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Patrick M. Garry, JD, PhD, is professor of law at the University of South Dakota. He is the award-winning author of several books, including Conservatism Redefined. Garry writes frequently for both popular and scholarly publications and has delivered hundreds of lectures across the country.

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Œuvres de Patrick M. Garry

Liberalism and American identity (1992) 5 exemplaires
Blind Spots (2015) 3 exemplaires
A Faith Brief (2012) 3 exemplaires
The Price of Guilt (2011) 2 exemplaires

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Against the zigzag of youth and the backdrop of the Viet Nam War, Patrick M. Garry re-creates life in small-town America (Corcoran, Minnesota ), where if you blink, you miss it.

In this fictional tale, you'll see how narrator Glen Kinsella's life parallels his Grandfather O’Shea's, and see how themes of peace and population control are intermingled with tongue twisters, ballroom dances, and bonfires along the lake.

This is a beautifully written love story, and in it, you will find vivid characters who point out that the innocence of youth transcends to the self-awareness of adulthood where you realize you're not perfect and not all wars can be won.

This book was provided by the generosity of the author for an honest review.
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LorisBook | 1 autre critique | Jun 5, 2019 |
Blind Spots, by Patrick Garry, was another well-written and intriguing read. In this most recent book, Garry takes the reader on an edge-of-your seat journey through the convoluted workings of inner city protections and politics, a somewhat skewed judicial system and then into the mind of an 'honorable' man doing what he believes to be the right thing. Yet, what exactly is the 'right' thing when the country has just been presented with the death of a mother and her three young children; shot to death in their own home.

The community is in an uproar and the police are making arrests by the drove. Detective Gunther Mulvaney has just arrested Milo Krantz – hated rent collector for an inner city slum lord. After questioning Miles extensively, Detective Cuther Mulvaney doesn't believe he’s the murderer. There's just a single hole in Mulvaney’s hypothesis though – at some point during Miles' night in jail he decided to confess to the murders; and then refused to defend himself.

Things that make you go hmmm, right? Especially during shady proceedings where it seems the Police Department is more intent on locating a quick scapegoat to pin the murders on versus searching for truth so as to mete out justice.

I don’t want to give additional story away, but suffice it to say that Blind Spots was almost impossible to set down. While it did have a slower start, due to necessary character introductions and additional plot twists, Garry more than made up for it as the tale progressed. Interesting, believable and well-written, Blind Spots was a masterfully woven web of psychological drama with more players, and twists, than the reader might expect.

A page-turner of a crime thriller with some surprising twists and turns...
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Charline_Ratcliff | 1 autre critique | Oct 7, 2015 |
Nate Morrissey, a successful New York lawyer, has just been asked to take on a client that will require he travel to Mount Kelven – the place he grew up in; the place he fell in love in; the place of that horrible tragedy; the place he fled from 18 years ago.
Nate was a fearless boy who grew up to know no limits. He was successful in all that he did, until one fateful night when he and Laura, the girl he loved so fiercely, decided to elope. When they arrived at the Justice of the Peace, they changed their minds, but not before both of their families came rushing to stop them. The combination of stormy weather, emotionally driven parents, and a power outage on the lift bridge was more than enough to produce the worst tragedy the residents from Mount Kelven had ever witnessed. Now, 18 years later, Nate will revisit Mount Kelven, that tragedy, and Laura. What he finds during his stay in Mount Kelven will again change his life.
Patrick Garry has succeeded in writing a gripping emotional novel that claims your attention on the first page. With witty characters and heart gripping revelations, “A Bridge Back” is a very satisfying read that shows us among many things, that by always looking back you can’t see in front of you. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a great book!
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Master275 | 1 autre critique | Sep 20, 2010 |
Nate Morrissey hasn't been back to his home town of Mount Kelven in 18 years. He left after his parents were killed in a tragic car accident, something he blames himself for, and never returned. Now his boss has asked him to go there to look into the filming of a documentary that relates to the car accident and Nate begins to realize that he can't keep running from his past. The story evolves once Nate arrives in Mount Kelven and realizes that a lot has changed since he left. He gets involved with saving his grandfathers hotel and gets reacquainted with his ex-girlfriend who also has issues stemming from the night of the accident. Nate's world gets turned upside down and he realizes he can't look toward the future until he deals with his past.

"A Bridge Back" is more about Nate's journey to escape the past that has been holding him back than about finding out what is really going on with the hotel or what may have really happened the night of the accident. I get what author Patrick M. Garry was trying to do but must admit I felt a little cheated by the ending. Once Nate had his big epiphany, the story just kind of ended with a summary of the events that followed and everything was tied up rather quickly. I was really looking forward to a confrontation being played out between Nate and his brother-in-law and instead, I got a paragraph basically saying it happened and telling me the result. I just wish the loose ends had been tied up with a little more detail.

Though I was disappointed with the final chapter of the book I did enjoy everything leading up to the ending and had a hard time putting the book down. The characters are all very complex but also very real and the author does a good job of developing each of them. I also thought his description of the setting, Mount Kelven, was very well done and I was able to picture the town very clearly in my head. Honestly, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in well thought out characters who are easy to relate to and, to anyone interested in the journey involved in freeing oneself from their past.
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CaApril | 1 autre critique | Sep 19, 2009 |

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Œuvres
22
Membres
81
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#222,754
Évaluation
½ 4.7
Critiques
6
ISBN
41

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