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B&M Holeshot 2400 Torque Converter, 1966-69 Ford C4 - 50412

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B&M Holeshot 2400 Torque Converter, 1966-69 Ford C4 - 50412Overview: B&M Holeshot 2400 for 1966 69 Ford C4 Automatic Transmissions Holeshot Torque Converter 2400 Stall with 24 spline input and a 10. 5 inch bolt circle. The Holeshot 2400 converter is good for vehicles with some performance engine modifications, particularly big cams that tend to reduce low end power and torque. The higher stall speed of this converter will launch the car in a higher rpm range where more torque is readily available, resulting

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B&M Holeshot 2400 for 1966-69 Ford C4 Automatic Transmissions Holeshot Torque Converter 2400 Stall with 24 spline input and a 10.5-inch bolt circle. The Holeshot 2400 converter is good for vehicles with some performance engine modifications, particularly big cams that tend to reduce low-end power and torque. The higher stall speed of this converter will launch the car in a higher rpm range where more torque is readily available, resulting in quicker acceleration. Holeshot converters feature furnace brazed impeller fins and turbine, new precision alloy impeller hub and new heavy duty needle bearings. Other features include fully balanced and pressure tested by expert technicians. If your vehicle is equipped with a plate type nitrous system or supercharger, please refer to the Nitrous Holeshot line of converters. Notes: Stall speed listings are based on engines producing 230lb. ft. of torque at 2,500 rpm. More torque at 2,500 rpm will give you more stall speed, less torque at 2,500 rpm will give you less stall speed than the stall speed ratings indicated. Higher stall converters can generate more heat, so we highly recommend adding a transmission cooler. This converter is Not recommended for supercharged, plate-type nitrous oxide or trans-brake applications. The product images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.

Features:

  • Precision Balanced on Certified Balance Equipment
  • Copper Furnace Brazed Impeller and Turbine
  • New Precision Alloy Steel Impeller Hub
  • Race Proven Technology & Quality

Application:

