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Told both in real-time and through flashbacks, The First Desire follows the Cohen family through several life changes, including the death of their mother, the birth of a child, financial hardships, and eventually World War II. While much of the novel is seen through the eyes of Sadie Cohen Feldstein, the second eldest and seemingly most responsible of the five Cohen siblings, debut novelist Nancy Reisman does an excellent job of getting into the heads and hearts of the remaining characters. For example, when Jo Cohen, the moody, withdrawn, almost masculine sister falls in love with a coworker, her desire is so vivid it seems almost tangible. Celia, the youngest sister who floats in and out of reality, is prone to moments of clarity that completely negate her role as the neediest, most vulnerable sibling. Finally, through Irving, the lone male in the group, Reisman shows the powerful effect that loneliness can have on the relationships that seem to matter most. Yet while each of these characters is revealed to be a juxtaposition of extremes, it is always family that draws them back in eventually. As Goldie says, "he is crossing the snow of the lawn, he is holding out his arms. Her life astonishes her: he is calling her name." --Gisele Toueg
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1929. Buffalo, New York. A beautiful July day, the kind one waits for through the long, cold winters. Sadie Feldstein, née Cohen, looks out her window at the unexpected sight of her brother, Irving. His news is even more unexpected, and unsettling: their elder sister, Goldie, has vanished without a trace.
With Goldie’s disappearance as the catalyst, The First Desire takes us deep into the life of the Cohen
family and an American city, from the Great Depression to the years immediately following World War II. The story of the Cohens is seamlessly told from the various perspectives of siblings Sadie, Jo, Goldie, and Irving—each of whose worlds is upended over the course of the novel, the smooth veneer of their lives giving way to the vulnerabilities and secrets they’ve managed to keep hidden—and through the eyes of Lillian, the beautiful woman their father, Abe, took as a lover as his wife was dying. But while Abe’s affair with Lillian stuns his children, they are even more shocked by his cold anger in the wake of Goldie’s disappearance.
The First Desire is a book of great emotional power that brings to life the weave of love, grief, tradition, and desire that binds a family together, even through the tumultuous times that threaten to tear it apart.
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Pleasurable read but confusing.......2007-02-08
I enjoyed learning about all the characters in the book, but I didn't see a theme. Getting to know this family was interesting, but I couldn't fathom what the author's message was, if, indeed, there was a message. Not understanding the purpose left one frustrated at the end.
family affair.......2006-10-20
And you thought your family has problems well you have not met the Cohen's. We have Abe, who doesn't even acknowledge his girlfriend's existance even after his wife died. Then he's eldest daughter they think died but we dion't even know why everyone thinks she's dead. The father decides to have a shiva without a body. Then Lillian who stays with Abe and doesn't marry even til the very end. You have Sadie who wants to tell everyone how to live. Goldie, she is the smart one she was the caretaker til she realized what she was in for and left.
Jo who is a lesbian and has a woman she is attracted to get fired. Celia, who has to be taken care of. Irving, who is the womanizer, theif and fake. What would you do. I think I would do the same as Goldie and leave town.
Our book club discussed this book. We all agreed ( we are a jewish book club). But this was not about being jewish but the family and character dynamics. It made you want to know why they didn't get committed. But, it made you feel and go with the emotion of each character. For example Sadie was giving birth but during that time you actually felt her pain and agony and you wanted to strangle Bill's mother neck too.
sister's disappearance frays already flawed family.......2005-12-31
Nancy Reisman poses an important question in her provocative, if sometimes overwritten, debut novel, "The First Desire': What do we really want out of life? Reisman examines this question through the experiences of one family, grappling with the aftershocks of the sudden and unexpected disappearance of its oldest daughter. Each character confronts the issue, and in those confrontations, reveals the core components of his or her personality. It is Reisman's contention that we don't know ourselves well enough to act on our desires, and, as a result, we tend to live in illusion and seek to escape life's possibilities.
