Women with Big Eyes

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Character sketches painted with words.

An author of breathtaking power and beauty

Women with big Eyes

magic

ghastly

Women with Big Eyes
Angeles Mastretta
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1594480400
Release Date: 2004-11-02

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Each story in this "remarkable collection"* reveals a different woman, yet all are linked by a single thread: the strength of desire. Vibrant, sly, wise, earthy, and full of life, these are stories that mesmerize.

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Character sketches painted with words. .......2006-09-05

I love this book. It's a powerful sketchbook of characters. The author introduces each of these characters and makes them so interesting that you just can't stop reading about them. The stories are short and tasty.

There are three things about this book that I find amazing:

1. The writing is as beautiful as it is sensual. Extremely well done.
2. It is the first book I've read that contained both an English translation and the original Spanish text since my high school Spanish teacher handed me "Don Quixote". "Women with Big Eyes" isn't the classic that "Don Quixote" is, but it is a lot more fun to read.
3. I fished this brand new book out of the bargain bin in a WalMart store for three dollars. That makes it one of the best reads for the money I've found all year.

An author of breathtaking power and beauty.......2004-10-29

Angeles Mastretta has captivated me! Her voice is completely her own, but you will be reminded of elements of Anais Nin, D.H. Lawrence, Yukio Mishima, Gabriel Garcia Marquez - even poets like Pablo Neruda and Rainer Maria Rilke. If you like any two of these writers, I predict you will fall for her as I have. Short stories, beautifully told - stories of real women, living real lives. A book you will devour, over and over.

Women with big Eyes.......2004-02-08

Short stories and big messages. You don't need more. I love this book!

magic.......2004-02-06

Clicheed? Maybe, but only in the sense that all stories are merely reworkings of previously existing stories. It is the author's pulchritudinous style that makes each of these vignettes riveting, insightful, unforgettable, and one of my personal favorites. Read this book if you want to remember that magic exists in the guise of a woman.

ghastly.......2004-02-05

Who said Angeles Mastretta was a good storyteller? this book is so cliched, it makes me cringe!

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Bend It Like Keroro When Keroro and his gang become mixed up with a ghastly ghost, will life in the Hinata household turn into a fright fest? Later, a soccer match between Keroro Platoon and the Select Keron Forces Team shows that the sport is indeed universal...and one big bore! But not to worry--excitement is just a hop away, as Earth is suddenly anesthetized by Planet Anesthesia, and Keroro Platoon members are silenced and their friends are eliminated! Is there no one on Earth who can save our poor planet? Don't bet on it--you can't keep a frog-like alien down forever!

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Hilarious, as always........2006-07-07

This series just keeps getting funnier. This one was hilarious. I loved how you got a little more backstory on someone other than Keroro. I can't wait until I get volume 11!

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With Outer Perimeter, Ken Goddard, the author of seven previous novels of suspense and science fiction beginning with 1983's Balefire, returns to the Oregon of his 1999 SF thriller, First Evidence. And he's brought the disgraced crime scene investigator, Detective Sergeant Colin Cellars of the Oregon State Police, and his shape-shifting, silicon-based, extraterrestrial life forms with him.

Cellars, understandably, isn't in tight with his superiors just now. It seems that he and some friends (Bobby Dawson, forensic scientist and Cellars's erstwhile girlfriend Jody Catlin, and the NSA's Dr. Malcolm Byzor) recently blasted to smithereens a slew of police vehicles. They explained that the whole thing wouldn't have happened if they had not been in a life-or-death struggle with invisible, immensely intelligent, coldly murderous space aliens with half a mind to destroy civilization unless they reclaim some missing baggage.

Still, some 50 locals have disappeared, officers have been killed or nearly killed, DEA agents are lurking about, and the NSA has set up housekeeping in a "black operation" in the nearby piney woods. With that, OSP Internal Affairs Commander Hightower and watch commander Bauer have little choice but to turn Cellars and his coconspirators loose--but they ask him to please not rewrite those reports.

