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This story is very strange and heartbreaking at times, but it is also sweet, honest, and sincere in many places. The characters' lives are told as separate tales, with many side stories along the way. Earth, air, fire, and most of all water are used often throughout the tale as elemental symbols of life, death, cleansing and rebirth.
The story includes numerous acts of graphic violence and terrible deaths - in more than one scene, I was almost brought to tears by the description of the true-life ...more
The story includes numerous acts of graphic violence and terrible deaths - in more than one scene, I was almost brought to tears by the description of the true-life ...more
“You would think it would be impossible to find anything new in the world, creatures no man has ever seen before, one-of-a-kind oddities in which nature has taken a backseat to the coursing pulse of the fantastical and the marvelous. I can tell you with certainty that such things exist, for beneath the water there are beasts as huge as elephants with hundreds of legs, and in the skies, rocks thrown alit from the heavens burn through the bright air and fall to earth. There are men with such odd ch
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This is not my favorite Alice Hoffman book, but saying that doesn't convey my feelings about it. This is an excellent book. In it, Hoffman weaves mystery, history and romance together effortlessly.
Here's the thing - I read Alice Hoffman's work because of the incredible way she writes about female interpersonal relationships. Relationships with parents, siblings, children, neighbors, lovers, spouses, cousins, classmates, even fellow gang members and the dynamics within those relationships are th ...more
Here's the thing - I read Alice Hoffman's work because of the incredible way she writes about female interpersonal relationships. Relationships with parents, siblings, children, neighbors, lovers, spouses, cousins, classmates, even fellow gang members and the dynamics within those relationships are th ...more
Feb 05, 2014
ღ Carol jinx~☆~☔ʚϊɞ
marked it as to-read
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Sep 24, 2019
Heather McChesney
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