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disappointing.......2007-09-16
If you're looking for a little escapism with a guaranteed "happily ever after" this is a okay book for that.
I was greatly disppointed in the production quality of the audio, though. Major direction shifts (which character is now narrator) were separated by nothing. It felt like the producers sped up the speed of the narration overall, the read was quite fast & the indistinguishability of character changes made it less than appealing.
It was also very predictable for me. I foresaw the scenarios of Colette's former boss, the wedding twist, even Colette's resolution at end. It was all very much just like a fairy tale. Maybe the original book was, too, but this one was transparent to me.
Great Story.......2007-08-14
I love the Blossom book series of stories. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I love the different stories going on in one book.
Love Blossom #3.......2007-08-07
I've read all of Debbie's knitting books and love each of them. Debbie draws you in and takes you through the Blossom Street area with her writing. I feel like I am part of the Blossom Street knitting community and look forward to the next project as well as what is taking place in the lives of Lydia, Susannah, Alix and the rest of my new "knitting friends."
back on blossom street.......2007-08-04
cant get enough of her books on blossom street, she captures your interest from page one....strongly recommend whole series
Six stars for Debbie Macomber.......2007-07-27
Debbie Macomber has written another wonderfully glorious book about the knitting friends. She has such a welcoming way of writing that the reader feels like an active participant in the group - that these women are her best friends too! I find myself laughing, crying and anguishing right along with them.
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- Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
- Inconsistent but Powerful Love Story
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- A breathtaking and extaordinarily written love story
- Takin it to the streets...
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Street Love
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A story of star–crossed urban love by two–time National Book Award finalist Walter Dean Myers.
Have you ever loved someone from the wrong side of the tracks? Damien has everything going for him. His family wants him to date Roxanne. He falls for Junice, whose life is totally messed up. But Junice tells him that he's the one who needs the reality check.
Sometimes the greatest obstacle to finding true love is ourselves.
Harlem meets Shakespeare in this fresh, original free–verse novel by Michael L. Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers.
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Street Love by Walter Dean Myers.......2007-02-16
Myers is an excellent writer for young adults, as well as adults. Here he weaves a meaningful and realistic tale of love from both sides of the track, through poetry. I have loved everything I have read by Walter Dean Myers, and I hope he keeps the books coming!
Inconsistent but Powerful Love Story.......2007-02-16
STREET LOVE is a love story, and a good one. Damien and Junice don't seem right for each other, but love doesn't exactly follow the rules--the two fall head over heels in love despite their differences. And they stay that way, even though there are obstacles in the way of this urban love story.
STREET LOVE is a verse novel--a tricky format to get right. Walter Dean Myers manages it sometimes, but it didn't always feel like it flowed as well as it should have. Reading this book, I felt like it had a lot of potential, but only met it part of the time. Still, the writing was good. It's a very poetic novel--not just prose broken up into shorter lines, the way a lot of verse novels seem to be. The poetry is good, but, perhaps, not always the right way to tell the story. It could have been better, but it could have been worse. It also could have been too predictable, as love stories often are. At least that was avoided. The characters are brilliant; all of them seem three-dimensional.
This is a powerfully honest story about first love, one well worth reading despite its inconsistencies.
Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce
02/15/2007
Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2007-01-24
Walter Dean Myers has created a captivating tale of new love on the tough streets of New York City. Damien is a smart young man who is going places. He has already been accepted into Brown University and looks toward the future. His parents have sacrificed in order to provide him with a stable, loving, and supportive environment. His mother is diligent when it comes to his life. She doesn't want to him to fall prey to manipulating girls looking for a way out of their meaningless and disappointing lives.
Junice is a tall, beautiful girl with a lot on her plate. Her mother has just been sent to prison for twenty-five years for drug possession and now lives with her forgetful grandmother and younger sister. The responsibility of keeping everyone together falls on Junice. The Department of Human Services has reviewed their situation and found that the grandmother isn't well enough to care for the girls and plans to send them into the system--saying they'll try to keep Junice and her sister, Melissa, together, but that they can't promise anything.
When Damien sees Junice walking down the street one day he becomes entranced. Feelings swell in his chest and he knows he has changed. He is quickly pulled into the chaos that is Junice's life and wants to do whatever he can to help her. Against the wishes of his parents, he continues a relationship with her that takes him down a road -- quite literally -- that he would never have taken if Junice hadn't come into his life.
Walter Dean Myers' use of a hip-hop style combined with the short poems that tie this story together is addictive. The multi-voiced narration gives the reader the perspectives of all of the characters that are involved in this heartbreaking tale. Once you start reading, you'll want to keep going until you find out how Junice and Damien's story ends -- or, we hope, at least the first chapter of a longer story.
