The Year the Lights Came on [Paperback]

Terry Kay (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr (2000)
• ASIN: B000NY46AI
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,666,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Kay '47 Loaded with True Memories, July 12, 2004

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Larry Hand (Woodstock, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Year the Lights Came on (Brown Thrasher Books) (Paperback)

A must-read for anyone who grew up in Georgia during the 1940s or '50s, especially those of us who remember the day the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) hooked us up and turned us on. Life changed dramatically. If you're not old enough to remember those days, let Terry Kay show you what they were like. This book -- as usual in a Kay opus -- is hilarious at turns, tender and sad at others. Kay is a master chef at blending a bittersweet brew of young love, class consciousness and changing times. Don't deprive yourself of a look at this fine early work, which was first published in 1976 -- before Kay established himself as one of our great Southern writers with the novel, "To Dance with the White Dog."

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most pleasant read, February 7, 2001

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Larry A. Hollar "Author" (La Junta, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Year the Lights Came on (Brown Thrasher Books) (Paperback)

There is a nice story here, of nice people. The writing moves without hitches, glitches nor bumps. It is very real, a terrific book for teenagers. Could and should be studied in college. Teaches without being overly preachy...actually teaches while being a very fun and funny book, too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming and sweet, May 16, 2010

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Kathryn Magendie "Author, editor" (Western North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Year the Lights Came on (Brown Thrasher Books) (Paperback)

I loved this book. Sometimes I just want to read a book that makes me feel nostalgia - even though this book was 'before my time' I was covered up in a nice cool summer sheet of nostalgia. I read 3 of Terry Kay's books in a row ... that's how much I love his charm.