Cellars' eyebrows furrowed in surprise. "Why not?"
"Think about it. At the moment, given the discussion she and I just had with [police psychologist] Pleausant before you got here, there's no official reason why we can't put you back on the street immediately, and there's every good reason why we should. But if you were to write and sign an official report in which you claim to have killed a shape-changing extraterrestrial who immediately morphed into a small rock--"
"Ah."

A reasonably well-written (excepting a ridiculously expository phone conversation early on) if standard outing, this occasionally humorous, mostly engaging, and sometimes downright suspenseful book will, if nothing else, encourage you to revisit those early X-Files episodes you've been meaning to watch. --Michael Hudson

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New York Times bestselling author Ken Goddard combines a stirring mystery and an exhilarating forensic thriller in this stunning follow-up to his critically acclaimed novel First Evidence. Here crime scene investigator Colin Cellars continues to pursue the truth behind the bizarre occurrences that so recently turned his life upside down, and his desperate hunt for a killer makes him deadly enemies on both sides of the law....

A man of reason and science, Colin Cellars has earned a reputation as a top crime scene investigator by using microscopic fragments of evidence to fill in the crucial missing pieces of a crime. But Cellars now finds himself disgraced because of a bizarre and violent episode -- an erotically charged encounter with a beautiful woman that led to a horrifying shoot-out right in front of his eyes. And what Cellars thinks he knows about the victim's identity -- and about her death -- has plunged him into a no-man's-land ... and a deadly search for a killer who may or may not be quite of this world.

Meanwhile, as Cellars investigates a case involving dozens of missing victims and a constantly vanishing trail of evidence, he realizes that the three people he trusts most each hold a piece to the puzzle -- one that includes evidence that defies all known technical analysis. And these three individuals -- the woman he loves, a man he has defended with his life, and a friend with ties to the most clandestine wing of the U.S. government -- seem to have their own ideas about what to do with the information.

As Cellars and his team get closer to the truth, the stakes continue to rise. For the hunters are about to become the hunted: victims of a deadly game whose rules they can't understand, whose players they cannot predict. And their few advantages are rapidly disappearing.

A novel of relentless suspense that ranges from the forests of the Pacific Northwest to the secret high-tech laboratories of the NSA, Outer Perimeter is a stunningly vivid, fast-paced tale in which nothing is as it appears and the facts point to conclusions that seem all but impossible. Most of all, it is a chilling and unforgettable voyage that takes readers through tunnels of violence and intrigue -- and out into the unknown....

Customer Reviews:

When is the next one?.......2006-02-19

I really enjoyed this read.You really put a lot of excitement into your books, Mr. Goddard.Please e-mail me as to when your next part of this series is coming out.Thank-you

An Engaging CSI vs. Extraterrestrial Invasion Whodunit.......2005-12-16

This is my second book by Goddard that I have read - this one being the sequel to his earlier First Evidence book about First Contact with an alien species. I had this book for a long time before I finally started to read it and once I did, I moved through it more quickly than I had suspected I would. I found this book to be more engaging than his first story, probably because I knew the underlying premise. This story set in Oregon where a cop who is a CSI guy worries about being attacked by some alien baddies and runs around trying to deal with their activities to regain their lost alien comrades.

With the recent successfull TV series about CSI stuff, this book matched well and perhaps better with the current CSI interest. Characters were believable and the story flowed well. My only disappointment was in the ending, in that like a lot of books and authors, the end came too quickly and seemed to beg more. It was not an ending that made you feel like a sequel was hiding there, it just seemed to lack a satisfying ending.

That said, I still found this book very entertaining and thus my 4-star score.

Second Contact.......2002-07-18

Being the sequel to one of the most suspenseful books I've ever read, (First Evidence) I expected a lot. I didn't get quite what I expected but it was an engaging read. For the most part, this book fills in the gaps from "First Evidence." It explains a lot and makes you go, "Oh yeah." You must, however, read the first book or you will be lost. "Outer Perimeter" started slow but built it's intrigue bit by bit. Several times, I thought of putting it down but it finally grabbed me. Most books fizzle by the last third. This one takes off like a UFO! The ending didn't grab me but it makes me think he may be thinking of writing another one. (Sidenote: It's interesting that three recent novels all have "black panthers/jaguars" as a nemesis. Have I missed a wildlife trend?)