Reviewed by: Karin Perry
A breathtaking and extaordinarily written love story.......2007-01-04
Walter Dean Myers --- National Book Award Finalist, Coretta Scott King Author Honor Winner and the first Michael L. Printz Award recipient --- has climbed to even greater heights with his latest work, STREET LOVE. A fluid mixture of poetry and prose, this sweeping book is filled with such gorgeous imagery, street-talk language and beatific, soul-stirring rhythm that just one read-through will surely take readers' breath away.
A bittersweet, tell-it-like-it-is love story between two Harlem teens, STREET LOVE aims straight for the jugular and eloquently hits its mark. Sixteen-year-old Damien has risen above his gang-infested environment and is on the track for success. He gets excellent grades, he's been accepted to Brown University, and his parents want nothing more than for him to get off the streets and make them proud.
But Damien has other ideas: "My folks are laying lines on me like/They've written out the part and all/I got to do is get to a place called Start/And follow the road to fame and glory /A PhD in mucho buckology/Two point five kids and a quick apology/To the starving folks in East Ain'tGotNothingVille/While I look down from Sugar Hill and tell/Myself how phat my program is." He has his eyes set on a different kind of future, possibly one with Junice --- the unknown, quiet beauty he's seen around the neighborhood.
Junice, however, lives a disparate life than what Damien is accustomed to. Her mother is in the Bedford Hills Prison for drug possession --- a 25-year sentence. Her sister, Melissa, is too young to take care of herself, and her grandmother, Miss Ruby, can barely remember her own name. Both her grandfather and father have long been out of the picture. In a word, she is slowly being eaten alive by her past and the pasts of the downtrodden before her. "No, it is all cycle and recycle/What the great-grandmother has done/Is to rut the earth for her children/What the grandmother has done/Is to widen the furrow for her children/What the mother has done/Is to square the pit/Deepening it for the ritual to come/And here I sit, grave deep among the/Waiting worms, staking my claim/As they stake theirs."
As Damien begins wooing her, and Junice --- however fierce her trepidation --- unwittingly gives her assent, the two struggle to fight their virtually non-existent odds in order to make a worthwhile life for themselves. At the novel's close, the outcome of their future together is left open-ended, although they have both sacrificed greatly to give it their best shot. "We will make it...I plan to survive."
STREET LOVE is nothing short of extraordinary. Myers's talent for turning words on end to spin phrase after powerful phrase is truly amazing --- his alliterations and cadenced pairing will roll off the tongue, beckoning to be read aloud. The virtually insurmountable weight of repression and despair that haunts inner-city living is evident on every page of this novel, yet there is a touch of the effervescent that sets this story afloat. The hope for a better life carries the characters through and bestows this otherwise grim tale with a glimmer of much-longed-for possibility.
--- Reviewed by Alexis Burling
Takin it to the streets..........2006-10-31
Have you ever been in love with someone who was totally wrong for you? (It's a rhetorical question, don't think too hard on it.) If you've never experienced the uncertainty that comes with the territory, Walter Dean Myers' new book, Street Love will school you on the do's and don'ts of these emotional waters.
Written entirely in free verse poetics, Street Love is the story of Damien, a 17 year old basketball star who excels in school and seems to have a bright and shining future on the horizon. Enter Junice. Junice is a 16 year old woman trying desperately to keep her life together. While her mother serves out a 25 year sentence for selling drugs, Junice must do everything she can to protect and support herself and her younger sister, Melissa. Living a life of borderline desperation and urgency, Junice certainly has no time for boys. Enter Damien.
Who wants to read a book written as poems? Trust me, you do. This isn't the flowery romanticism of long dead authors (although you would do well to pick them up, too). This lyrical onslaught has a tempo all its own. It is the harmonizing of lovestruck characters set to the rhythm of the street and it's groovy.
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Capps' novel is rare treat.......2007-07-31
The basis for the film "A Love Song for Bobby Long," this novel by Ronald Everett Capps is a languid, halting look at the depths to which a man's soul can plummet from such great heights. While by no means a hero, but not quite a scoundrel deserving of such heartbreak, Capps' view of Bobby Long is a rich tapestry of wordplay, images -- surreal, carnal and otherwise -- that evoke episodes of longing, lamentation and, ultimately, just desserts. By no means a plodding read, but not a fast one, either, this is a work to be savored and enjoyed. If you've a front porch and a comfy chair, by all means, use them. If not, just be sure to take your time with this piece of contemporary southern literature.
