Uncommon Type : : Some Stories

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Call Number: Fiction / Hanks, Tom, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Hanks, Tom
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Hanks, Tom	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Hanks, Tom	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Hanks, Tom	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Hanks, Tom	4-week checkout	Due 05-22-2024

Three exhausting weeks -- Christmas eve 1953 -- A Junket in the city of light -- Our town today with Hank fiset -- An elephant in the pressroom -- Welcome to Mars -- A month on Green Street -- Alan bean plus four -- Our town today with Hank Fiset -- At loose in the big apple -- A special weekend -- These are the meditations of my heart -- Our town todya with Hank Fiset -- Back from back in time -- The past is important to us -- Stay with us -- Go see costas -- Our town today with Hank Fiset -- your evangelista, ESPERANZA -- Steve Wong is perfect.
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have!"--Publisher annotation.

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Really good! submitted by Zekicmom on August 5, 2018, 8:13am I have to admit, one of the reasons I wanted to read this book in the first place was because I was curious about what Tom Hanks would be like as an author. I'm happy to say that "Uncommon Type", is a very good read. Each of the stories is unique and captivating. There are a few stories that revisit characters from a previous one, and I was glad to see them. Typewriters are the common thread that weave the stories together, and found myself wondering if the author used one when writing this book. Bottom line - I enjoyed the book and would recomend it to a friend.

go hanks submitted by gogo on June 17, 2019, 8:12pm go hanks

Personality shines through submitted by rskwon on August 19, 2020, 10:24pm The best thing about this collection of stories is that Tom Hanks’ charm shines through the stories. You can almost hear his voice reading to you.

Must listen to the audiobook of this submitted by A2AE on June 30, 2022, 11:07am With Hanks reading his own stories, which have the common theme (even loosely at times) of a typewriter, why not? His voice. Is. Everything.