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: Truck: A Love StoryIn association with Amazon.comby: Michael, Perry  List Price: $10.95 Amazon.com's Price: $8.76 You Save: $2.19 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2232 Format: Kindle Book Label: HarperCollins e-books Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: July 31, 2007 Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Release Date: July 31, 2007 Studio: HarperCollins e-books Sales Rank: 11345 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and . . . gardening tips? Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track."All I wanted to do was fix my old pickup truck," says Michael Perry. "That, and plant my garden. Then I met this woman. . . ." Truck: A Love Story recounts a year in which Perry struggles to grow his own food ("Seed catalogs are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than Enron and Penthouse combined"), live peaceably with his neighbors (one test-fires his black powder rifle in the alley; another's best Sunday shirt reads 100 PERCENT WHUP-ASS), and sort out his love life. But along the way, he sets his hair on fire, is attacked by wild turkeys, takes a date to the fire department chicken dinner, and proposes marriage to a woman in New Orleans. As with Population: 485, much of the spirit of Truck: A Love Story may be found in the characters Perry meets: a one-eyed land surveyor, a paraplegic biker who rigs a sidecar so that his quadriplegic pal can ride along, a bartender who refuses to sell light beer, an enchanting woman who never existed, and half the staff of National Public Radio.By turns hilarious and heartfelt, a tale that begins on a pile of sheep manure, detours to the Whitney Museum of American Art, and returns to the deer-hunting swamps of northern Wisconsin, Truck: A Love Story becomes a testament to the surprising and unintended consequences of love. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Truck: A Love StoryThis book was fun. I laughed out loud at some of the situations and/or verbage. The author has the ability to laugh at himself, give credit where it is due, and make the best of most situations. Thumbs up!! Rating:  - Humor and revelationBook was humorous on one level. However, it contained deeper truths about ouselves and our world than we sometimes like to admit. I heard Mr. Perry speak and he has some gritty and resourceful insights on the way individuals respond to incidents and others. Rating: - the natural philosopher's handbookI could go on and on about this book, but let's let the man speak for himself. "The amateur study of philosophy," Perry writes, "is like taking a few laps with a NASCAR driver. You're not qualified to do it on your own, you have no business behind the wheel, but for a few laps or paragraphs, you're right in there with 'em, and when it's all over, you've learned something. Or," he adds, "as my local fire chief once said, you've simply exasperated the situation." Perry hasn't exasperated ... Read More Rating: - A sweet, kind tale with deeper meanings"Truck: a Love Story" is a sweet and simple tale, filled with rich observations of life in a small rural town, told by the sort of man you always hoped would marry your sister. Perry comes across as kind and unassuming. He is in love with his town, his truck, and his simple way of life. There is more than meets the eye, however, as Perry's writing and style are articulate and erudite without being anachronistic. Perry manages to walk the difficult balance between being an easy going man and a deep ... Read More Rating: - Mike fixed his truck, and along the way his broken heartI read Michaels' book with great interest. I found his story paralelling mine on many aspects. I could relate to the smallish town, the old truck, the unusual call hours of the life within his profession. As he balanced that with his passion for writing, and upon the decision of fixing that old heap, a newly found light shone through. It's a feel good, genuine book, about people, hope and second chances not only for the truck, but for Mike as well. Read it. Browse for similar items by category:
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