Book Description
For psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. David McBride, death exerts an unusual draw. Despite his profession, he has never come to terms with the violent accident that took his brother’s life, a trauma that has shaped his personality and subsequent choice of career. But when a failed suicide, Elizabeth Cruikshank, comes into his care, he finds the deepest reaches of his suppressed history being reactivated. Elizabeth is mysteriously reticent about her own past and it is not until David recalls a painting by the Italian artist Caravaggio that she finally yields her story. As she recounts the chance encounter which took her to Rome, and her tragic tale of passion and betrayal, David begins to find a strange and disturbing reflection of his own loss in the haunted “other side” of this elusive woman. Through one long night’s dialogue they journey together into a past which brings painful new insight and uncertain resolution to each of them.
The Other Side of You is a powerful meditation on art, and on love in all its manifestations. In distinctive, graceful prose, Salley Vickers explores the ways both love and art can penetrate the complexities of the human heart, to invade and change our being, and the possibilities of regeneration through another’s vision and understanding.
Customer Reviews:
"Two people with open hearts...create a reality more powerful and more salient than either individual.".......2007-06-27
Caravaggio painted two versions of the risen Christ at supper in Emmaus with two disciples after he had walked and talked with them unrecognized along the road. In one, Caravaggio puts a small feast before them and portrays Jesus with a youthful face. The other picture places a sparer repast on the table and Jesus looks as though the sufferings of his life had stamped his post-crucifixion countenance too. But both paintings depict Jesus fulfilling his promise that "where two or three gather in my name, there will I be also." As Luke, chapter 24 informs, when the disciples recognize their master, he "vanishes," and the two remind each other that their hearts were "burning inside us as he talked to us on the road."
In THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU, Dr. David McBride, a psychiatrist and analyst, in time views both paintings, one habitually exhibited in his native England and the other in Italy. He discovers in them a message...one he even conveys to a skeptical assemblage of his professional peers in place of the case studies he had prepared. His fellow psychiatrists appear puzzled rather than enlightened, but for the reader, McBride's remarks crystallize the ways art and the experiences of the characters have integrated....
For the doctor we meet initially is a man still mourning the loss of his older brother to a lorry accident when they were children. And he's also a man who carries on with a marriage that superficially floats along, but really is sinking. He's damaged and unable to connect, and his preoccupation with survivor's guilt feeds his desire to understand the minds of those who are inclined to commit suicide.
At a small psychiatric hospital called St. Christopher's, one of those who has attempted to end it all is Mrs. Elizabeth Cruikshank. At first she is a hard nut to crack, sitting silently through her sessions with McBride. But one afternoon, they stumble on a mutual appreciation for Caravaggio, and this leads to a marathon seven-hour session in which the previously recalcitrant patient reveals herself. But she does not do this as an entirely one-sided effort. McBride also contributes, showing the tender parts of himself. He isn't discarding his professional ethics by crossing forbidden boundaries; rather, he is shaping an empathetic meeting of the minds that will allow his patient to unburden herself in an environment of shared humanity.
Her hidden story is a love story that she fleshes out with the comedies of life and its own bittersweet ironies and inevitabilities. The questions of what defines "love" swirl around. Must love, to be a successful exchange, be unconditionally accepted when it is unconditionally and fully given? And what responsibility must one shoulder if one fails to wholly embrace love once it is offered? This is perhaps the pivotal consideration that both doctor and patient -- two kindred souls -- face.
In their marathon, Elizabeth and David, like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, discuss "all that happened" and in the process they become "[t]wo people with open hearts, and the willingness to speak from them" to "create a reality more powerful and salient than either individual."
Salley Vickers has crafted a beautiful contemplation on the human potentialities for bonding. The novel is both encouragement and admonition that opportunities that arise to share burning hearts ought not be carelessly wasted or cast aside out of fear.
THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU is a poignant read and one to be cherished.
The Other Side of You Psychological Yarn.......2007-05-06
This was a very short but not simple novel that explores infidelity and its effect on its main characters. This is a book that looks at psychiatrist's slow examination of his patient and his own life. The author interweaves the two stories in a unique believable way. The book speaks to interconnectedness and the importance of it in solving complex human issues. Not a shout out loud book but a very subtle whisper of a good book.
Poignant.......2007-03-20
Psychiatrist Dr.David McBride meets a new patient, a would be suicide, Elizabeth Cruickshank who was saved from death by a neighbour. Elizabeth had married on the rebound from her first real love affair, only to find herself trapped in a boring marriage to an extremely dull man. Years later and now the mother of two, she meets her old lover again and travels with him to Rome where he introduces her to the world of art, in particular that of Caravaggio. Despite desperately wanting to be with him, she leaves her lover because of her guilty conscience and regrets it, ever after, when he dies only days later. Treating Elizabeth awakens old feelings in David who had always put to the back of his mind, the fact that his brother died as a child while caring for him. Salley Vickery writes knowledgeably (she is a psychoanalyst) and with great clarity and is one of those authors who can make the reader hear every word of a conversation. I can't swear that I understood every nuance of the psychiatric side of things but enjoyed the read immensely.
Insightful, yet sad (4.5 *s).......2007-03-05
This book is a very thoughtful yet sobering look at the difficulty of establishing a relationship where the two parties actually fit. The author explores this through the voices of psychoanalyst David McBride and patient Elizabeth Cruikshank, who had attempted suicide when her chance at realizing true love with artist and teacher Thomas Carrington is abruptly ended.
The story is initiated in David's office as he and Liz, after a very halting start, attempt to understand Liz' history with Thomas. Liz in a harsh judgment of herself regards her actions as "faithless," altogether different than unfaithful.
Along this journey of discovery, the author's assessment of the possibilities for love is made rather clear. For example,
"The reasons for choice of partner are obscure and what passes for love is generally a decided mixed bag: lust, anxiety, lack of self-worth, sadism, masochism, cowardice, fear, recklessness, self-glory, simple brutality, the need to control, the urge to be looked after; most dangerous of all, the desire to save. ... Seldom, very seldom, do two people unite through sheer reciprocal joy in the other's being."