Set in Buffalo and spanning a generation (from 1929 to the immediate post World War II era), "The First Desire" chronicles the Cohens' response to an event that signals the erosion of an already overstretched family fabric. After assuming the caretaking responsibilities for her terminally-ill mother and unwillingly shouldering maternal obligations as well, Goldie simply vanishes. Though Goldie's resentments are demonstrably obvious and her resentment at a restrictive, meaningless existence palpable, her family is strangely oblivious to the possibility that Goldie simply may have fled. Her father, the grimly responsible Abe Cohen, quickly sits shiva and washes his hands of her. With a jeweler's quiet efficiency, he literally and figuratively buries his wife and daughter. Once he puts aside death, Abe separates himself from his remaining three daughters and sole son and devotes himself to his work and his frantic, passionate but sterile pursuit of romance. His is a singularly unfeeling man, whose carefully-maintained veneer cracks only after his unwanted confrontation with the Holocaust.
Abe's children prove to be the most interesting characters in "The First Desire." Each faces the absence of the family's true symbol of strength; they must discover an answer to what it is they want out of life. Of the remaining four, Sadie assumes moral responsibility for finding her sister. She subordinates other desires and determines to live an ordinary bourgeois life, never straying too far from the lines, always careful to maintain proper appearances, often bewildered as to how life seems to have swallowed her. She ruefully acknowledges "what she once wanted is not necessarily what she wants now." Despite her functional marriage and competent motherhood, her "desire often slides to the periphery, or beyond, into murk."
Murk is where her brother, Irving, lives. Pilfering money from his father's business or cadging change from Sadie, the sybaritic Irving never musters the courage to live life. He retreats to faceless trysts with nameless partners, shuns the possibilities of genuine affection and lives in a twilight world of burlesque houses, poker nights and false identities. One of the middle sisters, Jo, exudes frustration and suffers the consequences of a sterile, repressed life. Sexually frustrated (and perhaps a closet lesbian) and yoked to her developmentally-disabled sister Celia, Jo lacks the instinct to even nibble at life. Instead, she burns with resentments...anger over her unwelcome responsibilities to care for Celia and her father, despair over an absolute lack of possibilities and bewilderment over how little control she has of life. She is genuinely lost.
Reisman offers believable insights into the lives of the Cohens; her portraits are sensitive, compassionate and believable. However, when she strays from the narrative and focuses on minor characters (Abe's mistress, Lillian, receives far too much attention), "The First Desire" loses traction. Reisman's detailed descriptions of the Cohens' physical environment veer dangerously into excess, and much of the family's angst is repetitive. The novel's braided chapters, written from a family member's perspective, occasionally hinder the plot's continuity.
Despite these weaknesses, "The First Desire" showcases talent. Nancy Reisman boldly stakes out psychological terrain that is difficult to navigate. Her characters, uncomfortably flawed and frightfully ill-equipped to deal with the centrifugal impact of Goldie's disappearance, remind us that regardless of the vicissitudes of life, we have an obligation to discover our first desire.
Choppy, boring, lacking unity, & no plot.......2005-11-23
This book is a string of characters thoughts with nothing of interest to hold it together. You don't identify with any of the characters as they are all shallow, wallowing in the wind, not knowing what they believe or want in life. What a true bore and waste of time.
Nothing Happens...Yet Everything Happens.......2005-09-19
For those readers who are only content with action novels, this is not a novel that will satisfy. But for those who enjoy characters who unfold and come to life and haunt you for days -- weeks! -- to come, The First Desire is a novel to be read and savored.
In essence, the First Desire is about how a family can sustain and at the same time, destroy us..how our internal vistas end up exploding into the harsh glare of reality. While reading this novel, I kept wondering: "How can someone as young as Nancy Reisman "get" what life was like in the 1920s and 1930s and recreate it so convincingly? How can she breathe life into these characters so beautifully?" It's the novelist's skill, and she does it to near perfection.
These are not one dimensional characters and there's not a false move here. Anyone who has ever explored the minefields of family life (and that's about 99% of us), will find something to relate to. I felt as if I knew these characters, their confusions and frustrations, as they muddled through. With the wealth of intimate details, these characters are very, very real.
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- cheekie
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Cheekie: Child out of the Desire
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cheekie.......2007-05-23
I found this book interesting and I like the way the story was told I felt like I was right there with the story and I knew the people who were speaking I think he did a excellent job and a great story teller.
