Bodie Thoene

Brock Thoene

Max Meyer, a Jew from New York, Ellis Warne, a doctor's son, Birch Tucker, an Arkansas farmer, and Jefferson Canfield, the son of a Black sharecropper, return from World War I with changed expectations.

In My Father's House

Jeni Enjaian

This was a decent, easy read though definitely not one of my favorites in general or specifically by Bodie and Brock Thoene.

The complicated prose flowed well and created a somewhat coherent story. However, it was that same complicated nature that worked against the narrative throughout the book. To put it simply, the Thoenes wanted to tell the story of far too many characters. As a consequence, they could not go very deep into the make-up and development of any one character. Issues were rather hit and miss. Some got addressed a second or third time. Most were mentioned once and then not developed until the second book. (If one stopped reading the series at just the first book there would be a lot of unanswered questions.)

I like it well enough to keep it in my collection for now. I can't really give it a strong recommendation though. Perhaps the other books in the series will make me change my mind one way or the other.

In My Father's House

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