Add a tweet by actor Tom Hanks to the list of glowing reviews for Beth Macy's "Factory Man."
The superstar tweeted today:
Great summer reading. I give it 42 stars. No, I give it 142 stars. Yeah, it's THAT good. Hanx. http://t.co/JvltkZJjuk
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) July 24, 2014
"Great summer reading. I give it 42 stars. No, I give it 142 stars. Yeah, it's THAT good. Hanx."
(The link takes you to his WhoSay page, which shows a picture of the book.)
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The same endorsement also appeared on his Facebook page.
Both of his accounts on Twitter and Facebook have millions of followers.
Here's how Macy shared the news on her Facebook page:
"Pinching myself about Tom Hanks's Factory Man tweet (and wondering how we get him to make and play JBIII in the movie!)."
In "Factory Man," Roanoke Times alumna Macy details how John Bassett III battled globalization and his own family to save his Galax furniture company and workers’ jobs.
New York Times book critic Janet Maslin put Macy's book “in a class with other runaway debuts like Laura Hillenbrand’s ‘Seabiscuit’ and Katherine Boo’s ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers," adding that it “will be one of the best, and surely most talked about, books of 2014.”
Read our Q&A with Macy ... learn about the Salem brewery which named a beer in honor of the book ... and find our own review here.
From our calendar: Upcoming book signings/author readings with Beth Macy
