Posted in Book Reviews, Coming of Age, Death and Dying, families, tagged angels, dysfunction, England, faith, herons, love, rockstars, tragedy, travel on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In a hotel in London, three stories play out over the years. The first is the story of a successful but jealous woman who covets her sister’s life, so much so that she sleeps with her fiance and must live with the repercussions of that act. The second is the story of the fiance’s mother [...]
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To me, childhood is this vast shadowy land that only begins to make sense the further you move from it. And by then, if you have a memory like mine, you probably only remember bits and and pieces. It’s a problem if you believe that “the unexamined life is not worth living”. Maybe that explains [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Coming of Age, Death and Dying, dysfunction, families, farms/ranches, tagged childhood, horses, peer pressure, teachers, wealth, working class on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Based on the books I’ve read and liked, Librarything suggested that I might like The God of Animals. I’ve just finished and I have to say, I really loathed this book.
It is a well-written, compelling story of a girl growing up on a barely-making-it horse farm in a desert valley. She has no friends and [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews, Coming of Age, Death and Dying, westerns, tagged 1900s, coming_of_age, farm_life, horses, Oregon, westerns on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When was the last time you read a book that kept you up late, though you knew you should get to sleep? The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss was such a book for me. Martha Lessen is a sturdy girl with a love for horses. In 1917, when many of the men in Eastern [...]
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My partner and I visited New York City in the spring, to celebrate his 40th birthday. We stayed in a ‘bed and coffee’ in Alphabet city. Apparently this was a pretty rough area not that long ago, but has undergone a – is it revitalization, renewal, or gentrification? – I’m not sure. It was great [...]
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Solar Storms by Linda Hogan. Hogan is a Native American and member of the Chicksaw
tribe. This is the story of Angel, an 18-year-old estranged from her people, who has spent her life in foster homes. When she finally returns to her tribal homeland, she is accepted with love and warmth by the women who become [...]
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