Year Make Model Submodel Engine Size
1969 Ford E-100 Econoline 170/2.8 L6
1969 Ford E-200 Econoline 170/2.8 L6
1969 Ford E-300 Econoline 170/2.8 L6
1966 Ford Fairlane 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford Falcon 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford P-100 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1969 Mercury Comet 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford P-350 170/2.8 L6
1966 Ford Econoline 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford Bronco 170/2.8 L6
1966 Ford Club Wagon Base 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford Club Wagon Custom 170/2.8 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford Fairlane 200/3.3 L6
1967 Ford Fairlane Base 200/3.3 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford Falcon 200/3.3 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford Mustang Base 200/3.3 L6
1968 - 1969 Ford Mustang 200/3.3 L6
1966 - 1968 Ford Ranchero 200/3.3 L6
1967 Ford Ranchero Base 200/3.3 L6
1967 Ford Ranchero 500 200/3.3 L6
1967 Ford Ranchero 500 XL 200/3.3 L6
1968 Ford Torino 200/3.3 L6
1967 Mercury Caliente 200/3.3 L6
1967 Mercury Capri 200/3.3 L6
1966 - 1969 Mercury Comet 200/3.3 L6
1968 Mercury Montego 200/3.3 L6
1968 - 1970 Ford Custom 500 240/3.9 L6
1969 Ford E-100 Econoline 240/3.9 L6
1969 Ford E-200 Econoline 240/3.9 L6
1969 Ford E-300 Econoline 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 240/3.9 L6
1968 - 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford LTD 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford P-350 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford F-350 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford F-250 240/3.9 L6
1965 - 1970 Ford Custom 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford Econoline 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford F-100 240/3.9 L6
1966 - 1967 Ford Bronco 240/3.9 L6
1967 Ford Club Wagon Base 240/3.9 L6
1969 Ford Fairlane 250/4.1 L6
1969 Ford Mustang 250/4.1 L6
1969 - 1971 Ford Ranchero Base 250/4.1 L6
1969 Ford Torino 250/4.1 L6
1969 Mercury Comet 250/4.1 L6
1969 Mercury Montego 250/4.1 L6
1965 Ford Custom 260/4.3 V8
1966 Ford Fairlane 289/4.7 V8
1967 Ford Fairlane Base 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1968 Ford Falcon 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford LTD 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford Mustang Base 289/4.7 V8
1968 Ford Mustang 289/4.7 V8
1966 Ford Ranchero 289/4.7 V8
1967 Ford Ranchero Base 289/4.7 V8
1967 Ford Ranchero 500 289/4.7 V8
1967 Ford Ranchero 500 XL 289/4.7 V8
1967 Mercury Caliente 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Comet 289/4.7 V8
1967 - 1968 Mercury Cougar 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Cyclone 289/4.7 V8
1968 Mercury Montego 289/4.7 V8
1965 - 1967 Ford Custom 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1968 Ford Bronco 289/4.7 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford P-350 300/4.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford F-350 300/4.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford F-250 300/4.9 L6
1966 - 1969 Ford F-100 300/4.9 L6
1969 Ford E-100 Econoline 302/5 V8
1969 Ford E-200 Econoline 302/5 V8
1969 Ford E-300 Econoline 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Fairlane 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Falcon 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford LTD 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Mustang 302/5 V8
1968 Ford Ranchero 302/5 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero Base 302/5 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero GT 302/5 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero 500 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Torino 302/5 V8
1969 Ford F-250 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Comet 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Cougar 302/5 V8
1968 Mercury Cyclone 302/5 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone Base 302/5 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Montego 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Custom 500 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Custom 302/5 V8
1969 Ford F-100 302/5 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Bronco 302/5 V8
1969 Ford Fairlane 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Falcon 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Galaxie 500 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford LTD 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Mustang 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero Base 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero GT 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero 500 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Torino 351/5.8 V8