A must-read for those who loved the movie AND a great book in its own right!.......2006-11-30
I bought this book because I really loved the movie "Love Song For Bobby Long." I, too, was an English major and I totally identify with Bobby and Byron, both in their high-falutin dreams and in their failure to move forward in their fields (writing, teaching, etc.). And I have a deep love for and knowledge of the city of New Orleans, which I felt the movie did a fair job of depicting. So, for me, the book had large shoes to fill.
The first part of the book disappointed me because [SPOILERS TO FOLLOW:::] it differed SO MUCH from the movie. Lorraine in the book is the polar opposite of the person described in the movie; not only did she not own a house or leave anything to her daughter in her will (including a dress that her daughter could wear), but she was far more pathetic than the the boys she left behind: Bobby and Byron.
But once the book introduced Lorraine's daughter into Byron and Bobby's lives, it started to loosely resemble the movie and, as I'd originally hoped, provided more insight into and a different perspective on the main characters. That's when I fell in love with the book, and I swear, from that point on, I literally could not put it down until I'd reached the end, and even then I didn't want it to stop.
I guess that's how I know I've read something really special -- the end of the book feels to me like the loss of a dear friend, and I mourn for it.
I can honestly say that I love this book every bit as as much as I love the movie based on the book, and I can't recommend one over the other. I DEFINITELY recommend that everyone read Capps' book AND rent the DVD. This story is a Love Song for Everyone, not just Bobby Long.
Great Book - If you read with open eyes.......2005-07-29
I struggled with this book at first, but time spent with the characters ends up being well spent.
Yes, it is an unusual book.
Yes, it blurs the boundries on what is considered "decent".
Just one thing to remember... the author puts a few clues in front of us at the beginning...the Tao is what it's all about. If you have any interest in taoist "philosophy" then you will easily understand.
No the book is not like the movie "A Love Song For Bobby Long". In its own way its far more moving.
Capps captures the world he intends to capture in this book.......2005-07-13
Meaning that he almost perfectly portrays the characters he writes about. He captures the setting, the southern element, the drunken states, the misery, the intellect, and the love that the main characters have to offer. This book is depressing but at the same time eye opening and somehow inspriring. This book offers a great, accurate picture of what New Orleans can be to folks outside the tourist realm. I've met the author and can honestly say this guy has some stories to tell...and has done quite well telling this one.
Worth reading.......2005-03-24
I enjoyed this book and got through it quickly. It's dark and sometimes depressing, but the writing is excellent. I felt I knew the characters and fell in love with them all.
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- I liked it-- but I'm hoping this isn't Baldwin's best novel.
- What Beal Street Says When It Talks
- If Beale Street Could Talk . . . would America hear it?
- A Powerful Combination of Strength and Love
- Baldwin is beautiful!
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If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
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Release Date: 2006-10-10 |
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In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin’s story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions–affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
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I liked it-- but I'm hoping this isn't Baldwin's best novel........2004-10-11
You know, I'll just say it up front: I expected better. I was set up. Having previously read Baldwin's short story, "Sonny's Blues", I thought that I would find more of those deeply moving characteristics in Baldwin's novel, "If Beale Street Could Talk". But it didn't pan out that way. See for yourself! Give yourself an hour to soak up the richness of "Sonny's Blues"-- the deeply convincing character of Sonny, his life & passion for jazz music-- and compare that with Fonny and his hobby wood & stone carving. The latter character portrayal is much less convincing, as so I felt about the book as a whole. It felt too... forced. Maybe the relative youth of Fonny & Tish was the source of shallowness I experienced while reading Beale Street, but in any case I didn't find myself gripped & moved by the story-- like I did while reading "Sonny's Blues".
Enough with the critical comparisons; I still felt the theme of racial injustice, and the desperate efforts of the two families against near-impossible odds within the then-existing legal system. I did find myself hoping with the families as the conclusion neared. I give the book three stars-- perhaps closer to a three & a half star vote.