Even then, there is "the stark fact that nothing is ever settled between two human souls, for nothing is or can be settled until we are finally done and gone."
Though there is a certain amount of desperation in their lives and some developments are rather somber, both David and Elizabeth come to some realizations and understandings that permit them to move on with their lives with some contentment gained.
The book is not without its ambiguities and unevenness, especially in regards to the one tragic event in David's life, namely the death of his six-year-old brother when he was himself only five. The conversations are long but there is enough plot to keep the book moving. The insights gained from the book outweigh the general melancholy tone.
Haunting and poignant.......2006-07-15
Dr David McBride is a psychiatrist, whose life has been marked by death, leaving him to professionally specialise in the field of suicide. His patient, Elizabeth Cruikshank, has attempted suicide - not an attention seeking effort but a genuine one, foiled only by the timely arrival of a neighbour. This seems an unlikely pairing for Sally Vickers' latest effort (after the beautiful "Miss Garnet's Angel" and the less effective "Mr Golighlty's Holiday"), but it has worked magnificently, giving us a spare, thoughtfully crafted and many layered novel which says as much about modern psychiatric medicine as it does about our ability to heal each other through remembrance and simple human interaction. It is also, at many levels, a finely woven and poignant love story.
Interwoven in this story is an appreciation of Caravaggio's works (which makes you want to look at them, be warned), his ability to record the spectrum of human emotions in vivid paint, and how both patient and doctor have been touched by his masterpieces in ways that they could not foresee would have such impacts on their respective psyches.
The writing is sharp and clean, and each of the characters are finely drawn and believable. The small grouping of attendant characters - other patients, staff, family and friends are also interesting and believable, adding richness to this novel by allowing us to see that there are other factors which impact upon who our chief characters are, and how they are formed by their world.
Sally Vickers is a talented novelist whose passion for her topic and their humanity shines through every page of this fine book.
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The author of There Are No Children Here follows up that magnificent effort with the gripping story of a mysterious death in southwest Michigan. A black teenager surfaces in the St. Joseph River, drowned. How did he get there? The towns of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, divided by both race and the river, grapple with the possibilities in this maddeningly difficult case. Alex Kotlowitz puts his sharp reporting skills to good work here, describing in detail everything that is known about Eric McGinnis's short life and untimely death. But the book is best at plumbing the racial psychology of these mutually suspicious communities. The Other Side of the River has that can't-put-it-down quality found in the best narrative nonfiction, and it speaks to issues affecting all of America.
Book Description
Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here was more than a bestseller; it was a national event. His beautifully narrated, heartbreaking nonfiction account of two black boys struggling to grow up in a Chicago public housing complex spent eight weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, was a made-for-television movie starring and produced by Oprah Winfrey, won many distinguished awards, and sparked a continuing national debate on the lives of inner-city children.
In The Other Side of the River, his eagerly awaited new book, Kotlowitz takes us to southern Michigan. Here, separated by the St. Joseph River, are two towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Geographically close, they are worlds apart, a living metaphor for America's racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and ninety-five percent white, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and ninety-two percent black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns' populations surface as well. The investigation into the young man's death becomes, inevitably, a screen on which each town projects their resentments and fears.
The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the towns' citizens as they wrestle with this mystery--and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America. In this gripping and ultimately profound book, Alex Kotlowitz proves why he is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
read in one night! a real page turner.......2007-04-30
Here's the thing - you know who died, and you know where the body was found and in what condition, but you don't know the why and how. And you still can't put this book down!
Alex Kotlowitz is a master story teller of a real life murder in a racially charged small town, geographically divided by a river but racially divided by mistrust and suspicion. His research is detailed and thorough, and the reader finds himself quickly immersed and emotionally invovled with the characters. Every character is complex and likeable. There are no bad guys/good guys. Just an unsolved murder, in a town yearning to heal.
Sometimes the truth is difficult to take.......2007-02-19
This was an excellent book--painful to read in some places, but important when it comes to understanding the role of racism and race relations in this country. I find it interesting to read the comments from some of the residents of St. Joe's who claim that their town was misrepresented. My sense is that many simply found their deeply entrenched bigoted attitudes and racism difficult to take when detailed in print for the world to read. Perhaps they should spend less time defending the indefensible and more on changing the fabric of their town and its relationship with their neighbors across the bridge.
Not as good as I expected..........2006-05-26
Alex's last book There Are No Children Here is hard to top, but I tried to give The Other Side of the River a chance. What was the point of the book? To show the different levels of racial tensions within this particular community or to find out who killed the teenager? I am still trying to understand the purpose of the book. I felt like I didn't learn anything new.
Great Writing.......2006-01-24
I bought this book for my parents since they own property north of Benton Harbor. I started reading the book after I realized I have worked with one of the people in the book. Very interesting. I will not state my personal opinion on the subject.
I rode a mountain bike from Saint Joseph into Benton Harbor shortly after these events took place and never realized how bad things were. Never had any problems until riding my motorcycle in Benton Harbor with my black fiance'.
A must read.......2005-10-16
I actually lived in St. Joseph when this happened and I do remember all the racial tension. As a child and teenager I was always told never to cross the bridge over to Benton Harbor because of how dangerous it was over there. I moved from St. Joes in 1995 and I did not know about this book until a couple years ago. When I first started reading it, it brought back a lot of memorys. This really is a great book and it does capture the tension between the two towns perfectly. I would really recommend this book.