1969 Mercury Comet 351/5.8 V8
1969 Mercury Cougar 351/5.8 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone Base 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Custom 500 351/5.8 V8
1969 Mercury Montego 351/5.8 V8
1969 Ford Custom 351/5.8 V8
1966 Ford Fairlane 352/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 352/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford LTD 352/5.8 V8
1966 Ford Ranchero 352/5.8 V8
1967 Ford Ranchero Base 352/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford F-350 352/5.8 V8
1965 - 1967 Ford Custom 352/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford P-350 352/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford F-100 352/5.8 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford F-250 352/5.8 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford P-350 360/5.9 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford F-350 360/5.9 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford F-250 360/5.9 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford F-100 360/5.9 V8
1966 Ford F-350 361/5.9 V8
1966 Ford F-100 361/5.9 V8
1966 Ford F-250 361/5.9 V8
1967 - 1969 Ford Custom 500 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1970 Ford Fairlane 390/6.4 V8
1967 Ford Fairlane Base 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford LTD 390/6.4 V8
1967 Ford Mustang Base 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Mustang 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford P-350 390/6.4 V8
1967 - 1969 Ford Ranchero Base 390/6.4 V8
1967 - 1969 Ford Ranchero 500 390/6.4 V8
1967 Ford Ranchero 500 XL 390/6.4 V8
1968 Ford Ranchero 390/6.4 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero GT 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Torino 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford F-350 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford F-250 390/6.4 V8
1967 Mercury Caliente 390/6.4 V8
1966 Mercury Colony Park 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1969 Mercury Comet 390/6.4 V8
1967 - 1969 Mercury Cougar 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Cyclone 390/6.4 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone Base 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Montclair 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Montego 390/6.4 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Monterey 390/6.4 V8
1969 Mercury Monterey Base 390/6.4 V8
1966 Mercury Park Lane 390/6.4 V8
1965 - 1969 Ford Custom 390/6.4 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford F-100 390/6.4 V8
1966 Mercury Colony Park 410/6.7 V8
1966 Mercury Montclair 410/6.7 V8
1966 Mercury Monterey 410/6.7 V8
1966 Mercury Park Lane 410/6.7 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford Fairlane 427/7 V8
1967 Ford Fairlane Base 427/7 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 427/7 V8
1968 Ford Galaxie 500 427/7 V8
1966 - 1968 Ford LTD 427/7 V8
1968 Ford Mustang 427/7 V8
1968 Ford Torino 427/7 V8
1966 Mercury Colony Park 427/7 V8
1966 - 1969 Mercury Comet 427/7 V8
1968 Mercury Cougar 427/7 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Cyclone 427/7 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone Base 427/7 V8
1966 Mercury Montclair 427/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Montego 427/7 V8
1968 Ford Custom 500 427/7 V8
1966 Mercury Monterey 427/7 V8
1966 Mercury Park Lane 427/7 V8
1965 - 1968 Ford Custom 427/7 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford Custom 500 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Fairlane 428/7 V8
1966 - 1967 Ford Galaxie 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Galaxie 500 428/7 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford LTD 428/7 V8
1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-500 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Mustang 428/7 V8
1968 Ford Ranchero 428/7 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero Base 428/7 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero GT 428/7 V8
1969 Ford Ranchero 500 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Ford Torino 428/7 V8
1966 Mercury Colony Park 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Comet 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Cougar 428/7 V8
1968 Mercury Cyclone 428/7 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone Base 428/7 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ 428/7 V8
1966 - 1968 Mercury Montclair 428/7 V8
1968 - 1969 Mercury Montego 428/7 V8
1966 Mercury Monterey 428/7 V8
1966 Mercury Park Lane 428/7 V8
1966 - 1969 Ford Custom 428/7 V8
1969 Ford Custom 500 429/7 V8
1969 Ford Galaxie 500 429/7 V8
1969 Ford LTD 429/7 V8
1969 Ford Mustang 429/7 V8
1969 Mercury Cougar 429/7 V8
1969 Mercury Cyclone Base 429/7 V8
1969 Ford Custom 429/7 V8

