Sometimes You Get the Bear

By Dan Holly

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963572059
• ISBN13: 9780963572059
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: August Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

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this book was an ok, read. i was really glad how steve changed his life around, even though he still had to pay for former things he did wrong. I didn't understand why chris would have rather slept on the street, than move back in with his parents until he got back on his feet.

Page Turner, Captivating, Good Read

Dan Holly has embarked on a new career. Sometimes You Get The Bear, is a thought provoking novel of one's triumph over drugs, sex, and murder. Dealing with an interracial relationship, drugs and murder is why Chris Holland now understands why The Bear was so important to get. This novel touches upon so many things that are happening in todays society. It makes you stop and think about who we might have placed in the political arena. I believe Dan Holly has it right were he wants it. Writing is Dan's forte and he is on his way to being one of the best writer's out there. Dan, we wish you the best with your next novel.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

From the first line all the way through, I could not put the book down. It was a well thought out story with a well thought out plott. I must say that I had to skip a chapter because I couldn't take the suspense. What I liked most about the book is that I could feel every character's part and invision myself in the story. I hope there's going to be a sequel. . .

A Nitty-Gritty "This is the Way it Goes"!!!!!

A very well written novel. A tale of two brothers, one expected to succeed and one destined to fail. It is engrossing to read about the up and down events of both Steve and Chris after the accidental death of the Duane M............ It becomes a page turner as you want to see how much Steve can acheived and how low can Chris go. You really get the feeling you know the characters or someone just like them. Yes, racism in America is stated and shown in this novel but it is skillfully woven into the story and not used as a club to beat the reader. The actions and characters in this book are totally believable. The people are not too beautiful and they do not jump buildings in a single bound. A wonderful story of the triumph of the human spirit and the steadfastness of family. A must read.

Page-one shock, biography depth, and the scope of humanity

"Sometimes You Get The Bear" is a compelling read that throws open the blinds on relations within a family and race, as well as between the races. It has the throw-my-life-into-this-book openness of a first novel; and indeed it is a debut, and is loosely semi-autobiographical. The liberalness of the author in integrating personal experiences make this work gripping. In fact, what drives and brings to life the book is detail and authoritativeness that spring from his career experience as a journalist and congressional press secretary. An episode involving one subject's telephone interview with a news reporter is not skated across with novelesque generalities, but rather the reader is thrown into the cauldron of the media accuracy/fairness issue and learns how controversies play out in newsrooms and have repercussions in living rooms. The book's biggest hook, however, is what prompts the interview. The fugitive flight of another subject following the accidental killing of his ex-girlfriend's lover. That he is black and his victim, like the girl, is white, is the matrix of this cascading tale that insightfully prompts the reader to question his or her own principles as those of the subjects evolve. If you're the good son and want to better understand your mischievous brother, and your own self-righteousness, read this book!. If you are the other, read this book and see clarity rise from confusion and hope out of self-pity. More than about right and wrong, "Sometimes You Get The Bear" is about race and skin-color consciousness within a family, within a race, and within America. It's about the changes that race takes us through, and even those we voluntarily accept or come to blindly expect. Another big plus: The book reads more true-to-life than most novels, and readers who favor the reality of nonfiction are not confronted with hokey imagery or a pretentious exploit at literacism.