Book Description
The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History incorporates the sacred oral history of the Mattaponi that has been passed down to Lin "Little Bear" since his childhood, by his father, the late Mattaponi Chief Webster "Little Eagle" Custalow; his uncle, the late Mattaponi Chief O. T. Custalow; and grandfather, the late Mattaponi Chief George F. Custalow; and those that came before. The Mattaponi Indian tribe, along with the Pamunkey tribe, was one of the original core tribes of the Powhatan Chiefdom, which the English colonists encountered in the 17th century while establishing Jamestown. For nearly 400 years people have heard the Euro-American rendition and interpretation of events that transpired between the English colonists and the Powhatan Indians. The True Story of Pocahontas is the first public publication of the Powhatan perspective that has been maintained and passed down from generation to generation within the Mattaponi Tribe, and the first written history of Pocahontas by her own people. The True Story of Pocahontas will be published in 2007, in connection with the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Colony.
Customer Reviews:
A book everyone should read.......2007-07-18
The authors of this book felt that this was the time to finally tell the true story of Pocahontas, and I completely agree. It's time people, especially Americans, face the truth that has been shrouded in romantic myth for far too long. It may be difficult for some to think of such historical figures as John Smith, John Rolfe and others to be anything but heroes, but it's far more important to the history of this country that the truth be told. The Mattaponi, Pocahontas's tribe, has kept their secret knowledge of the truth to themselves for 400 years. It is with bravery and no doubt a sense of relief that they finally decided to share it with the world. The time for Disney movies and romaticized stories is over: it is now time for the truth.
A Must-Read for 2007.......2007-04-12
This is a very important story that should be read by as many people as possible. It is essential that we recognize the value of oral history--and the other side of history that is presented here. We generally know so little about the native people who interacted with the English settlers of Jamestown--their beliefs, their way of life, and their perspective. We are very fortunate that Dr. Custalow was willing to share the story that he knows with the rest of us, particularly as we turn our attention to Jamestown during this "celebration" year. It is beautifully and evocatively written and well worth your time and thought. I know that reading it has affected me, and increased my understanding of this pivotal time in our nation's history. Thank you for your contribution, Dr. Custalow.
Review of The True Story of Pocahontas.......2007-04-11
After reading this version of Pocahontas, a lot of things became clearer to me. I could never understand how, when the Natives from the rest of the United States were treated so horribly by the Anglos, that the Natives of Virginia escaped, virtually unscathed, during the time of Powhatan. It was very informative, beautifully written and I am grateful that the truth has been told. My congratulations go out to both Linwood Custalow and Angie Daniels for writing this book. I know that Chief Webster 'Little Eagle' Custalow, from his present vantage point, is very proud of this contribution to history. I only wish that he were here, in person, to tell you this.
Thank you for sharing,
Barbara 'Little Doe' Adkins
Gloucester, Virginia
The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History.......2007-03-14
The book tells a "new" story to me from the standpoint of the Powhatan Indians of Virginia. I enjoyed learning of Pocahontas from the viewpoint of her ancestors. This oral history of her life was enlightening. It made me rethink how my English ancestors behaved and how they may not have been as truthful and honest to a trusting Powhatan Indian Chief, Pocahontas's father, to gain successful knowledge about planting and growing crops in the "New World." I also never knew that Pocahontas might have been kidnapped by the settlers. To learn in this book that Pocahontas may have been poisoned in England, where she died, it was very sad.
Great read!
Thanks to Dr. Custalow.
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Book Description
From the author of the beloved #1 national bestseller
Crow Lake comes an exceptional new novel of jealously, rivalry and the dangerous power of obsession.
Two brothers, Arthur and Jake Dunn, are the sons of a farmer in the mid-1930s, when life is tough and another world war is looming. Arthur is reticent, solid, dutiful and set to inherit the farm and his father’s character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial and dangerous to know – the family misfit. When a beautiful young woman comes into the community, the fragile balance of sibling rivalry tips over the edge.
Then there is Ian, the family’s next generation, and far too sure he knows the difference between right and wrong. By now it is the fifties, and the world has changed – a little, but not enough.
These two generations in the small town of Struan, Ontario, are tragically interlocked, linked by fate and community but separated by a war which devours its young men – its unimaginable horror reaching right into the heart of this remote corner of an empire. With her astonishing ability to turn the ratchet of tension slowly and delicately, Lawson builds their story to a shocking climax. Taut with apprehension, surprising us with moments of tenderness and humour,
The Other Side of the Bridge is a compelling, humane and vividly evoked novel with an irresistible emotional undertow.
Arthur found himself staring down at the knife embedded in his foot. There was a surreal split second before the blood started to well up and then up it came, dark and thick as syrup.
Arthur looked at Jake and saw that he was staring at the knife. His expression was one of surprise, and this was something that Arthur wondered about later too. Was Jake surprised because he had never considered the possibility that he might be a less than perfect shot? Did he have that much confidence in himself, that little self-doubt?
Or was he merely surprised at how easy it was to give in to an impulse, and carry through the thought which lay in your mind? Simply to do whatever you wanted to do, and damn the consequences.
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The Other Side of the Bridge
Customer Reviews:
One of my top reads this year!.......2007-10-07
This book is so beautifully written and I just finished it so the words are still fresh in my mind. I think this author has a wonderful talent to create images and can write bringing it all together. This book defiinitely makes my top- rated books for this year. It is not a long book but it took me a while to read (a couple of weeks) because I found myself rereading beautiful passages and really absorbing some of the most well-said dialog. Five Stars!!
Mary Lawson has done it again!.......2007-10-02
This will be one of my favorite reads for 2007. Mary Lawson is quite a talented writer, and again has kept my attention until the very last page. Lawson accomplished excellence in developing the personalities in this story. This book was a page turner, hard to put down, and I definitely was not disappointed after reading Crow Lake.
Mary Lawson does it again.......2007-10-01
Crow Lake was a wonderful first novel and I was happy to see that Mary Lawson is not a one-hit wonder. The Other Side of the Bridge is an engaging story with beautifully drawn characters. It grabs you right from the beginning and holds you until the end. It's hard to find a book that you don't want to finish but this is one.