Clarence Nero Inspires.......2005-08-18
I meet Clarence Nero on a Greyhound bus trip in the midwest. He had his manuscript for CHEEKIE with him. He allowed me to read some of it. It was well-written, honest and touching. He held that stack of papers like it was his baby. And look, he has given birth. Such an inspiring man he is.
*NOTE: This book is even more relevant now in light of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. CHEEKIE unfolds in the Desire Housing Project of New Orleans. In all likelihood, that community will be razed in the reconstruction. Along with its demolition goes a community, personal histories, a place generations called home. It is all preserved for posterity in Nero's CHEEKIE.
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Characters galore!.......2002-01-12
This book will touch the soul of all readers. From the beginning, I was immersed in the drama of Cheekie, Safot, Cheekie's mom, brothers, and a variety of other friends and relatives. From feeling sorry for Safot, happy for Cheekie's accomplishments, and scared for Cheekie's mother in her search for a stable relation, I was eventually empowered by Cheekie's life story. The child's tone of voice was life-like and made you feel as if you were experiencing challenges from a 12 year old perspective. Cheekie's success proves that whether you come from the Desire Project or any other ghetto, life is what you make of it. I wish the best of luck to this phenomenal writer!
great novel.......2000-07-27
i really enjoyed cheekie's view's on the people in his life. i felt for safot, because her mom treated her so bad. I think everyone will enjoy this book, from the perspective of a young boy coming of age.
A quick read.......2000-06-23
I would have liked to read more about what Cheekie was feelingrather than what he saw. It felt like he was just recounting eventsrather than experiencing them. Cheekie was interesting but predictable.
Book Description
A novel about reconciling the mythology of romance with the reality of modern love.
Young scholar Sara Frost’s unsuccessful search for the lost love letters of Charlotte Brontë hasn’t won her any favors at her university, particularly now that the glamorous and self-promoting Princess Diana expert, Claire Vigee, has introduced her media-savvy exploits to the staid halls of academia. But it’s not until Sara’s fiancé suddenly leaves her that she begins to question her life’s vocation and is forced to reconcile the mythology of romance with the reality of modern love.
Sara’s jolt brings her to an unusual new world, one populated by the cheerfully amoral Frenchman Denis, a pair of New York eccentrics who pretend to live in the nineteenth century, a lapsed methadone addict and screenwriter, and a Hollywood producer who mistakenly assumes that the short, sad life of Charlotte Brontë has the makings of the next “feel good” movie blockbuster.
Along the way, Sara discovers that the life and writings of Charlotte Brontë may have taught her more than she ever guessed about the virtues of being a romantic with the heart of a pragmatist. The Brontë Project is an irreverent and comic look at love, loss, literature, pop culture, and the mysterious biographical similarities between Charlotte Brontë and Princess Diana. It’s a delightful novel about finding one’s way in the all-too-real world of love.
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Entertaining read.......2007-09-24
I picked up Vandever's book while on vacation in Hawaii - I finished the novel I'd brought with me and came across this one in the hotel library. It looked like a good "beach read" - an entertaining love story that wouldn't require much thought - but proved to have more dimension.
The author draws parallels between the love life (and letters) of Charlotte Bronte, and that of Princess Diana, while contrasting both with the love lives of the two central, female characters: the quiet, plain-Jane Sara, and the fiery, sexual Claire. While the latter character proves to be over the top, the former undergoes a more realistic transformation as the story unfolds.
Mayra Calvani -- Curled Up With A Good Book.......2006-12-03
Young Bronte scholar Sara Frost lives with her boyfriend Paul in New York City. Though many would envy her work, Sara is not happy with her university job and wished she could do something more challenging and glamorous. This restlessness extends to other areas of her life as well, especially her love life, for Paul has suddenly decide to break up and move to Paris, leaving her totally confused and vulnerable. His reason: their relationship lacks passion. At about the same time, glamorous and gorgeous Claire Vigee comes to the university as a Princess Diana scholar, making Sara even more unsure about her current job. Claire's exuberant feminist behaviour influences Sara, to the point that she begins to chance her thoughts and expectations. Propelled by these recent events, Sara ends up writing a Bronte script for a movie and gets romantically involved with a selfish, egotistical Hollywood producer. At the same time she is after an authentic Bronte letter that could make all the difference in her career.