Too much of a good thing.......2002-03-04

I thoroughly enjoyed "First Evidence" and anxiously awaited the sequel. "Outer Perimiter" was good, but the plot was too dependent on "First Evidence". If you haven't read the first book, this one will not make much sense. I find the plot of this "series" interesting and exciting, and most of the characters well developed. However I was hoping that "Outer Perimeter would advance the plot more than it did. About half of the book was a retelling of events in the first installment. Mr. Goddard is an excellent writer and has provided many great thriller stories. This plot line has great potential. I hope the next installment, if there is one, will advance the plot and provide closure to some of the plot lines.

What a waste.......2002-02-19

This was by far the worst book I have ever read. I can hardly believe a publisher actually thought it was worthy to publish. The plot is ludicrous and loosely strung along. I only finished this book simply because I had to see if the ending was as innane as the rest of the book. It was.

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Outer Perimeter
Ken GODDARD
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KOHDJC

The outer perimeter: Issues for analysis

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The outer perimeter: Issues for analysis
Truman A Hartshorn
Manufacturer: Research Atlanta, Inc., Policy Research Center, Georgia State University
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Fresh and Easy Every Day!

Great cookbook!

Great Recipes for Fresh Produce!

Easy and tasty

Disappointed

Fresh Every Day: More Great Recipes from Foster's Market
Sara Foster , and Carolynn Carreno
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1400052858
Release Date: 2005-05-24

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Fresh. Flavorful. Unpretentious. Food this good doesn’t need much of an introduction, and the inspired, down-home fare served at Foster’s Market speaks for itself . . . and keeps the locals coming back day after day.

In Fresh Every Day, Sara Foster continues the tradition of soulful, seasonally inspired cooking, with more than two hundred of the New Southern recipes made famous at her eponymous markets. She adapts the skills and secrets of a successful professional kitchen for dishes and flavors that speak to the way we really cook at home, from slow-cooked stews and roasted chicken to burgers and salad meals born of leftovers. No elaborate techniques or esoteric ingredients here—just good home cooking elevated to company fare. Cornbread Panzanella with Avocado. Pan-Roasted Halibut with Cherry Tomatoes and Butternut Squash. Fall Off the Bone Baby Back Ribs. Molasses Sweet Potato Pie. “Take these recipes,” Sara invites, “take everything you know and feel about food, and have fun cooking.”

A cookbook for all seasons bursting with recipes easy enough for any day of the week, Fresh Every Day brings new meaning to comfort food.

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Fresh and Easy Every Day!.......2007-05-12

With each new recipe I try I am more grateful to Sarah Foster. She has created wonderful recipes that an everyday cook can master and feel proud. The cookbook is not only beautiful but also filled with helpful hints and twist on old standards. The addition of nutmeg in the banana muffins brings a depth and complexity I have yet to taste in this old stand-by treat. There are easy chicken dinners that can be on the table in no time and desserts that make everyday dinners feel like celebrations. This new cookbook sends many of my old ones out to pasture-making them feel dated and worn out.

Great cookbook!.......2007-04-10

This cookbook has wonderful receipes that you can easily make with stuff that you already have in your kitchen -- no fancy ingredients necessary!

Great Recipes for Fresh Produce!.......2006-11-07

I really love this book! It has great recipes to use the fresh produce that I buy from the Farmer's Market! There are so many yummy recipes! I have tried one every week!

Easy and tasty.......2006-08-04

I have only made a few recipes so far- the delicious and easy corn soup, the crispy chicken with the balsamic tomatoes and the smoothies.... and the one eyed jacks! She makes the recipes easy to make, simple and homegrown- they are delicious!

Disappointed.......2006-06-03

Let me preface my review by saying that I'm a vegetarian. I have Sara Foster's first cookbook and absolutely love it. The pages are stained from use and every recipe I prepare is a big hit--scones, cookies, eggplant parm... This book however is lacking in vegetarian options (even sides that can be used as main dishes) and I don't find the desserts or breakfast items as exciting. I would highly recommend her first book however.