Great storytelling that "moves" you..........2007-09-16
Terrific storytelling in a story of a rivalry between brothers beginning in the 1930's and passing thru the great wars and the depression. Author captures the severe beauty of Northern Canada, the fragile aspects of life, the mistakes of youth and living with decisions, mistakes and consequences. Lawson brings to life this small isolated town. Scenes are authentic. The pain, hurt, happiness and goodness are felt as one turns the pages even thought the core aspects of the plot are somewhat predictable. I loved this book.
in a nutshell.......2007-08-28
i know this is said a lot and i usually don't like the word, but this book is captivating. it really is. u dont come across this kind a lot.
Book Description
Glen Duncan has been hailed by the Times Literary Supplement (London) as one of Britain's twenty best young novelists, alongside such writers as Hari Kunzru and Zadie Smith. His new novel, I, Lucifer -- shortlisted for the Geoffrey Faber Award -- is a satirical tour de force fueled by a scorching, hyper-intelligent wit that burns up the pages. The End is nigh, and the Prince of Darkness has been given one last shot at redemption, if he can manage to live out a reasonably blameless life on earth. As a trial run, he negotiates a month of "trying without buying" in the body of struggling writer Declan Gunn. ("Incarnation, the angelic drug of choice. Unlike cocaine, not to be sniffed at.") Luce seizes the opportunity to binge on earthly delights, to straighten the biblical record (Adam, it's hinted, was a misguided variation on the Eve design), to celebrate his favorite achievements (Elton John, for one), and to try to get his screenplay sold, but the experience of walking among us isn't what His Majesty expected: instead of teaching us what it's like to be him, Lucifer finds himself understanding what it's like to be human.
Customer Reviews:
Way too much work to read.......2007-08-23
You know how people just try way too hard sometimes? That was the feeling I got when I read this book. Duncan used 27 words when he could have used 3. Next time, just use the 3 words and save us 200 pages.
Bueno.......2007-08-23
Este libro es bueno, pero llega un momento en que se pone un poco aburrido, porque de pronto yo esperaba algo mas de el, espero que la película sea mejor.
ADD Anyone?.......2007-08-14
I, Lucifer was an uproariously funny novel that loses steam as it goes along. The first half of the novel reads like one giant one-liner, the laughs and sarcasm come so fast and thick, but the second half, reads more like an occasionally funny, morally awakening tale, which tends to fragment the novel somewhat. Regardless, I did enjoy the novel and even found myself liking the rather nasty Lucifer.
In it, Lucifer gets a second shot at Redemption provided he lives out a normal human existence, which he quickly adds a "try before buy" bargain into the mix. The story focuses on Lucifer living a human life as well as some disjointed anecdotes about Lucifer's life peppered in the mix.
As I said before, the book is very funny, but does settle down and become a little dull as the book progresses. Nevertheless, I did really enjoy it, even if it was very uneven at times. But, and this is a big one, the style of the book is "steam of conscious" so there are a great many times when Lucifer goes off on a several page long tangent in the middle of the story, like an ADD kid on amphetamines. So, if that style of writing really irritates you, you might not want to check this one out. But, if you can suffer through the narrative interruptions, it is a very original, interesting book, well-worth the read. Grade: B+
I had to laugh at some of these reviews.......2007-08-10
I really did get a good chuckle out of some of these reviews. This is not a novel for anyone who needs their fiction spoon fed to them or who can't track the point (which was part of the point). The former should stick to chick-lit and the pablum touted in Oprah's book of the month club, while the latter might enjoy curling up with Seuss or Silverstein. But anyone who's read Milton, Dante, or Blake and isn't a fundamentalist tight *$$ should get a huge kick out of this. It was hilarious fun and I recommend it to anyone who doesn't have to stop reading and rush to Wikipedia to find out who Raskolnikov was.
Satan is a whiner!.......2007-07-24
I don't read a lot of literary fiction. Very often I find it to be needlessly meandering, self-indulgent and overly autobiographical. Glen Duncan has received a large amount of praise for I, Lucifer, his third book. Duncan has been short listed for the Geoffrey Faber Award and named as one of England's best young writers.
In I, Lucifer God offers Satan a deal that he will receive redemption for his role in rebellion against God if he can lead a relatively sinless life in the body of Declan Gunn, a pseudonym for the author.
What follows is a very enjoyable 100 pages where Satan runs rife through London experiencing the human senses for the first time. Duncan strings together pump adjectives flowing into stream like sentences in which the color of a blade of grass is described like a fine portrait.
The book is framed as a kind of memoir where Lucifer documents his life on Earth and his experience among the living. He also recounts his version of biblical events and pretty much lets you know why God was such a bastard that had to be rebelled against.
The beginning is interesting, witty, fun and offers some insightful ideas on several Biblical events. The problem comes when Duncan runs out of plot and interesting situations for Satan to explore.
Satan's explanations turns more and more into whining and ranting about what a bad lot he had being one of God's angels. A movie deal Satan was trying to put together is forgotten about as he devotes himself more and more to whining.
What started out as a good concept faded and cooled like dying embers in a fading fire. A twist of some sort raises its head in the last 20 pages as Satan rather predictably faces his end as the story is quickly wrapped up.
I know that literary fiction doesn't have to be strictly plot based. That the experience of a literary book is supposed to be worth the trip, not the story as a whole. I understand that, but at the end of the day I wonder if they couldn't do better.
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Zainab Salbi's media profile soared with her first book, Between Two Worlds, a memoir of growing up in Saddam Hussein's inner circle. She has been a guest on "Oprah," has been interviewed by Katie Couric, Al Franken, and George Stephanopoulos, and has been profiled in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and People magazine. Her organization, Women for Women International, plays a vital role in helping to heal war-torn nations including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda, Congo, Sudan, and Colombia.