Is there love in the real world? Readers will ask this question as they read this book, which is filled with slightly silly, sometimes hilarious dialogue and great quotes about love and relationships from Charlotte Bronte, such as "'...as to intense passion, I am convinced that it is no desirable feeling. In the first place, it seldom or never meets with a requital, and, in the second place, if it did, the feeling would be only temporary: it would last the honeymoon, and then, perhaps give place to disgust or indifference... Certainly this would be the case on the man's part; and on the woman's--God help her if she is left to love passionately and alone.'" Each chapter opens with a quote from Bronte.
The Bronte Project is the story of self discovery of a young and sensitive young woman. The first third of the book is intriguing and the characters draw you into their world, but some time later the story fails to deliver because of the continuous silly and what seems like senseless dialogue which goes on page after page. Indeed, if the author's intention was to portray these academic university people as shallow, she greatly succeeded. Though the reader will have to wonder, Are scholars really this empty headed? The novel is reminiscent of Tama Janowitz's Slaves of New York, however, whereas Janowitz's protagonist had tragic innocence, Sara comes across pathetically naïve and not as sympathetic. Nevertheless, readers interested in Charlotte Bronte might find in this one a rewarding read.
An enjoyable read.......2006-09-04
I picked this book up in an airport while flying to a conference - and yes, I picked it up quite simply because as an academic myself I enjoy stories about academics... This one is a fun read, with the added benefit of giving me a little more knowledge about the Brontë's life, which I found really interesting. The academic side of the novel wasn't always very convincing - I've never heard of a PhD student whose project is solely founded on the unlikely event that she find an unknown letter (where was this girl's advisor? what an un-finishable dissertation) - but I loved the raucous descriptions of Diana studies, and well, in general, it's an entertaining read, perfect if you have a few flights or want to curl up and read for fun after too much reading for work.
Funny satire on the academic and Hollywood life.......2006-08-02
Sara Frost is struggling with her thesis on Charlottte Bronte, is finally engaged to Paul who she has been with for six years, and started a year of teaching. Sara and Paul attend a faculty reception for new staff. There they meet the whirlwind, self-publicizing Princess Diana scholar Claire Vigee, who advises Paul he "lives in a corner" and has not seen the world. So Paul decides immediately to leave Sara and take his French fellowship on the "impermanence of language" after all--for a whole year, maybe more.
Claire Vigee has joined the faculty of Sara's New York college, and even though Sara hates her and all she stands for, she is somehow drawn to her and her relative, Denis, who "is" a poet.
After a strange semester of teaching, a man Sara met the night of Claire's party, Byrne Emmons, a film producer, contacts her about making a film on the life of Charlotte Bronte. She starts work on a script with Nykki, an ex-addict screenwriter. The film work results in Byrne declaring his undying love for her. As Paul seems to be involved with other women, and her teaching job has ended, Sara decides to try L.A. She does get in great shape, and learns how to dress well, but finds the Hollywood attempts to stretch the life of Charlotte Bronte to fit their idea of a good romantic picture outrageous.
Sara flees, and travels a bit more before she makes some decisions about her life and her feelings about romance.
This funny satire on academic and Hollywood life is laced with excerpts from Charlotte Bronte's letters and information about her life.
Armchair Interviews says: This would make an enjoyable book club choice.
Great read!.......2006-06-15
I disagree with a previous reviewer's comment about Sara. I identified with Sara so strongly that I was driven to email the author herself (who was very gracious, but that's not relevant here). I think it was wonderful that Sara was indeed a very bright academic but also was a vulnerable romantic who hadn't yet quite found the strength to define herself. So she did what a lot of women do in their early twenties--she defined herself in relation to her relationship with a man. Commendable? No. Understandable? Absolutely. Stay with her, though. She comes into her own.
It's a wonderful book that made me laugh out loud. You have to read the bit about allowing pre-consumptives shape your attitudes about love. It's hysterical. It's honest and vulnerable and funny and sad and for me, very real. What more could you want?