What Beal Street Says When It Talks.......2003-12-02
I think it sure would help our world if more people would read James Baldwin. He tells stories about parts of life (real life) and places in this world (in our country) that existed a long, long time without a reporter's voice. He wrote this book in the 1970's but it is still pertinent today. His talent is to turn into literature a reality that we might well prefer to hide from. His talent is not to be underestimated. He was a trained preacher and his cadence and language use are beautiful and compelling. There is hard well-honed anger fueling this story -- you can taste it as you read. But it is equally love that spurs Baldwin: the immense and enduring love he sees that holds people together in the corners where he's throwing his light for us to see. And, maybe more important, I contend that it is a bigger love and faith that moves his stories. Ultimately his faith is that in the possibility of our society waking up and responding out of love to the anger/stories/ reality he reports on. Why else would he tell us these stories if he didn't believe we could be moved and change? This book is a marvelous story of young love (Tish & Fonny) and mature love (Tish's parents/family) and distorted love (Fonny's parents) caught in a world that is cruel and arbitrary. It is the story of families holding together and falling apart as they cope and struggle with false accusations that tear their lives apart. It is about ways people: contend with / find resolve in the face of / are crushed by / survive and can be destroyed by / racism --as individuals; as families; as a society. And the nuisances of how racism works and the nicks and scrapes and deep cuts it wields along the way are everywhere, woven into the story not as didactic pounding away but as a subtle landscape in which the story's characters (and we) must find a way to survive. You can't read this story and not care. And where Baldwin leaves the reader in the end is exactly where we have to be left. Love can kill you - or maybe it can save us all. Baldwin was right to be angry and to make his anger known--and he was right to believe in love and to trust that the good in people can rise up--all people regardless of race--and make a difference. If only more people would read him and look at / think about the costs we all pay for letting racism survive we might find our selves on a path to a better future. Baldwin's left us these books. He did his part. We might all make a contribution by telling other people to read what her wrote.
If Beale Street Could Talk . . . would America hear it?.......2003-06-13
It is always a great disappointment and a tremendous joy to read Baldwin. The author's ability to bring the experiences of African American life and the circumstances under which those lives are lived here in America is a joyful, although difficult, reading experience. The disappointment comes in realizing that although Baldwin's canon of work spanned the late 1960's through 1970's, many of the conditions that he writes about so candidly still exist in 2003. The novel is, at its core, a beautiful love story. Not the kind where man meets woman, they fall in love, marry, have children and move into their lovely suburban home adorned with white picket fence and a two car garage. For that American dream was rarely the experience of many African Americans during the period in which the novel is set. In this depiction of the American dream, Tish and Fonny meet as children, grow up and in love, all the while aspiring to create a life together. Their hopes for the future are destroyed when Fonny is jailed for a rape he did not commit.
With classic Baldwin insight, the novel reveals how individual, systematic and internalized racial hatred ruined the lives of two lovers and their families. From the white cop that set Fonny up, to the court system that held him down (although he had an alibi) to the family that turned their backs on him, all contributed to his destruction. When Baldwin isn't rendering a scathing critique of America's racial injustices, he's rebuking the unquestioning manner that many African American's cling to religion in hopes of obtaining freedom here on earth.
Although at times it is difficult to distinguish the characters' voice from the author's, the novel truthfully depicts a fictional account of the realities of America's racism. I thought the ending was a bit fatalistic but decided that is exactly the point that Baldwin was making about the future of America in the absence of full equality for all of her citizens. "If Beale Street Could Talk" is as tragic as it is loving. It's a great read that serves to remind and encourage. Highly Recommended.
A Powerful Combination of Strength and Love.......2003-02-11
When Michael Ondaatje spoke of author James Baldwin, he responded, "If Van-Gogh was our 19th-cetury artist saint, James Baldwin is our 20th century one". This statement is clearly evident in Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk, a masterpiece that will move readers in more ways than one.
In the story, we are introduced to Fonny & Tish. They are a young couple, in love and looking toward marriage and building a life together; Tish is also expecting their first child. When Fonny is arrested and jailed for a serious crime, instead of waiting Tish fights for Fonny's release. She is also determined to deliver the child that is a symbol of their love and from beginning to end; we see the power of love and the realities of life that even today is an absolute truth.
With many twists and turns, If Beale Could Talk is an emotionally charged masterpiece with honest themes and characters that are relatable. James Baldwin is truly an author who has made a mark and this is one literary work that is truly recommended---for all the literary world.
Reviewed by Kanika (Nika) Wade
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Baldwin is beautiful!.......2003-02-03
There isn't enough that I can say about "If Beale Street Could Talk." It was one of the most captivating, loving, and pure novels ever written. I was moved by the love of Tish and Fonny, how their love grew naturally from childhood and blossomed into adulthood. That love transcends the prison which Fonny can't escape; that same love will set him free. I also appreciated the strong bond of Tish's family and Fonny's father, who work tirelessly to help this young man out of prison. It's refreshing to see a Black family come together in a dire time of need. This was a excellent novel for all Black readers and especially for all others who want to understand the Black experience.
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FEAR STREET -- WHERE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES LIVE...
The new girl is as pale as a ghost, blond, and eerily beautiful -- and she seems to need him as much as he wants her. Cory Brooks hungers for Anna Corwin's kisses, drowns in her light blue eyes. He can't get her out of his mind. He has been loosing sleep, ditching his friends...and everyone has noticed.