With stunning images by award-winning photographers Susan Meiselas, Lekha Singh, and Sylvia Plachy, Salbi presents a riveting collection of letters and first-person narratives by amazing women who survived war's devastation and now must find the strength to rebuild families and communities. Throbbing with pain and loss yet glowing with courage and hope, The Other Side of War explores six regions where Women for Women International has helped survivors of the world's most tumultuous countries learn new skills, open small businesses and forge bonds with sponsors.
Overviews by the author explain how each nation's history led to violent conflict; then, with searing eloquence, the women tell their stories—of horror, cruelty, and suffering but also of profound inspiration as they work toward renewal and toward the day their fierce determination is rewarded with productivity, prosperity, and lasting joy.
Customer Reviews:
The Other Side of War, not just a women's issue.......2007-02-07
The is a book that should be read and taught to students. It gives a real view of what war is and how it impacts everyone. It shows how women that have been so effected by war can help make changes in their areas, not just for their families, but for their society.
Wow!.......2007-01-09
What an honest and unusual life story! My daughter and I were not able to put this book down. The naive courage of the author comes through. She is not one to think "Someone should do something about that" but "I've got to do something about that", and begins an international charitable foundation from the basement, literally from the ground up. Most of us stand around wringing our hands in the face of cruel injustices; this is an example of what can be done by one determined person.
Restoring Faith in Humanity.......2006-10-14
Years ago, when I lived in Washington, DC, I had the privilege to know Zainab Salbi when she was first starting Women for Women (called Women for Women in Bosnia at that time). There was a glow of inspiration in her face when she spoke of the plight of women and there was also incredible strength in her. In a time when I am often ashamed of the gross inhumanity we practice upon our fellow man, women like Zainab and the others courageous enough to share thier stories in this book, restore my faith that one day humanity will actually deserve to call itself civilized. Until then, we must rely on the courage of the few, who like Zainab, see beyond themselves and into the hearts of the world.
The Other Side of War- Captivating, Encouraging and REAL.......2006-10-12
Once again Zainab Salbi and Laurie Becklund have brought a riveting picture of the reality of war from the perspective of those who are left to hold the pieces together- the women. My organization, Soroptimist International, has been working in partnership with Women for Women International on a project called Project Independence Women Survivors of War for 3 1/2 years and I have had the privilege to go "to the field" on three occasions and meet women in the program. It is not an accident that this amazing organization, through the leadership of Zainab- was just awarded the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Award last month. They are the first women's organization to ever recieve it- and the impact of the $1.5 million dollar gift will continue to transform lives of women who are currently socially isolated and desperate and in one year- they will be well on towards their journey of becoming self sufficient and active citizens. These stories are genuine, courageous and TRUE "snapshots" of the unspeakable costs of war- particularly on women. This is a must read! Dawn Marie Lemonds, Soroptimist International
Beautifully inspiring.......2006-10-10
Zainab Salbi's new book is a beautifully inspiring example of photo journalism and the heart-rending story about the other side of war. It will make a wonderful gift for the holidays. The women in the pictures reach out from the pages and touch your heart, while Salbi's words touch your soul. The message truly inspires me to not only be more thankful for all that life has given me, but also more understanding to what life has given others and seek out more ways to help these women survivors of war. The organization, Women for Women International is an amazing organization, doing amazing work; this new book is equally amazing!
Book Description
From the age of 7 to the age of 22, Kathie Jordan's deceased brother came to her at nighttime, pulled her from her body, and guided her to Heaven. In these nighttime journeys, she was taught about the purpose of life in the body, the meaning of death, and about the soul's progress in the afterlife. In these moments out of her body, Kathie is taken to higher and higher levels of Heaven, where she meets and learns from spiritual teachers, including Jesus.
Customer Reviews:
Can't verify her information at Korean War vets site.......2007-06-28
I ordered this book and received it this week. I have read tons or stories about Near-Death Experiences. This doesn't even come close to anything I have ever seen. I could not find her brother Troy William Swain listed as a casuality from the Korean war vetern's web sight.
I do not believe a 1/000 of the stuff in her book. And there are mistakes at every turn. It says she see's her brother at age 3. But the book jacket & blurp say age 7. I don't believe in reincarnation. Her extravagant exits & returns are far beyond my wild imagination to even believe. I have over 40 books of this subject ( Near Dear) & none of them are as goofy as this one. I am 1/2 finished reading the book. I
doubt I'll even bother finishing it. It is to far-fetched!
I don't believe for one minute spirits sleep from 1 day to 100 years! They are not bound to the physical forces as humans are. I think this is all made up jumbo-jumble. And I was trying so hard to believe in this book.
The book, The Birth Called Death.......2007-05-13
I so enjoyed reading this book. I did a lot of crying because it touched me so deeply. Having experienced some of the things the author talks about, I found her completely believable. I highly recommend this book, and I have encouraged my grown children to read the book. If one has any fears of the next realm, they should lose those fears while reading this book.
Flights of Fancy.......2007-04-01
Kathie Jordan's intriguing tale recounting her nightly red-eye flights to Heaven while remaining on permanent stand-by in the hellish humdrum of daily accountancy is a reassuring validation of the old saying; out-of-body, out-of-mind.
it seems false.......2007-03-04
I have read 12 books on Near Death Experiences and a couple of unpublished manuscripts on the subject, from people of various religious beliefs. My heart and mind were expanded and trully blessed by the knowledge and spritual enlightment those people brought to us from heaven. This one book however, has been so far the only one that gave a feeling it is a fabricated story. Maybe not entirely, perhaps Kathie had some true experiences. I understand those experiences are very individual, "taylor made" to each person, but there are many commonalities. Yet, some aspects of Kathie's story are completely at odds with everything else we read of NDEs and the information they give about the nature of the spiritual world. More than that, it just doesn't feel true. Also, she would rather try to bring too much attention to herself with this "Little One" story.
A Heavenly Visit.......2007-02-16
This is the remarkable story of a young girl named Katie,who is visited by her brother who has passed on. Her brother takes her on a journey to Heaven,where she learns what happens to souls after they leave Earth.