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The First Desire: A Novel
Manufacturer: Pantheon
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ASIN: 073945806X |
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The debut novel of Nancy Reisman tells the story of the Cohen family, parents and five children, in the early and mid twentieth century and the family ties that held them together.
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Book 1: Candy's passion is unleashed with lusty intensity that does not seem to cease. Every man wants a sweet piece of Candy to eat--'cause she's quite a succulent treat.
Book 2: Karen's a gal about town, who's very quick to get down. She likes to get as much action as she can--satisfaction is promised to every horny man.
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First 4 massmarket paperback Francesca Cahill Novels - Deadly Love - Deadly Pleasure - Deadly Affairs - Deadly Desire
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Coinspinners story.......2000-10-15
This story is excellent. It is very well scprited and well told. It goes perfect with the other stories.
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- Apocalypse Then
- Deep & complex
- interesting combo
- His worst work
- A Great Writer, But a Mediocre Book
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Dead Morn
Piers Anthony , and
Roberto Fuentes
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Apocalypse Then.......2006-06-22
This book impressed me as a novel by Roberto Fuentes, which he probably couldn't sell to a publisher, combined with a somewhat clumsy pseudo-scientific overlay by Piers Anthony, a writer who is as prolific in the book-writing world as ants on tossed candy.
Sr. Fuentes' contribution, the story of Cuba during the time of Castro's rise to power and the subsequent Bay of Pigs invasion and missile showdown, are very interesting. You will learn a lot about how the Castro regime got started, and you will meet Che Guevara, Raul Castro, Batista (the "dictator" overthrown by Castro), and a host of other true and actual players on that stage and era.
The hero of the book, 197 aka Juan Bringas, goes through some stuff. By the way, along those lines, this is no children's book. The authors have provided readers, or subjected readers, to some pornographic scenery, and why not? That's precisely how Cuba was in those days of the late 1950s and early 1960s, or so I have been told.
Juan also does some "hard" time in Cuba's notorious prison, switches allegiances at the drop of a hat, commits inter-age adultery, and never does make it back to the 25th century, where the whole thing started.
That's partly why the science fiction, time travel angle seems like a tack-on. It carries no real meaning in the story, although the authors did try hard to make it seem integral.
Anyway, it's not the most interesting book you'll ever read, but you will learn some things about Cuba and that era and Castro's political beginnings.
Diximus
Deep & complex.......2001-05-08
This book is not for the average reader. It's geared more towards the reader that grasp the concept of time travel. Also the respect of a man's devotion to his life's love. I also recommend that you listen to Living Colour's "Time's up!" as you read, it complemments the story.
interesting combo.......2000-09-24
between history and scifi. It taught me a lot about the time period, and had an intruiging plot. Confusing ending. Overall, it's hard to classify this book exactly.
His worst work.......1999-12-01
Normally I have always like his work, but this is the exception. I was intrigued by his discussion of time travel and the perils inherent in it. However, the story fell flat. Nothing is worse than a good short story idea that is forced into a paperback. I almost put it down but continued on in hope that the ending would at least tie it all together and make it a worthwhile read, but alas, it was not to be. I finished it while on the beach and almost threw it into the ocean I was so disapointed.
A Great Writer, But a Mediocre Book.......1999-01-12
Piers Anthony is one of my favorite writers, but this has got to be his worst book. Usually he is intelectual in an entertaining way, but in this book he forces the reader to work for every revelation. While he has many interesting insights into the problems inherent in time travel, he only deals with them by tangling them into a snarl of yarn that only a kitten could appreciate. Although I give him an A for effort, this book is a C read, with a D- ending, at best.
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Dead Morn
Manufacturer: Ace Books
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Native American Calendar and Hippies meet with good results!.......1998-12-09
Glad to see "Lord of the Dawn" back on the shelf. This is a Seminole work...heck, I 'll just tell a good story. When the book first came out I had the rare occasion to visit with Vinson Brown and his family as Tony Shearer was supposed to drop by to celebrate the book and greet the public-but the evening was a little slower than expected. Vinson showed me an unusual "Medicine Bag" which had been given his grandfather; a doctor, who had saved the life of Sitting Bull. One day years later I am reading another book on a shelf-look up from one on Custer and there's the "CONVERGENCE" book! Whoa it takes a while sometimes, but when the dog and the butterfly dance-something is going to happen! We all of us need to appreciate the gifts we have. A calendar is one way to celebrate Thanksgivings. And "the math and the myth" involved is fantastic!
