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Bezig met laden... Spelling Mississippidoor Marnie Woodrow
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This novel is an eccentric story about some pretty eccentric, mixed up people from disfunctional families. But the characters are compelling and just real enough to draw you into them and want to know their historyies.Cleo's mother jummped off a boat, Madeline's mother forced her into competative swimming..... etc. The story really happens in New Orleans which was a great city for this story to happen. Interestingly enough it also included Florence Italy and Toronto Ontario. ( ) Marnie Woodrow’s 2002 novel Spelling Mississippi begins with an extraordinary event: Cleo, a Canadian in her late twenties visiting New Orleans, witnesses a striking older woman jump headfirst into Mississippi river in the middle of the night, wearing full evening dress including a tiara and high heels. Cleo, assuming the dive is a suicide, is momentarily stunned and then runs panicked from the scene. This initial encounter between Cleo, a traveller in search of meaning and belonging, and Madeline, the diving diva who it turns out is not suicidal but seeking the exhilaration of danger, is the catalyst for a moving love story... See the rest of my review here: http://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/a-tale-of-eccentric-l... geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Cleo, a Canadian on holiday in New Orleans, is sitting alone on a French Quarter wharf late one November night, dreamily watching the lazy progress of the Mississippi. When a woman clad in full evening dress, from rhinestone tiara to high heels, takes a running leap into the river's chocolate swell, Cleo is more than a little astonished. She watches the water, then turns and runs, mistakenly assuming the jumper is dead. But Madeline, it turns out, isn't bent on suicide. She's irresistibly drawn to water, as is Cleo, who was conceived (unintentionally) during the tragic flooding of Florence in 1966. The reappearance of the mysterious river-swimmer a few nights later on the late evening news triggers Cleo's determination to find her. She pounds the quaint streets of New Orleans, city of cheap bourbon, rich turtle soup, magnolia breezes and A Streetcar Named Desire. When at last Cleo finds Madeline - hiding out in a tenement studio with a grand piano and an assortment of 'borrowed' lawn ornaments - both women make some startling self-discoveries. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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