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Edgar Rice Burroughs, science fiction author and creator of Tarzan*r, also wrote many novels featuring tales of other worlds, other cultures, other times. From pulp magazines to movie memorabilia, ERB collectibles can now be found at garage sales and upscale auction houses. Whether it's a movie poster worth thousands of dollars, first edition books worth a few hundred, or the current crop of comics and toys, the range of collectibles grows weekly. With over 255 full color photos, this book provides fans of ERB with an essential guide to the prolific works of this imaginative and popular author. Individual chapters highlight Burroughs' popular series on Mars, Venus, and Pellucidar, western and historical tales, and many more. Featured are pulp fiction magazines, hardcover and softcover books, comics, foreign editions, fanzines, trading cards, even toys and movie posters. Values are included for all items. ERB fans have a treat in store!

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A Sore Disappointment.......2000-09-30

As an avid Burroughs collector, I awaited the receipt of "Collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs" with great anticipation. After reading the book, I debated whether to return it for a refund. It is of almost no value to a collector. First, it contains no information about any of the Tarzan books. Secondly, it contains no information or valuation for any of the A.L. Burt or Grosset and Dunlap editions of Burroughs books. Thirdly, valuations for first editions are only given with the dust jacket, no value is given for the book without the dust jacket. Fourthly, the values given for those first editions are grossly inflated. I regularly buy those same books in Burroughs auctions for approximately 1/10th the price at which Erardi valuates them. Fifthly, none of the information needed to discriminate between a first edition and a second printing is given.

There is really very little information in this book. It consists mostly of color pictures of various dust jackets and paperback and pulp covers. If pictures of the artwork are what you want, this is the book for you. If you are looking for a reference book to help in your collecting of Edgar Rice Burroughs, look somewhere else.

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Collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Glenn. Erardi
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6MFI6

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"Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost." So writes Isak Dinesen in "Babette's Feast" as she spins a tale of friendship's ultimate sacrifice and the deepest values of life. In "Sorrow-Acre" Dinesen probes the heart of a mother who sows a field single-handedly in an attempt to save her son. These two complete stories echo Babette's plea with haunting poignancy. 2 cassettes.

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Two fine stories.......2002-10-12

A couple of Isak Dinesen's best stories are here. Babette's Feast ,which is also a wonderful film, centers around a shared meal that brings grace and joy. An artist/cook gives all she has for a feast, two sisters, and her art. Sorrow-Acre resembles a folktale and shows the depths of a mothers love. Colleen Dewhurst does a superb reading.

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A classy Classic
Made me wish I had known her!
A truly wonderful book!

Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst , and Tom Viola
Manufacturer: Scribner
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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How could Colleen Dewhurst do this to us? Die, that is, and leave such a fascinating autobiography unfinished after more than 10 years of work? Oh well. As Dewhurst herself makes clear, consideration for others was never one of her strong points--though she had plenty of other strong points to compensate. A monumental actress who outgrew her times, Dewhurst made a few memorable film appearances (Annie Hall, among others) but mainly devoted her life and talent to the stage in landmark performances of Eugene O'Neill's and Edward Albee's most challenging works. She was so busy living her life she didn't have time to finish this memoir, so editor Tom Viola has fleshed it out with memories of Dewhurst by her friends, associates, and collaborators. None of this added material is as compelling, colorful, bitter, or hilarious as Dewhurst's own observations--leaving us with the realization that we not only lost a great actress, we may have lost a real writer as well.

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A classy Classic.......2006-09-06

Colleen was a true artist.The fact that her book was ultimately unfinished reflects her life. She did not acknowledge dying, so therefore, she left an unfinished book. It was great to learn more about her, both as an actress and mother, and I enjoyed reading others accounts of events.

Made me wish I had known her!.......2000-12-14

This was a great biography to read. Not strictly an autiobiography because Colleen never finished working on it herself, but it makes up for that by including many stories & chapters written by her friends, fellow actors & family. This was the first biography I read that really made me wish I had a chance to know the person in life. I've always considered Colleen Dewhurst a respected actor but after reading this, I know that she was truly a warm & wonderful person. She will be missed.

