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perhaps (1), went to the same graduate program I did (Northern Arizona University) and is a friend of a friend of mine. There is so much mediocre Peace Corp literature out there (1), What a great distopia book! I was ambivelent about the ending until I saw a stage production of it. I think now that it is hopeful. (I also got to hear Lois Lowry speak (1), and she said she intended as much.) A couple years after I read this one (1), "The Giver." I admit this begrudginingly (1), because I felt closer in many ways to the kind of anti-technology society Kira lived in. Lowry recycles the idea that those in power will use any means necessary to maintain that power. Here (1), they do this by immitating wild animals and cautioning everyone to stay inside the village. The crucial scene at the end (1), and that was disappointing. But it was redeemed by the appearance of Kira's (now blind) father. (1), hooray for Rosenberg having the stamina to see these characters through. Each one of them meant something to me--a real feat. I could relate to many of their struggles abroad (1), I am so glad I stuck with this book. It starts and finishes strong. But Elaine goes through endless girlhood torments that drag on through the middle of the book. You have to read that part (1), though the novel never left the political realm long enough to disintegrate into travel memoir. Subsequently (1), I believed the aftermath of the Turkish earthquake and the characters emotional responses. Complex and very well written! (1), and Woman on the Edge of Time. She provided—in gritty detail—the backdrop against which these stories were born. (1), This is a great book to re-read. (Not many fit in that category for me.) In fact (1), five year old answers to the chakra questions fell out. What a treat to see what has changed for me and what things continue to be a challenge. (1), but have at last. It seems that Bradbury didn't reach his stride until halfway through the novel and then never did the revisions to make the first part match pace with the last half. I also didn't believe Guy's conversion enough to understand how he had (1), One of my students loves this book. I love one of Sandra Cisneros non-fiction essays. But the book is very choppy. I found the tiny chapters off-putting and the characters less than engaging. (Maybe I've just read too many child-narrated stories lately.) (1), to understand the profundity of the ending. Atwood's prose is at its most beautiful here. My favorite line: "To adults little girls ares adorable (1), have no idea. Fuller has a habit of using long hyphenated adjectives which I found very effective. She also captures "expat-like-us" accents beautifully. Her interview on NPR is worth a listen! (1), though (1), I am told (1), of course (1), Rosenberg (1), " also worth the read. (1), but to other little girls (1), they are life-sized." (1), "Well (1), Summer People (1), To read (1), of course a nine year old would have to learn to shoot a gun--that's how it goes in a war. I (1), I put off reading this book for many years (1), I read the sequel "Gathering Blue (1), This story is not as strong as the first one (1), where something is revealed about the singer failed for me (1), I read the book faster than I’d consumed anything since (1), when I opened it this month (June 2007) (1), Never has racism seemed so ordinary. I often found myself thinking (1), Dorothy Allison’s Two or Three Things I Know for Sure some six years earlier. Marge Piercy begins her memoir in a place I have come to begin my own pre-writing: by asking “Do I have faith in my memory?” (Piercy 1) She reflects on events that happene (1)
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Nov 13, 2006