Then as suddenly as she came to Shadyside High, Anna disappears. To find a cure for his obsession, Cory must go to Anna's house on Fear Street -- no matter what the consequences.
Anna may be the love of his life...but finding out her secret might mean his death.
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Not a bad book!.......2007-09-01
This is the first book of the Fear Street series, and it's really pretty good. Fear Street is a series about scary and/or supernatural events that happen to teenagers in a ficitional town called Shadyside. In this book, an athletic gymnast falls for a new girls in school. She's really cute, and different in an old fashioned kind of way. However, when he tries to find her outside of school, he gets told she doesn't exist. What's going on? Is she a ghost? Is she a liar? This has a pretty good twist ending and gives a good taste of future books in the series. Pulitizer material it's not, but for young teens, or anyone wanting a quick thrilling read, this suits the bill just fine.
Really amazing.......2004-12-05
I think it is a unique and impressive creation by R.L Stine.Stine expressing a different kind of romance,so it is really good.
really amazing,.......2004-12-05
I think, it is unique and impressive creation by R.L Stine.In this book he is expressing different kind of romance,so it is really good.
Dying for a kiss.......2004-02-14
Cory Brooks has a crush on Anna Corwin, the new girl in school. She's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. But there's something not quite right about Anna. She always seems to be disappearing. She wears old clothes. And the newspaper says she's dead. Cory's friend Lisa Blume thinks that Anna is a ghost. If she's right, Cory might be the next person in Shadyside to be dead.
This is the first Fear Street book ever. I didn't really like it. R.L. Stine definitely improved on the rest of the series. Anyway, some parts of the book were interesting. The prologue really wants to make you read the book. But once you get to the end, you realize that the prologue completely threw you off to the big surprise.
Make sure to look for Cory, Lisa, and Cory's friend David making guest appearances in other Fear Street books. Two of them are 'Missing' and 'Broken Hearts.'
Hauntingly Horrific Happenings.......2003-11-03
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Cory Brooks finds himself madly in love with a girl he hardly knows. She is all that he can think about, he cannot concentrate on anything without thinking of her. Lisa Blume, Coryýs neighbor and best friend also has an obvious love interest. She is constantly trying to get Coryýs attention towards her while he is repetitively requiting his love for Anna Corwin, the hauntingly beautiful girl whom he is excessively interested in. It was love at first sight, but was she really what Cory had perceived her to be? Is Lisa still only a friend in Coryýs mind?
The only thing I did not enjoy in reading this book was putting it down at night. This book kept my heart at a racing speed with its suspenseful twists and turns leading well up to the climax. The beginning was well informative as to what was going on however it kept me lingering with questions about the events that where occurring. Each event tied in with another because all of the people in the story were connected with the conspiracy going on in their very own town. The threats and attempted pursuing of those threats made me smile with shock and sometimes minor disbelief. The ending perfectly answered all of my questions in a quite refreshingly satisfying way. All of the ends were tied with a long explanation that made so much sense it caused me to wonder why I had not thought of it myself.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a story that keeps them on their toes, even those who donýt enjoy reading very often. This book is a great read for people who can appreciate a good mystery or a suspenseful thriller. Those people would love this book.
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- toddlers will love this book
- Nothing boring about this board book!
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The people of New Orleans have always enjoyed a love affair with their city, and only when they came close to totally losing it-in the wake of Hurricane Katrina-did they truly give voice to their love.
Now, two noted editors have called upon their friends from the Big Easy's literary establishment to pen this remarkable book-a "love letter" that takes us into this crazy and wonderful patchwork quilt of a city. With contributions from Poppy Z. Brite, JM Redmann, Victoria Brownworth, and many others, this is a book not just to be read, but to be treasured.
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"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?.......2006-12-24
Herren, Greg and Willis, Paul J., editors, "Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans", Alyson Books, 2006
Amos Lassen and Literary Pride
"Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? " I certainly do. It's been a little over a year since Katrina brought me to Arkansas but New Orleans is still in my blood. I miss the red beans and rice, I miss the free spirit of the town and I miss Mardi Gras and Southern Decadence. Someone who has lived in New Orleans carries some of the city with them forever. New Orleans is coming back--not like it was before--but it is trying. To help us remember what it was like, Greg Herren and Paul Willis, lovers and authors, have compiled "Love, Bourbon Street and I am so glad they have. I got misty eyed reading it and remembering my haunts. As much as I like Arkansas, "Sidetracks" will never be "The Phoenix", "Backstreet" will never be "The Bourbon Pub" and "The Factory" will never be "Oz". At least I have the memories, I am not going back but I want to be reminded every now and then of how it once was.