During her visits, Katie finds that, contrary to what a lot of people think, the afterlife is a progression of learning experiences where our souls continue the everlasting process of growth. Not only are with reunited with our loved ones, we share in their everlasting happiness.
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The Other Side
Istvan Banyai
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Book Description
In The Other Side, artist, designer, provocateur Istvan Banyai takes readers on another exceptional visual journey. In graphically stunning illustrations that feature many clever twists in point of view, familiar scenes turn and turn again to show us the back, the front, the top, the bottom, the opposite, the other side of each perspective. Here's a door. What's on the other side? Here's a shoreline. What's on the other side? Here's a curtain. What's on the other side? The answers may surprise you. Delightful, sly, funny, and challenging, The Other Side will make readers want to look, and think, twice.
Customer Reviews:
That's true!.......2007-01-15
The pages are interesting glimpses of possibilities on "the other side". This is a book of artwork presenting different points of view of an illustration. The book starts with drawings of how to make a paper airplane. The next illustration is a little girl practicing a cello and seeing a paper airplane fly past her window. Turn the page to see the air outside of the apartment building filled with paper airplanes which a little boy has thrown out of the window. I really enjoyed looking at that idea of "the other side". It got strange from there as disconnected scenarios trying to be connected are presented. I couldn't quite figure it all out from front to back; back to front; and middle to outside even with the help of friends. I concluded that it was just different illustrations. I found myself "on the other side" and I didn't get it.
The Flip Side of the Koan (Note: 5* is for Young Teens and Older Readers Only).......2006-11-30
In the spirit of "The Other SIde," I'm going to put the bottom line on top: ALthough this book defies categorization, it's not really a kids' book. I suppose some kids in elementary school might enjoy the graphic style, and "get" the basic premise (which is either "what happens next?" or "what would this look like from a different perspective?"), the verbal and visual references, wit, puns, allusions, and reverals might elude them.
"The Other Side" is an unusual and very creative book consisting of a series of high quality graphic and op art illustrations, presenting a scene and, on the following page, what the scene looks like from "the other side." For clarity, here are some examples: We see a picture of caged tiger at a zoo looking out at a little girl and her cat. Hmmm...what might happen next, or,--as on some pages--what is the reverse of this? Turn the page, and we see the girl and the tiger looking at the caged cat, the bars twisted as if, a la Superman, the lion (or the cat?) had separated the bars. Another simple favorite is two views of boys playing with a football: One page shows the view of the hiker's behind from the quarterback's perspective; the next page shows the (upside-down) quarterback from the between the legs, upside-down perspective of the hiker. However, another scene shows an apparent shooting (with mannequins moving their heads to look around the corner) but it's really a film being shot. This has very little to do with reasoning or perceptual skill; for all the visual puns and surprises; it's really about the possibilities of story telling. The visual question and answers in "Other Side of" work require different kinds of reasoning Some "reversals" make logical or causal sense; others grant some artistic license--author has one notion of what "the other side" might look like--but it's not the only one.
THis is not really a kid's book; I think it's most appropriate fir young teens and up. Unlike "The Red Book," a book that also plays with self-referential visuals and explores point of view, "the other side of has relatively little plot or time sequence, although most of the scenes are linked: Some of the visuals in one scene will be partially replicated or referenced in another. For example, one visual sequence begins with paper airplanes, which are echoed by a picture of small planes near a large jet, inside the jet a passenger reads a travel brochure, next, we see the woman on the brochure's cover looking up at the jet from the island shown on the brochure. However, Banyai basically stops here. (I say basically, because a dog shown on the island is--quite improbably--shown on "the other side" of a tree in a snow covered forest. ) Part of the fun is finding these mini-links between different sequences, especially since some are visual and some symbolic/language-based.
At its best, then, the book occupies the same plane as Zen koans (as in the popularized, "what is the sound of one hand clapping?"), where the answers require imagination, and perhaps even a reconsideration of what constitutes a question and an answer. While Banyai illustrations show remarkable invention and graphic style. I think the book will appeal less to art students than to those with interests in engineering, math, and science, people who like to reader hypothesize, test theories, and observe (some of the classic elements of the scientific method), The imaginative antecedents and aftermaths may also stimulate budding writers and poets, or perhaps photographers. While this is an exciting art book for young teens intrigued by representation (and talent may be a requirement too); others may feel frustrated, or, more likely, bored by it, tossing it aside for manga--or a book about Zen.
Exceptional.......2006-08-31
A great book...I wish there were more like it. My 7-year-old and I could not stop looking at it and discussing the connections between the images. Books that capture both of our imaginations are rare.
The Other Side - Amazing!.......2006-04-27
When I got this book out of the library for my young kids, I'd never heard of Istvan Banyai before. However, after having this book in my possession for nearly 2 weeks now, and faced with the prospect of returning it to the library, I've just gone online and ordered several copies - one to keep, the rest to give away. What a book! I never dreamt that a picture book would hold my interest for so long. When I first got it, I spent a good 2 hours focused on it during a recent car trip (I was a passenger :-). Every time I went through the book, I saw more and more... such detail! Such wonderful ideas! All loosely tied to the idea of "The other side." Of a piece of paper, of a curtain, of a window, of a subway station...
Just when I thought I'd figured out the author's tricks - he would surprise me with something out of left field. It often requires some focused thought to "get" his point. So... while you can enjoy the pictures on one level, if you have a couple of uninterrupted hours to spend with the book, you'll see so much more.
The most innovative, imaginative and original children's book in a longest time .......2006-04-16
The most innovative, imaginative and original children's book I have seen in a longest time. I don't know how many copies I have given to friends, their childrean, and family members for christmas, birthday, baby shower, etc. I guarantee your kids will love this book, but I am certain, you(= adults) will find it fascinating as well. I just gave a copy to my sister who is in her 40s because she got so excited flipping through this book at a show opening at the Society of Illustrators, where the author, Istvan Banyai won Gold Medal in book category this year (2006).