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Excellent Cookbook for Busy Gourmands.......1999-04-14
This is the cookbook I reach for first when I have company coming. The recipes are very easy to follow and everything is delicious. Best of all, none of the recipes are terribly time consuming. Even beginners would do well with this book.
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pretty good.......2006-09-21
I have tried several recipes from this book. Many of them are very tasty and inexpensive to make. I don't normally do freezer meals but with a baby coming and two other children I thought it would be nice to have a few things in the freezer. The only thing that keeps this from being a five star book is that if you want to make double or triple the recipes then you have to do all of the math plus make ingredient conversions from cups to lbs, oz. etc in order to buy the ingredients in bulk.
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Fast & Easy cooking.
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Recipes taken from Too Busy to Cook Volume Two.
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Too Busy to Cook?
Manufacturer: Bon Appetit Publishing Corp.
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Too Busy to Cook?
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Too Busy to Cook?
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Fenton Glass Made For Other Companies 1907-1980: Weil Ceramics, Abels Wasserburg, Edward Paul, L.G. Wright, Rubel Identification & Value Guide (Identification & Values (Collector Books))
Carrie Domitz , and
Gerald Domitz
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Fenton Special Orders, 1980-present: Qvc, Mary Walrath, Martha Stewart, Cracker Barrel, Jc Penney, National Fenton Glass Society And Fenton Art Glass Club of America (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
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Carrie Gerald Domitz Carrie and Gerald Domitz, authors of the Encyclopedia of Paden City Glass, have produced a new book, this time dedicated to glass made by the Fenton Art Glass Company. Fenton made glass for companies such as L.G. Wright, De Vilbiss, A A Sales, Beth Weissman, Edward Paul, Farber Bros., Kreske, Sears, Wrisley, ATT, Kosercheck Bros., Duarte, Marshall Fields, Fred Meyer, Rainbow Art, RedCliff, and many others. This special order business began shortly after the factory opened and still continues today. This book contains information and approximately 1,600 photographs, listings, and values for the complete span of that business. Catalog reprints are also included, which add insight for readers.
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Following an introduction, this book is ordered chronologically, presenting five chapters that cover company history from 1936 into the 1990s. Chapter 6, or "The Wright Line," goes into detail about all the patterns L. G. Wright sold; the character, nature and frequency of their lines; and the card file which was meticulously kept on each of the molds used. Over 1800 pieces of glass are pictured, including color sheets from original salesmen's portfolios. The volume is well-illustrated with historical documents (letterhead, inventory sheets, etc.), and color pictures displaying everything from Cranberry Opalescent to Peach Blow. A general topic index is included in the back, and a 1997-98 value guide comes with the book.
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this book needs a current price guide........1998-12-09
I am impressed with the quality of this book. The pictures are great. I bought this book for my husband for a Christmas gift. He is a collector of Fenton glassware. Fenton made the L. G. Wright pieces. It would be very helpful if someone published a current price guide to go along with this book.
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Fenton Special Orders, 1940-1980.: L.g. Wright, Abels, Wasserberg & Company, Devilbiss, Sears, Roebuck & Company, Macy's And Levay (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
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Fenton Burmese Glass (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
ASIN: 0764318128 |
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- Plenty of Pictures
- A very fine addition to a decorating library...
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Inspiration Decoration: Starting Points for Stylish Rooms
Judith Wilson
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Many a would-be interior designer has collapsed onto the couch in dismay after trying to plan a remodel of a room or an entire house. Where to begin? We all know that a unifying element of color or design helps make a decorating scheme work, but deciding on what that element should be can be elusive.