New Orleans has always been a haven for writers and a great deal of wonderful literature has come from there. We need only remember Tennessee William's, Truman Capote, Lillian Hellman, Mark Twain and a host of others and we are reminded of the tremendous literary legacy the city has. It has been a haven and an inspiration for writers. A new generation of authors is writing about New Orleans in this anthology. The gay and lesbian writers of the town know it and write about the Big Easy with sincerity and truth. The booze and the parties, the beads and the parades, the laissez faire attitude, the French Quarter and the Bywater are all a part of the literary heritage, The stories and poems here appeal to the heart and the emotions, to the escapees of the storm and to those who returned to pick up the pieces. The one thing that all the entries have in common is a passion for the "city that care forgot" which is now learning how to care. In New Orleans people "do not live to work, they work to live" and this is what you will find here.
Herren and Willis have assembled a veritable collection written by some of the most notable queer authors of the modern age. You will find Patricia Nell Warren ("The Front Runner", Martin Pousson ("No Place, Louisiana"), J.M. Redmann ("The Intersection of Law and Desire"), Poppy Z. Brite ("Liquor"), the editors themselves, and many many others.
The book is a love song to New Orleans It is amazing to see how after the horrors of Katrina, the people featured here have been able to be so uplifting and positive. The selections are eclectic as is the city of New Orleans and as different as day and night. There is something for everyone and everything for all of us. We, in Arkansas, need remember that New Orleans is also located in the Bible belt but managed to rise above it. Many queers came to New Orleans to escape the conservatism of other parts of the south as New Orleans was always one of the gayest towns around. Aside from giving us great literature, New Orleans has given Americans so much more--food, culture Mardi Gras, jazz and it has given gay people hope--hope that in the conservative south they could be themselves. It is only fitting that the New Orleans that was be immortalized by gay and lesbian authors. Our community has always been an integral part of the city and it is the duty of the gay population to make its voice heard.
This book means so much to me and I am sure you will feel the same. It is a testament to the people of the city who have chosen to rebuild it in the hope that it will once again be a haven for our needs and desires. As I said before, I am not going back to New Orleans; I have decided to stay here in Arkansas and see what can be done here so that we may one day be able to have the kind of atmosphere that New Orleans has. It can be done if we want it to be so. In the meantime, read this wonderful anthology. It is thought provoking, heart warming and emotional--just like the Crescent City herself.
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When Ted Wentworth's first wife passed away, he went through the textbook stages of grief. Not being the type to succumb to self-pity, he would have to find the best way to continue. He picked himself up and devised a plan so he could continue his life. The plan the author devised works equally well for men who have lost a wife to death or divorce. Here are detailed guidelines readers can use when they are ready to face the world and start dating again.
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The Title Does Not Reflect The Contents.......2004-01-18
Although the title of this book is catchy the implication of "trapping" a spouse comes across as a negative. The book really isn't about trapping a spouse and it is indeed a good book. The subtitle is more appropriate "A Street-Smart Dating Strategy for Men Who Have Lost a Love."
This book is written by a Board Certified Trial Lawyer from Newport Beach along "with" a Beverly Hills based psychologist who specializes in couples counseling.
Being myself recently divorced and having lost a love I found this book to be very realistic in terms of describing what losing a love is like and what the recovery process is like.
The chapters are:
1.) Coping with Loss
2.) How Life Goes On
3.) Getting Serious about a Relationship
4.) Into the Future
I found each of the chapters to be intelligent, realistic and honest. I felt that the author really has felt what I am feeling and has a pretty cutting edge approach to his understanding and to his perspective on solutions. He is frank about depression, about not being able to get out of bed etc.
The guts of the book are about forming a dating strategy to find your next spouse. The apporach is very structured, precise and well defined. Although that type of approach may have appeal to a limited number of personality types I found the chapters on Coping and How Life Goes On to be worth the price of the book.
In a nutshell this is the only book I've found that is sort of like having a 40 or 50 year old uncle or father give you very accurate, useful, practical advice on the most intelligent way to find a spouse and not screw up your life and end up in divorce.
A Male Therapist reviews.......2003-06-11
As a man and as a Marriage and Family therapist I feel "Build a Better Spouse Trap" is an important book. To me there are two underlying themes that Mr. Wentworth is conveying to the men he talks to so clearly. First, Think! My office is full of men who didn't think. They reacted. They are now in trouble, and they are sorry.
The second important point the author makes is to encourage the reader to Feel! Or better yet, identify feelings that are already there. Too many men make serious relationship mistakes because they don't know how to feel the feelings they already have. The author makes this point well when he encourages men to "stop living on automatic."
The result of following the advice in the book is to make the relationship process conscious. He says we should actually become conscious in the process of finding our life partner.