A truly wonderful book!.......1999-12-05

If you're interested in the New York theatre during the 50s and 60s (and later), this book is not to be missed. Dewhurst procrastinated for years about this book; hence it was unfinished when she died. But the additional pieces from her family and colleagues add immeasurably to the book's richness. An unforgettable memoir from a very great artist and personality - her personal warmth and her professional dedication are evident on literally every page. If you care enough to have checked this book out, you will want to have it!

An Isak Dinesen Feast: A Performance Anthology

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Wonderful Narration of great stories... Dewhurst fans will love Babette's Feast
lovely voices

An Isak Dinesen Feast: A Performance Anthology
Isak Dinesen , William Luce , and Julie Harris
Manufacturer: The Audio Partners
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 1572700297

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Listen to a sparkling anthology that reveals Isak Dinesen's passion and spirit. This collection includes the audio version of Out of Africa, read by Julie Harris, a bestselling work in print. Actress Colleen Dewhurst performs "Babette's Feast," and Dinesen herself reads "The King's Letter" and "The Wine of the Tetrarch" from her only known recording. Translated to film, Out of Africa and "Babette's Feast" won Academy Awards. 6 cassettes.

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Wonderful Narration of great stories... Dewhurst fans will love Babette's Feast.......2005-12-20

Though I have not yet heard Isak Dinesen's own voice reading Lucifer's Tale, nor Out of Africa read by Julie Harris, I do own Ms. Colleen Dewhurst reading Babette's Feast. If you're a fan of the late Ms. Dewhurst like I am, you will thouroughly enjoy hearing her read this old-world story of a great chef of Paris who finds herself in a little out-of-the way town in Norway, and who is re-discovered for her great cullinary talents quite by accident. A delightful tale of redemption and affirmation from a time when life's pleasures seemed to have more meaning and were appreciated more than in today's world of instant gratification.

Ms. Dewhurst's unique, deep, "whiskey-and-cigarettes" voiced narration is a pleasure to listen to - a perfect accompanyment to Dinesen's "Feast." I've listened to this book on tape dozens of times and never grow tired of it. If you're like me, it is a recording you will count as one of your most treasured posessions and will replay again and again over many years.

lovely voices.......2004-03-10

This is a must for Dinesen fans as well as those who find Collen Dewhurst and Julie Harris ladies who can read with a soothing cadence and sound...hearing the author is a plus since I could have only imagined her sound...Meryl Streep captured her rhythm in Out of Africa very well
This woman was so ahead of her time and led a tremendous life and yet didn't get it all...she is a real story teller... of old times before TV and computers...entertainment full of creativity and imagination...you won't be disappointed!

Colleen Dewhurst: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts)

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Colleen Dewhurst: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts)
Barbara Lee Horn
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0313287333

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Actress Colleen Dewhurst (1926-1991) is best remembered for her seminal characterizations in the plays of Eugene O'Neill, which highlighted a career on stage, screen, and television that spanned forty years and earned her two Tony awards and four Emmys. Writing about her Broadway triumph as Josie Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten (1973), critic Clive Barnes said she "spoke O'Neill as if it were being spoken for the first time--and not for the first time in a theater . . . but for the first time in a certain New England farm, on a certain September night in 1923." Though known for her portrayals of tragic heroines, Dewhurst also played comic roles and played Murphy Brown's mother for three seasons in that television series. At her death, she left an indelible mark in American theater, but, curiously, little written commentary beyond reviews and journalistic articles. This study documents her diverse performance and directing careers, with information also on her personal life and her participation in political and philanthropic causes, including two terms as president of Actors' Equity. An extensive productions section provides data on her major and minor roles in all media, including credits, runs, synopses, and review citations. This is supplemented by an annotated bibliography of major reviews and other writings, a list of awards, a biographical study, and a chronology of her life and career, all carefully cross-referenced and indexed. This book adds to the growing number of studies that organize essential resources on performance for effective research use.

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Colleen Dewhurst: Her Autobiography
Colleen Dewhurst/Tom Viola
Manufacturer: A Lisa Drew Book
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KA1B8A

Signed Broadhurst Theatre Stagebill (Program); Eugene O'Neill's "More Stately Mansions."

