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Title: An Acre of Fools
Author: Aden James
Narrator: Macleod Andrews
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-24-17
Publisher: Elevate Publishing
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
After battling a long illness, Peter Stewart's daughter, Austin, finds herself in a nightmarish addiction that thrusts her and her family into a world they never imagined.
As she buries herself deeper and deeper into the narcotics culture of shameless selfishness and deeply personal manipulation, Peter's unwavering hope for her drives a wedge between him and the less forgiving family members.
But when Austin finally chooses to embrace all that the life of addiction offers, Peter is forced to choose between his faith and a family too broken to hope.
He chooses poorly.
Members Reviews:
Drug Addition And Family
A chillingly accurate picture of how drug addiction affects the entire family. Having dealt with such a family member, the devastating effects on all were accurately portrayed. Brought me to tears a couple of times. Not an easy read due to real life situations, decisions, and outcomes, but well worth the effort. Well written, we the family always have hope.
I'm still processing what I think...
I love this book. No I hate this book. I don't know how I feel about this book. I am going to contemplate for some time what I really think and try to see just exactly what I have learned. It is gut wrenching because to some degree my family has lived this story and we still are.
Interesting read
I thought the book was very good but thought the ending was a disappointment.
Powerful and haunting
An Acre of Fools is Aden Jamesâ powerful and haunting portrayal of a fatherâs unwavering love and hope in the face of his daughterâs descent into drug addition â until it becomes too much to bear, causing him to renounce everything he thought he believed in. A character driven story which unfolds with much drama and unpredictability as the wedge between family members is driven ever deeper.
Peter Stewart had promised Mimi a house in the South, knowing how much she hated Chicago, the cold, the snow and the rain. The house they bought was just off the Okatie highway on the banks of the river and Mimi loved it on sight, regardless of its run down appearance. As the years passed and Peter fixed up the house during each week long vacation, their daughters arrived. Gracie first, then Austin.
Itâs been a while since a book moved me as much as this one did. Itâs heartfelt, challenging and beautifully written, told in the third person from a number of viewpoints. In this way the charactersâ thoughts and feelings are laid bare. They grow, develop and change in ways they could never have imagined. The motivating forces and workings of an addictâs mind, the struggles of those closest to the manipulation and deceit, who try to help and understand, are shown to great effect.
An accomplished voice actor, MacLeod Andrews brings the emotions, raw intensity and pain into his performance, emphasizing the narrative. It pulled me in from the start and itâs a story that will stay with me for some time to come.
The fluctuating emotions were felt deeply â from hope and joy to the depths of despair. I could understand Mimi and Gracieâs disappointment with, and withdrawal from Austin as she becomes ever more calculating, abusive and uncaring of the hurt and anguish sheâs causing. They never stop loving her but their emotions are conflicted, unable to accept or comprehend the life she has chosen, they feel helpless, unable to bring her back.
