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"Is it braggin' to say I saved a town?" >Twelve-year-old Oliver Ellison loves his summers with his grandparents. Riding his bike here and there between his grandmothers' lessons on becoming a gentleman, Oliver is seemingly invisible to adults, so he manages to overhear a lot. One of his favorite stops is the gas station of his miserly and misanthropic old-maid great uncles. It is here that one evening he witnesses the conversation that ultimately sets off the spark of disagreement between the two old brothers, igniting the town as everyone chooses sides. Narrated by the now fourteen-year-old…mehr

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"Is it braggin' to say I saved a town?" >Twelve-year-old Oliver Ellison loves his summers with his grandparents. Riding his bike here and there between his grandmothers' lessons on becoming a gentleman, Oliver is seemingly invisible to adults, so he manages to overhear a lot. One of his favorite stops is the gas station of his miserly and misanthropic old-maid great uncles. It is here that one evening he witnesses the conversation that ultimately sets off the spark of disagreement between the two old brothers, igniting the town as everyone chooses sides. Narrated by the now fourteen-year-old Oliver, along with an omniscient third person, what follows is a pairing of the absurd with the sentimental as Oliver tries desperately to tell the truth of what he heard, and bring Opp back to its simple, magical place as the City of Opportunity.
Autorenporträt
Born and raised in Alabama, Lee Smith attended Birmingham Southern College and then the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Following graduation from medical school, he spent three years as a resident physician in family medicine at Tallahassee Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Smith has practiced family medicine for the past thirty-four years in South Georgia. He is married to the lovely Valerie Lynn Smith. Together they have seven children and eight grandchildren. Dr. Smith enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing the trumpet, BAMA football, and Boston Terriers,