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Signed Broadhurst Theatre Stagebill (Program); Eugene O'Neill's "More Stately Mansions."
Ingrid (1913-1982); Arthur Hill; Colleen Dewhurst Bergman
Manufacturer: Broadhurst Theatre
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LVHQHI

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Memorable!
unforgettable
Great read
What a twisting river!
A Very Good Story

Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Michael Dorris , and Colleen Dewhurst
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 1559941596

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The national bestseller A Yellow Raft In Blue Water is a fierce saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by hardships and torn by angry secrets, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of kinship.

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Memorable!.......2007-08-30

There were times in this book when I had to force myself to keep reading because it slowed down. But for the most part, it was astonishing. As a reader, just when you think you've made good judgements of the characters, light shines on the passed leading up to the moments of judgement, and a whole new perspective is found, over and over again. Of all the books I've read this book has left the deepest impression on me. Fantastic!

unforgettable.......2007-06-08

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a novel I won't soon forget. Set in Seattle and Montana, it tells the tale of three Native American women--Rayona, Christine and Ida--each in her own voice. They are related, a family, and their worlds intersect and tear apart, span out and braid back together, but it is not until the ending that the reader fully understands how the events which start the novel have come to pass.

It is told in reverse, starting with the youngest, Rayona or Ray for short. At first, her strength lies in the unconditional love she has for her mother but after her mother deserts her and she is forced to fend for herself (and is molested by a priest), she shows that her strength does not come from others. She is a warrior and by the end of her story, she comes to embody the spirit of all those missing who came before her--all those we don't truly know about until the end of the book.

Christine seems weak, diseased and tormented with feelings that her mother did not love her. These lifelong feelings led her down a path of promiscuity and jealousy goaded her into pressuring her beloved brother to enlist. And when he does and dies in Vietnam, it is as if he is reborn in her daughter. The same feelings of unworthiness consume her until her health fails and she returns home to find love again--love in an old friend, love in her daughter and love in the woman who raised her.

Aunt Ida is the true enigma and the undying and unexpected source of strength. She has martyred herself and because of this, the lives of others have turned sour. But her goal was an honorable one. She wanted love and to be loved. She wanted safety. She wanted to weave together disparate parts and form a whole. As shown at the end of the book when Ida takes the one man who never hurt her to the roof of her house, she wanted to braid her loved ones together and have them be stronger for it.

Great read.......2007-01-06

Absolutely wonderful. Three women. Three intertwined lives - like braiding "the rhythm of three strands, the whispers of coming and going, of twisting and tying and blending, of catching and of letting go..."

What a twisting river!.......2007-01-05

I had to read this book for a class, but once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. The identities of each character are so distinct and well-written that you begin to believe you are there with the character. Dorris provides a great insight of family and womanhood. There are so many surprises and jolts along the way, I just LOVED it. The book really reminds me of people today, of the old generations before us and how they see the new group. Very good book indeed. Plus its an easy read.

A Very Good Story.......2006-12-12

"I sit on the bed at a crooked angle, one foot on the floor, my hip against the tent of Mom's legs, my elbows on the hospital table."
So starts "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water," one story told in turns by mother, daughter, and granddaughter. When I first heard about this, I was looking for a book for school. It looked intriguing, so I chose it. By page 50, I was having difficulty putting the book down. The first part of the book is told by Rayona, a 15 year old girl with a Native American mother and an African American father, and the basic plot and the outcome is revealed. Then the story switches to Christine, the mother of Rayona, and the story is embellished and added to, until finally Ida takes over. Ida is Christine's mother and Rayona's grandmother, and she finally supplies the last piece of a story spanning three generations. The only pieces that are not so great are the ending, which seemed a little clunky and unresolved, and the end of each of the sections, especially Rayona's. This is overall a very good book, and I recommend it.

Biography - Dewhurst, Colleen (1926-1991): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online

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Biography - Dewhurst, Colleen (1926-1991): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0007SHMM4
Release Date: 2007-06-13

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Colleen Dewhurst
Barbara Lee Horn
Manufacturer: Greenwood Pub Group 01/1//1992
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5VD8K

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Why Am I Laughing
Colleen Dewhurst
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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