Book Description
A remarkable, elegantly written portrait of four autistic men and women, and what their struggles and triumphs reveal about this baffling condition, and about us all.
In 1982, when he was four years old, Kamran Nazeer was enrolled in a small school in New York City alongside a dozen other children diagnosed with autism. Calling themselves the Idiots, these kids received care that was at the cutting edge of developmental psychology. Twenty-three years later, the school no longer exists.
Send in the Idiots is the always candid, often surprising, and ultimately moving investigation into what happened to those children. Now a policy adviser in England, Kamran decides to visit four of his old classmates to find out the kind of lives that they are living now, how much they’ve been able to overcome—and what remains missing. A speechwriter unable to make eye contact; a messenger who gets upset if anyone touches his bicycle; a depressive suicide victim; and a computer engineer who communicates difficult emotions through the use of hand puppets: these four classmates reveal an astonishing, thought-provoking spectrum of behavior.
Bringing to life the texture of autistic lives and the pressures and limitations that the condition presents, Kamran also relates the ways in which those can be eased over time, and with the right treatment. Using his own experiences to examine such topics as the difficulties of language, conversation as performance, and the politics of civility, Send in the Idiots is also a rare and provocative exploration of the way that people—all people—learn to think and feel. Written with unmatched insight and striking personal testimony, Kamran Nazeer’s account is a stunning, invaluable, and utterly unique contribution to the literature of what makes us human.
Customer Reviews:
Best book I've read in months........2007-05-16
I really loved this book. It starts out good, and just gets better. Nazeer is a talented writer, and this is a polished work on a wide variety of fascinating topics. These topics include not only autism itself, but range from the nature of political discourse and its impact on the functioning of a healthy democracy all the way to the extent to which our tend to categorize many abilities as innate and in doing so deny the hard work that is always required to develop those abilities.
It's rare to find a book that is this easy and absorbing to read, and yet where you so often find your thinking shifting subtly over and over as you absorb the ideas presented. I highly recommend it.
Eloquent Alien.......2007-04-10
Nazeer says, "Autistic individuals find it difficult to develop intuition or empathy," and convincingly demonstrates that his experience of social interactions and certain kinds of frustration is very different from, well, my own anyway.
But, his writing is brilliant, his metaphors are fresh and apt, he's engaging...this is one of those books that's worth reading just for the writing. But in this case that gives my prejudices a puzzle: If that's not intuition and empathy, what is it? A hard-won kind, perhaps, and in many ways better than the kind I take for granted. But that upsets my ideas of what good writing comes from.
And in fact one of his chapters is about the common assumption that geniuses have it easy. The unthinking dismissal implied by saying that, he's gifted, he's smart, he's obsessed with the subject. Nazeer points out that there's still a hell of a lot of work in preparing for and executing any kind of great work. Still, looking back at Nazeer's own book, I wonder, can you create that kind of style, color, coherence and personality by... work?
In one chapter he rants against a kind of falseness common in conversations. Although I'm tempted to correct his calling it falseness, the point isn't easy to make. Often conversations float above factualness and their substance is about themes, patterns, meta concerns and a kind of shared tacit evolving conspiracy, but I'm left with the uneasy feeling that that sense of substance is "just an intuition," as if I understand it even less than Nazeer does.
Which is to say, I loved these bonus insights and paradoxes, especially when the ride to them was so comfortable and entertaining. I appreciated being allowed into the lives of these people, especially the author.
loved the insights.......2007-03-03
My son has a diagnosis on the autism spectrum and my bookshelf is overflowing with books about autism. Unlike another reviewer I did not find this book discouraging.
This book gave me a wonderful insight into how it is for my son to learn the mechanics of communication that come intuatively to neurotypical people. And many times the mechanics are much more interesting to the author than the content of the conversation. For example he was told that his teacher had been assaulted by a parent. I was waiting for him to ask and share why this assault took place and what had happend to the parent and child but instead he went on about the conversation itself. I had to laugh because clearly very different aspects of that story were interesting to us and I appreciated that as an insight.
This book reminded me of books I have read by people traveling back to their home to find their roots to explain who they are. What does it mean for him and his old classmates to have autism? What has it ment to their lives? Autism has put odds in their way but has also forced them to become deliberate and resourceful.
So I guess if you are looking for a book that makes you see people with autism as overcoming all obstacles or being doomed or savants then this might not be your book. It is not a book offering knowledge on how to raise your autistic child. It is a book about a few people with autism who struggle and succed and fail much in the same and jet a different way as all of humanity.
A look on the Inside.......2007-02-01
Autism is a world like no other. My child was diagnosed at the age of 19 months and we have been living in that world for 3 1/2 years. I felt this book was a very interesting and insightful view to the 'inside' of Autism. I have spent these years trying (and succeeding) at understanding my own child's mind. When I could not find materials to help educate her, I made them myself. I proactively worked at educating my child. I have a website [...] where I have made available items that have successfully helped my child and other children with Autism.
Understanding your child's mind is a wonderful tool for helping them. This was a good book to read and fast-reading book. I also gave me hope for my own child's quirky ways.
Not what I was hoping for.......2007-01-26
This book held a lot of promise for me. As the mother of a 7 year old son with autism, I was hoping to read about how these children started on the path of intervention and therapy at a young age, and had terrific outcomes. What I got was instead rather depressing. First, it is not an easy book to read. The author seems to get mired in side information, such as the use of the word "genius" for far too long, distracting from the stories of the lives of the characters.
While I know my son will live with autism for his whole life, we always hold out hope that some of the behaviors that manifest in his place on the spectrum will be outgrown. That did not seem to be the case for some of the people in this book. I was very disturbed at Andre and his use of puppets as an adult. I fully understand that as an autisic person, he needs to use whatever strategies he can to cope, and I have no judgement on him. I can only keep working with my own child to try to lead him out of these behaviors.