Finally, encouraging men to find a good therapist is great advice. I find that with a straightforward approach that is cognitive and logical, men make great progress in therapy and they really enjoy the process.
Beyond that, they learn about themselves, what makes women tick, and in doing so gain enormous confidence.
The book is honest, fun to read, and practical. But the phrase from the subtitle "Street Smart" says it all. The book hands you exactly what you need to have on those dark nights as you are forcing yourself to get out of the car and nervously walk up to her door. One is tempted to take the book along and feverishly flip through the pages for the right advice when she is in the lady's room. It doesn't get any more real than "Build a Better Spouse Trap."
I think "Build a Better Spouse Trap" in a shot in the arm to those of us who otherwise would be lost and depressed hoping the random forces of the universe will finally make us happy.
Practical advice for men who are interested in loving again.......2003-06-11
Every patient and male friend, to whom I have recommended this book, has found great straightforward advice that tells it like it is. Wentworth doesn't waste a reader's time with fluff and explanations, he gets right to the point of how to get over the loss of love and work a practical plan to bring real connection and relationship back into one's life.
He points out the pitfalls that many men fall into in new relationships. He talks directly about psychological "landmines" of character-disordered women (i.e. beautiful borderlines) and how to fight fair, break up respectfully and when and when not to use the Internet for dating. He uses humor and refers to a great many resources for further research, if readers want to know more about any topic.
The women I have recommended this book to have also truly enjoyed the practical and easy-to-understand suggestions. It seems both men and women are tired of groping blindly in the dark and just hoping that love will find them. Taking a proactive approach is far more appealing.
This is a great gift for any man you care about who is really interested in finding a healthy relationship!
Excellent Tips on Finding REAL Love--For Anyone.......2003-06-10
Having read "Spouse Trap" out of interest in how men think, I can say this is one excellent book for anyone, male or female, interested in REAL LOVE. No psychobabble here, rather real hands-on tips based on personal experience. The author's sincere and helpful stand that one has to do the work on one's self first is unique from most other books on finding love. Wonderful insights on grieving and getting on, good step by step procedures for personal evaluation on what one really wants in love. Highly recommended by this reader.
Star1.......2003-04-26
I've been divorced for 3 years now and trying to find a way to "get moving". I read the sample pages, (and the reviewers' comments)from this book and I got the impression that it would perfect for me. Like the others I've read, it had a few things that explained feelings I've had that I could not put into better words. The "dealing with the grief" part was good but not the "dating again" chapters. In the book, he makes several referneces to "Chapter 11, (I think thats the right number), that is the most important chapter in the book. I was looking forward to getting to it to see what the big deal was. All it dealt with was giving tips on getting a good counselor and how important it is to get someone with a solid background to help. If you're like me getting over a lost, you probably have or had a counselor to help you cope and get moving on with your life.
At the end, it discusses ideas when relationships get serious and also when they go bad. It also gave warning signs of unstable women and good reasons to get away from them. The last chapter has an example pre-nupital agreement.
Anyway, it had some decent stuff but weak on the dating aspects.
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Catherine Cookson was one of the world's most beloved writers. Her books have sold millions of copies, and her characters and their stories have captured the imaginations of readers around the globe. Now, available for the first time in this country, comes one of Cookson's earliest and most stirring historical romances: The Fifteen Streets.
John O'Brien lives in a world where surviving is a continual struggle. He works long hours at the docks to help support his parents' large family. Many other families in the Fifteen Streets have already given up and descended into a dismal state of grinding poverty, but the O'Briens continue to strive for a world they are only rarely allowed to glimpse.
Then John O'Brien meets Mary Llewellyn, a beautiful young teacher who belongs to that other world. What begins as a casual conversation over tea quickly blossoms into a rare love that should have been perfect. Fate steps in, however, when John is accused of fathering the child of a local girl, and Mary's parents forbid her to see him. The couple begins to realize that the gulf of the Fifteen Streets between them is a chasm they could never bridge-or might they still find a way?
In these pages Catherine Cookson displays the irresistible plotting, scene-setting, and characterization that have made her a recognized master of historical and romance fiction. Fans of her novels, with their larger themes of romantic love and class conflict, will be delighted to find that even at the beginning of her illustrious career, Cookson had the power to captivate audiences. Filled with passion and compelling drama, The Fifteen Streets is a rare treat for lovers of romantic fiction.
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Excellent Historical Romance!!!.......2003-11-29
This is the first book I've read of Catherine Cookson and what a great book I found. Cookson's writing flows efortlessly, letting you enjoy the story more. John a son to a poor family living in the fifteen streets falls in love with his sister's schoolteacher, a wealthy beautiful woman. John is torn between his love for her and knowing the huge gap between their classes. A wonderful story filled with love, sorrow, that has a great ending. A superbly written novel that everyone will enjoy.