Specs:

Additional Contents New needle bearings
Automotive Item Grade High Performance
Bolt Circle Diameter (in) 10.5
Brand B&M
California Proposition 65 Required No
Emission Code 5
Flexplate Change Needed No
Furnace Brazed Yes
Input Shaft Spline Count 24
Lockup No
Material Steel
Product Type Automatic Transmission Torque Converter
Stall Torque Ratio 2300 to 2500 RPM stall
Transmission C4
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Peggy Hardman
Chelsea, US
★★★★★ 4
Need my own copy.
Format: Kindle
Looking forward to more of her work, and rereading this book. Some very evocative lines awake my granma memories much like the granmother memories herein.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2022
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Readergurl
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★★★★★ 5
Amazing Book...
Format: Paperback
It takes a lot nowadays for me to rate any Fiction book 5 stars. I read way more non-fiction, and usually only read highly recommended fiction, or some that's given to me. There are plenty of other reviews here that tell you how it's not a "happy" book (why that matters i dont know), so i wont go on about that part. I dont base my reading choices on whether they have a happy fantasy story. This story is very real. The writing is really good. I have several points that i use to rate a book: the story itself, the actual writing style, the 'entertainment' value, the emotions it brings out - laughter, sadness, etc., and if it's very memorable - either by being very different than anything i've ever read, or by something else about it being very different. The only point out of all of those that i wouldnt give a 5 would be the writing style/prose - which i'd give a 4. It's very good, but not "amazing" to me like some authors are. The author brought me into the characters - where i could feel what they were feeling, and i understood why they did the 'bad' things they did - totally. I felt the way they lived, the area, the poverty... As the story progressed, i stayed up one night for HOURS wanting to know what happened - until the sun rose actually. As the finale was coming - which i had no idea would be the way it was - i was literally gripping the book with both hands and holding it up to my face. I realized this and laughed to myself since i hadnt even noticed. Then - i sobbed thru the last 20 pgs - i havent cried from ANY fiction for a long time. Yes, i get into books and really let them take me away, but this book has a special kind of writing and a special story that i never expected to effect me sooo much. The author THEN does something so amazing at the very end - when i couldnt believe it could get any better. I KNEW what i wanted to happen - and i kept thinking to myself, "no, it wont - because it will just seem to corny if it does." (Even tho i wanted it so much.) She made it happen in a special way, without making it corny but while bringing me the hope and good feeling i needed after all the sobbing. (I dont want to give anything away just in case you dont know the story.) This book scores an A+. If you love good, moving, American fiction you will love this.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2013
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Francophile in Michigan
Belleville, US
★★★★★ 4
Brava, Ms. Ward
Format: Paperback
I read this novel, along with nine others, for a college literature course. Of the ten, this was the only book to elicit a strong emotional reaction from me. There were moments when I hung my head in frustration, threw up my hands in respect (God bless Ward’s writing style), and wiped my face of tears and snot after crying my eyes out. An incredibly moving and poignant novel. The novel opens with its narrator Esch, fourteen years old and pregnant. She often follows her brothers around, and is constantly surrounded by men as well as the gruesome society of dog-fighting. Esch’s predominant male surrounding is, perhaps, the main influence that encourages her to sleep with her brother’s friends, and to submissively pine for the one boy, Manny, who unforgivingly mistreats her. Though Esch’s character was impeccably frustrating, and borderline stereotypical and archetypal, her faults lie with a motherless young girl, who wants to be wanted and loved. Both frustrating and annoying, this characterization was, at times, unlikable, yet that is exactly what made Esch so human. I applaud Ward’s lyrical writing style, as well her ability to write such gruesome and honest depictions that made me literally cringe when reading. Ward is able to effortlessly incorporate poetic language into her novel that, at times, made me set the book in both awe and envy, knowing I would never be able to produce such a product. I did find there to be a disconnect between the poetic language and the colloquial diction. That’s to say, I found it a bit unbelievable that Esch would speak so poorly to her family and friends, yet express herself so eloquently in her narration. Regardless, I found the poetic language to be successful and moving. I knew before reading the book that it was centered on Hurricane Katrina. However, I was surprised that the novel was centered on the build-up to the hurricane. Katrina itself is more or less twenty pages. The chapter pertaining to the hurricane, as well as the aftermath of the hurricane, were the sections of the novel that I found most captivating. Living through the hurricane with Esch and her family was difficult to read, which is perhaps why Ward chose to limit its description. That said, I wish I had more of Katrina and its aftermath. I waited for the hurricane for 200 pages, and it seemed to end as soon as it started. Though I was unsatisfied by the ending, I appreciated that the novel was a work that was not so much about Katrina as it was about survival and family. I was captivated by Ward’s poetic writing and honest characters. I will definitely be on the lookout for her other works, as well as an avid recommender of this novel.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2015
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Gary Carden
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
00 361 pages Hurricane Katrina spawned an awesome number of literary works
Format: Kindle