I would not recommend this book to parents of young autistic children. I think it has the ability to dash some of the hope we need to have.
Book Description
Jojo Harvey is a dead ringer for Jessica Rabbit and the most ferocious literary agent in town. A former NYPD cop, she now lives in London making million-dollar book deals while trying to make partner at her firm . . . all the while sleeping with the boss man.
Lily Wright is an author who believes in karma, and is waiting for the sky to fall after stealing her former best friend's man. Though her first book failed to sell, her life turns upside down when her most recent book becomes a huge bestseller.
Gemma Hogan is an event designer extraordinaire, but her personal life is nonexistent after losing the love of her life and her best friend in one fell swoop. To make matters worse, her father has just left her mother. While taking care of her mother, she e-mails a close colleague about her frustrations, who in turn forwards the hilarious e-mails to a famous literary agent named Jojo Harvey, who just happens to represent her former friend, now enemy, Lily Wright. . . .
Written in the charming and chatty voice that has become Marian Keyes's signature style, this hilarious and heartwarming novel proves there are three sides to every story . . . especially in the world of publishing!
Customer Reviews:
Boring.......2007-08-27
I've read a few of Marian Keyes books and this is the worst by far. I was bored from page 1 and only made it to page 90 before giving up.
Slow to start but becomes a page turner!.......2007-07-30
This book is huge - over than 600 pages long and the start in my opinion was slow. It starts with Gemma's story about her dad leaving her mom and how Gemma was forced to live with her for a while. This storyline didnt grab me at all and I found boring reaidng about how gemma tried to cope with her mother, how she tried to bring here dad back etc. I must have stopped and restarted reading this book about 3 times and then when i found myself having no beach read i tought of giving it another chance..
Well it was quite worth it. After the initial drugdery of Gemma's story Jojo makes an appearance and Lily and i started to become more interested. It was nice to read also their part of the story and see Lily other than in Gemma's eyes. She is not the ogre that we think she is. When Gemma's story returned i was disappointed but at least it started to become more interesting after a while.
I also really loved reading about the behind the scenes of book publishing. After a while this book can really become a page turner because u want to know what is happening next..then when a particularly interesting thing occurs the viewpoint suddenly changes to another character's.. it can be quite frustrating but keeps the interest.
All in all i recommend this book if you can get over the fact that it is VERY VERY long and has quite a slow start - but its worth it.though i hated the ending...cos as other readers have said -there was no climax at all.
Three sides to the story..........2007-07-18
I had received this book from the publisher a while back, and I'm very disappointed in myself waiting this long to read it! I should have known better. I have now read three of Marian Keyes books, and I'm going to have to read the rest of them, knowing that they will be as good as this one!
The story revolves around three main characters and their connection to one another. Gemma's part of the tale begins when she finds out that her dad has left her mom (married 30 some years) to a woman only four years older than Gemma! Her mom has such a hard time with this, that she can't make it on her own. Gemma is not able to have overnight visitors in her apartment, because she kicks them out so she can go pick up her mom's prescription from the cute pharmacist and sleeps over her mom's house every night. Will she ever have a life of her own again or is she doomed to take care of her mom forever?
Lily was once Gemma's best friend, that is, until she stole her boyfriend Anton, who is now Lily's husband. They have a daughter together, and all is wonderful, except for the nagging guilt that never leaves Lily on how she acquired her husband. She writes a bestselling book while recovering from a mugging. It causes a stir and much popularity to follow. Now that she has the perfect life, will Gemma ever forgive her? More importantly, will she ever forgive herself?
Jo-Jo is a literary agent in London used to doing million dollar deals. She is Lily's agent, and soon to be Gemma's as well. She is unfortunately involved with her boss, Mark, who also has a wife and kids. It would be easier for her if this were a torrid affair, where the only thing she would have to worry about...is "Come in...get out!" but she's starting to fall for him while reading the Sunday paper and doing crossword puzzles together. Will he ever leave his wife, and...does she really want him to?
Though it had a bit of a slow start, it picks up later on, and...500 pages later, you are hooked! The characters were all different, believable, (even though two of them have committed adulterous crimes) and likeable. Not every story ended up in a tight little bow, as a lot of authors feel the need to do, and it never ceases to amaze me that this author can keep track of so many major (and minor) characters, yet still keep the reader interested.
You would think that the way the characters are described (infidelity abound, husbands leaving their wives, women sleeping with their boss) that the story would be cliche. This was definitely not true, because the way that the author writes a story, she uses so much detail, that you peek into these characters lives, and they become real.
Another review exclaimed that it was too much of the same thing (comparing it to Sushi for Beginners because they were in the magazine industry) but I disagree. I didn't find myself being reminded of the other book at all, and Marian Keyes has a talent for making her characters unique and real. I definitely recommend this, and her many other books.
Phenomenal book: I laughed and cried.......2007-06-30
This is the first Keyes book I've read, and after finishing it, I can't wait to read more. I picked it up off the shelf randomly and read the first few pages in the book store. I laughed out loud at a description of a haircut on page 5, and knew I had to purchase it. I even cried a bit at the end of a story. I can't remember the last time a book made me laugh and cry, and it was refreshing to be so interested in how these characters' stories would end.
The characters were developed wonderfully. I found myself wanting to shake them at times, comfort them at times, and "atta-girl!" them at times. I loved the style of the book. Although it was a bit startling to suddenly switch from one character to another at first, the approach suited the story beautifully and made this book a real page turner at the very end.
What a well written book! I can't wait to read others by this author.
A light, fun read.......2007-04-04
The first book I read by Marian Keyes was Angles. I never finished it, so I didn't know what to expect from this one, but I decided to give it a try because the description seemed interesting. It was a much better read, and although I wanted to reach into the book and slap Gemma a few times I found the book to be a good read. Nothing compelling. Just light and fun.
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