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Queen Victoria's Book of SpellsQueen Victoria's Book of Spells, Book
Book - 2013Book, 2013
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The Football Genius CollectionThe Football Genius Collection, eBook
by Green, TimeBook - 2014eBook, 2014
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A very absorbing read.
Character development is good, the plot intriguing, the dynamics between Cass and her twin Zach many-layered and believable. And the writing is excellent.
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Added Aug 26, 2014
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Lovely writing, many-layered, complex unwinding of a family's grief, pain and loss, and some important discoveries along their shared and separate paths. Many issues of gender, race, discrimination and the damage it does, longings and disappointments--and, most poignantly, the damage that well-intentioned and loving parents, who are themselves damaged by their own histories and parents, can inflict on their children. Hard to believe this assured and moving novel is the author's first. I really cared about her characters, and I will surely be looking for her books to come.Lovely writing, many-layered, complex unwinding of a family's grief, pain and loss, and some important discoveries along their shared and separate paths. Many issues of gender, race, discrimination and the damage it does, longings and…
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Involving story with a troubled but basically strong young woman finding herself again while Lost. Well written, some threads of humor, lots of sorrow too. Recommended.
Life in A JarLife in A Jar, PaperbackThe Irena Sendler Project
by Mayer, H. JackPaperback - 2011Paperback, 2011
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Added Jun 14, 2014
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This is a powerful book. I wept through much of it, sometimes at the depravity and evil of the Holocaust, and sometimes moved by the bravery of Irena Sendler and her network of helpers.
It is also the lovely story of three (and then more) naive Kansas girls who learned about Irena Sendler and created a simple play, Life in a Jar, to tell part of her story as a history project. The project transformed their lives. It has been performed hundreds of times in many different venues and is still ongoing (see http://www.irenasendler.org). They are brought to Poland by benefactors to meet Irena, who lived to be 98, and visited several times, forming a loving connection. They "rescued the rescuer" from obscurity, as her story had been suppressed by the government(!)
As with the story of Oskar Schindler, Irena's actions raise the question: "Why?" Why step up when most did not? And: what would I have done? What would I do if such unthinkable persecution took over in my own country, in my lifetime? Schindler apparently was a swindler before his heroic years, and his life was a mess afterwards. What triggered his decency and courage in the face of real dangers? Irena, by contrast, was consistently a good and humane woman; still, what can motivate and sustain such bravery? There are no answers here. Irena maintains her actions were simply "the need of my heart." How different our world would be if only all of our hearts felt such needs, and our courage measured up to the needed actions.
This is a novel in that many passages, especially dialogue, have been reconstructed or imagined by the author, based on his research (including interviews with Irena Sendler and others). But it is also a true story, and a memorable one.
Highly recommended.This is a powerful book. I wept through much of it, sometimes at the depravity and evil of the Holocaust, and sometimes moved by the bravery of Irena Sendler and her network of helpers.
It is also the lovely story of three (and then more) naive…
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please order more than just one copy?!
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Really 3.5. I liked it well enough to go on to the next 2 books in this series, but tho enjoyable I can't say it's memorable.
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