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward New York: Bloomsberry $24.00 361 pages Hurricane Katrina spawned an awesome number of literary works, and it may be that, given sufficient time to determine the full merits of Jesmyn Ward’s novel, Salvage the Bones, her work may be the most worthy. Perhaps the theory that great disasters (wars, natural disasters) invariably produce great works of art (operas, novels, paintings, etc.). This theory was often discussed by Flannery O’Conner who commented on the irony of the “creative renaissance” in southern literature which owes its origin to the extensive suffering and injustice associated with slavery and the Civil War. The narrator of Salvage the Bones is Esch, a fifteen-year-old girl living in Bois Sauvage, a predominately black bayou town which happens to be in the direct path of Katrina. Set in the twelve days leading up to, and just after the arrival of the hurricane, the novel presents each day as a distinct vignette. Esch and her brothers spend each day preparing for the terrifying arrival. They have no intention of leaving and attempt to help their drunken father reinforce their shack with sheets of plywood. They collect and store bottles of drinking water. Food supplies tend to consist of Top Ramen moon pies, vienna sausage, potted meat and eggs gathered in the woods. However, despite Katrina’s approach, Esch and her brothers seem to be primarily concerned about their white pit bull, China who has just given birth to five pups. China has developed a reputation in the dog fights that take place in “The Pit” in Bois Sauvage. She is a killing machine, a fact that makes Esch and her brothers the envy of their neighbors. The family’s meager economic security depends on China and each day is spent grooming, washes and feeding her. Indeed they fawn over the big dog, telling everyone that her puppies will grow up to have a killer instinct and therefore, they are invaluable. Much of the intrigue in Esch’s daily life revolves around protecting China and her pups. Skeetah is Esch’s oldest brother and the dog’s self-appointed trainer. Esch has a multitude of problems. She struggles to love her handicapped father and is haunted by the memory of her mother’s death. Now, she discovers that she is pregnant by Bois Sauvage’s “golden boy,” Manny, the boy who put the baby inside her is totally indifferent to the consequences of a rough and tumble frolic in the dark. As each day brings more distress, the homely, pug-faced teenager turns to her imagination, searching for a means to deal with the world around her, and as luck would have it, that is Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, which was a required reading at school. Esch begins to see the people around her as characters in her favorite book. She observes that all the girls in Bois Sauvage seem to be acting like their mythical counterparts: Psyche, Eurydice, Daphne - all of them running away from something or running after someone. However, the mythical character that Esch selects for her own role model is an ominous one. It is Medea, the fierce and vindictive wife of “the golden-haired Jason, who kills her own brother when he stands in the way of her love for Jason; and when that love turns to hate, she then murders Jason’s new wife, Creusa, her father, Creon and even kills her own children. Of course, Esch is not going to harm anyone. Although she is filled with rage at the world around her, she is actually one of the forces that is holding everything together; China, the white pitbull is another. When Katrina reaches landfall, it comes like some apocalyptic act of God, sweeping everything away, including Esch’s home and all of their feeble efforts to battle the rising water. In the end Salvage the Bones acquires a kind of epic grander. Like Noah or Gilgamesh, the waters finally withdraw, leaving a confused and humbled Bois Sauvage. How much has been lost? The puppies are gone and so is China - but given the dog’s character, she may have survived. Perhaps Skeetah and his brothers will find her. The reader is left with a singular image. Skeetah, the oldest brother sits in the wreckage of their home, and while everyone else is searching for missing children, furniture and cars, Skeetah looks at his brothers and announces, “She will come back to me.” Esch tells us: “He will watch the dark, the ruined houses, the muddy appliances, the tops of the trees that surround us whose leaves are dying for lack of roots. He will feed the fire, so it will blaze bright as a lighthouse. He will listen for the beat of her tail, the padding of her feet in the mud. He will look into the future and see her emerge into the circle of his fire, beaten dirty by the hurricane so she doesn’t gleam anymore. So, she is the color of his teeth, his eyes, of the bone bounded by his blood, dull but alive, alive, alive, and when he sees her, his face will break and run water. And what of Esch who loves the white dog? She says that China will look at me and know “I am a mother.” Hopefully, it is apparent that this is a remarkable book. However, it was almost lost in the loud braying and confusion that dominates much of publishing business now. Even so, it won the National Book Award in 2011. Now, after a strange silence, it is beginning to get the attention that it deserves.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2016
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★★★★★ 5
however the family takes precautions leading up to the storm to plan for one of the worst natural disasters in American history
Format: Paperback
Salvage the Bones is a deeply personal account of a young woman, Esch, and her family's life in the few days before Hurricane Katrina. The novel is set on the family's land in a small town in Mississippi. She lives with her father, her mother seven years deceased, and her three brothers, Skeetah, Randall, and Junior. Esch has recently learned that she is pregnant with the child of one of her older brother's friends. Skeetah takes care of his pitbull, China, helping her give birth and grooming her to fight for the family's honor. Randall plays basketball in hopes of gaining a college scholarship. Junior is a product of the mother's death, as she passed away giving birth to him, and leaves the family to mother him for the rest of his life. The novel describes the family's relationships with one another before the hurricane will rock them and test their connections to one another. The novel is not set decisively around the hurricane, however the family takes precautions leading up to the storm to plan for one of the worst natural disasters in American history. Jesmyn Ward provides a semi-autobiographical context of the hurricane, as she was born in a small, rural community in Mississippi, similar to the one she describes in Salvage the Bones. Ward writes commonly in this tone, and her newest novel, Men Who Reaped, describes the lives of four men in her life that had suffered deaths far too young. The novel is poetic in its writing style, and a beautiful read. Ward describes herself as a "failed poet," however, by reading the novel, it is clear that she succeeds in her poetry. Metaphors follow each line of description, and Ward is able to connect figurative language with the colloquial language of characters living in a rural community. It is undeniably pleasurable to read through the pages. Ward creates lovable characters and leaves the reader longing to discover what happens after the hurricane, and how the favorite characters are surviving in the wake of the natural disaster. There is a large dog presence throughout the novel, in addition to family ties, the novel provides a sense of companionship and a person's human relationship with his dog. The dog becomes a member of the family, and the relationship is called into question with the severity of the storm and the need to hold onto the most important things in times of crisis. I am overwhelmed with the poetic nature of this book and applaud Ward as an exceptional writer.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2015

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