Author Judith Wilson has an ingenious solution for the despairing designer:
Every decorating scheme should evolve from a single point of inspiration, something that so excites and inspires your imagination that you keep coming back to it with a desire to elaborate on it.... the exotic textures of an embroidered Chinese bag; delicate floral imagery on a perfume bottle label; the mix of gray flannel and red wool spied in a fashion magazine.
In chapters on color, fabric, furniture, possessions, natural light, space, architectural detail, and travel, Wilson unravels the details of this approach using pictures of rooms accompanied by the object or idea that inspired them. In one remodel, the colors and textures of stones and driftwood collected at the seashore are amplified into a beachy living-room décor that incorporates the seaside's gray, brown, off-white, and blue palette to create a soft, romantic, and rustic room that--even if it's located in a city apartment--will bring the desire to walk on the beach and eat steamed mussels by the fireside.
This book also covers the basics, such as how to deal with rooms that are too spacious, too small, or that are used for multiple activities; how to incorporate architectural details into your design; and how to use light and color to maximize the effect you're after. If you're stuck for an idea, or for a strategy to realize an idea, Inspiration, Decoration can help you brainstorm your way into rooms that bear your own stylish imprint. --Stefanie Durbin
Book Description
The first step in creating a room is the most difficult: Where do you start? It's an anxiety-ridden process, and often we grow so worried about making a mistake that we end up with off-white walls and gray carpets. Inspiration, Decoration is the decorating book that gives us the confidence to change all that.
By showing us simple, very personal starting points -- anything from a favorite color to a beloved old photograph or a wonderful chair -- this groundbreaking book takes the mystery and confusion out of transforming an interior. The key to creating a new look, we learn, is to find something that truly inspires us and then to build a decorative scheme around it. Those starting points can include fabrics, textures, light, color, architectural elements, even personal possessions -- anything we love and that gives our imaginations room to run.
Each chapter of the book then takes a different inspiration as its focus and from there explores the decorative choices. The result is a volume that shows us how to be our own interior decorators, inspiring us to explore our own ideas and have the confidence to develop them.
One of the most exciting elements in the book involves the real-life room makeovers. These detailed presentations tell us about the inspirations for each, and then show us the process of selecting the colors, patterns, and furniture that create the finished room -- from understated luxury in a bathroom; built up around a gilded chair, to slick storage in a workroom defined by limited space. There are also practical hints on working with scale, choosing colors, and organizing space. Featuring plenty of user-friendly advice from a leading stylist, Judith Wilson's Inspiration, Decoration is the ideal book for home decorators.
Customer Reviews:
Plenty of Pictures.......2002-02-01
I have a whole library of decorating books, and this is one I'm going to hang on to for a while. It's not fantastic, but it is full of beautiful rooms with good ideas.
A very fine addition to a decorating library..........2000-06-06
This book is an elegant introduction to visual thinkng and the elements of design. Judith Wilson goes beyond obvious starting points (color or fabric, for example) and shows the reader ways to build from more abstract concepts like space and natural light, as well. Many of the connections she makes to the original inspiration are too subtle to be noticed even at third glance, but a look at the final result demonstrates the cohesive look she is aiming for. There are many excellent photographs (though I WISH people who do photography for decorating books would show all the details mentioned in the text), with several before and afters.
One of Wilson's strengths is the variety of ways she examines for working from an inspiration: color? color combinations? pattern? scale? texture? theme? historical period? geographical location? Look, she'll say, at how the shape of the legs echoes the stripe in the upholstery -- and it does! Meanwhile, she casually mentions many general decorating tips and excellent strategies. My favorite was use of mirrors in a small entry way -- instead of a cheap or inadequate mirror, or a mirror in a jarring style -- 9 small mirrors in wood frames painted the same color as the moulding and hung 3-square. Tranquil, elegant and comparatively inexpensive... I wish I had a wall that needed this!
Despite the emphasis on starting points, this is probably not a "first" book for DIY decorators. A reader who has done some decorating previously and read widely in this area will get more from this book. I'd use it with Dylan Landis' Elegant and Easy Rooms and Lauri Ward's Use What You Have Decorating to get some solid help with basics. Readers who use the display ideas in Rebecca Purcell's Interior Alchemy as a starting point may like Wilson's techniques to have the drama without the clutter.
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