smalltown America.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another terrific book I read in just 2 days! Imagine yourself as a 9 yr old child in a small midwestern town in the mid 1970's, the brunt of everyone's wrath and ignorance because you are a mixed race child. But then a new couple moves in, who are more hated than you. How do you make sense of you beloved grandfather's prejudice & scorn for this new couple while he defends you and protects you above all else? How do you reconcile these mixed feelings? This is the story of a little girl who has to come to terms with the real grandfather and the choices he makes. Marvelous ending...one of the most satisfying books I've read in awhile.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For me, the heart-wrenching story of this book was too blatant. I don't need all the pains of racism and discrimination laid out so plainly in front of me to understand the hurts they can cause. It was as if the author was telling us about racism rather than showing us. I also felt that the main character and narrator was not that believable at times. I know it was supposed to be an adult looking back on her childhood, but at times she showed more insight than seemed realistic.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is one of those books where due to the elements within you KNOW it's leading up to something terrible but it is well written so despite the looming doom you stick with it and it is worth it.
It's the story of a young girl - half Japanese -growing up in rural Wisconsin in the mid-70s. Her town is pretty intolerant and the grandfather who loves her is no exception - despite his devotion to his granddaughter.