Excellent Historical Romance!!!.......2003-11-29
This is the first book I've read of Catherine Cookson and what a great book I found. Cookson's writing flows efortlessly, letting you enjoy the story more. John a son to a poor family living in the fifteen streets falls in love with his sister's schoolteacher, a wealthy beautiful woman. John is torn between his love for her and knowing the huge gap between their classes. A wonderful story filled with love, sorrow, and a good wholesome ending. A superbly written novel that everyone will enjoy.
strong historical relationship drama.......2002-12-20
THE FIFTEEN STREETS are slums filled with abject poverty that usually leads to its residents giving up on the future as the hard work destroys the dreams and hopes for something better if not for themselves at least for their offsprings. A drunk sired John O'Brien, yet the lad once believed that hard work was the avenue out. However, his toil on the docks has left him with deep doubts and the realization that the odds are he will end up just like his dad.
Upon meets his younger sister's teacher Mary Llewellyn, John renews his belief he will make something of himself because now he has the impetus to become a better person. Mary comes from a higher class than John yet prefers working with the children of the FIFTEEN STREETS in the belief that education is the ticket out of destitution. As John and Mary fall in love, the pressure increases to end this forbidden relationship that binds two people from opposite sides of the tracks.
Although the class differences blocking a relationship seem antiquated, this reprint of a classic Catherine Cookson book stands the test of time due to the ageless themes that survival and intelligence is inadequate without love, passion, and hope. The descriptions of the FIFTEEN STREETS neighborhood are sadly realistically horrifying then and now yet brilliantly interwoven into a powerful plot. Fans will admire Mary and root for John to overcome the impossible, which is why the deceased Ms. Cookson remains a favorite.
Harriet Klausner
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K.C. Mckinnon
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K.C. McKinnon, nom de plume of respected literary novelist Cathie Pelletier, weaves a poignant tale of lifelong friendship, golden memories, forgotten dreams, and love in all its guises in Candles on Bay Street. Years after leaving his childhood home of Fort Kent, Maine, veterinarian Sam Thibodeau returns with his wife and veterinary partner, Lydia Newhart, to open a practice. Sam had grown up, under the watchful eyes of the town's citizens, loving from afar Dee Dee Michaud, voted the biggest flirt and prettiest girl four years running. When Dee Dee left town immediately after high school graduation, she was engaged to Bobby Langford, whose only claim to fame was his brand-new gold Corvette. So Sam devoted himself to achieving his other, more scholarly dreams. And although he had faithfully followed his first love's progress via the small town grapevine, Sam is surprised when Dee Dee suddenly returns to Fort Kent with her young son, Trooper, in tow and Bobby Langford nowhere in sight. Dee Dee's small business, Candles on Bay Street, gains a loyal following, and Trooper settles in, making friends and spending time with Sam in the clinic and on rounds to the local community. But things are not the same. The once vivacious Dee Dee seems withdrawn and secretive, even as friends old and new reach out to enfold Trooper and his mother in their arms.
McKinnon has created a touching fable of love lost and found, friendships renewed, and the greatest gift of all--the sense of family that exceeds the bonds of blood or name. --Alison Trinkle
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Candles on Bay Street, K. C. McKinnon immerses readers in the rhythms of small-town life in Fort Kent, Maine, a close-knit community that finds many of its most cherished beliefs thrown into question when a hometown girl returns after a long absence. The narrator is Sam Thibodeau, the town veterinarian, whose world is turned upside down when his childhood friend and lifelong crush, Dee Dee Michaud, comes back to town. Dee Dee was always the town flirt, a beautiful, boisterous girl whose spirit couldn't be contained by such a small community. After high school she'd roared off in a sleek Corvette "the color of the sun" at the side of Bobby Langford, the kind of guy who looked great behind the wheel of a flashy car.
Resettling in Fort Kent years later with her son Trooper--the mysterious Bobby having disappeared long ago--Dee Dee starts a candle-making business and soon acquires an avid local following. But why, in the midst of reunions with old friends and a successful business start-up, does she seem so distant? What secret is she keeping from everyone who holds her dear?
In this exquisitely crafted, ultimately uplifting novel, K. C. McKinnon beautifully captures the poignance of growing older, the comforting joys of friendship, and the glories of love in its many guises.
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A One-Sitting Book...........2004-10-02
This is a quick read, but a touching one. If you're looking for a story about life, love and loss, this might be the one for you. I picked it up, like others, looking for some relationship drama when the back discussed old high school loves meeting up after many years. I certainly did not get what was expected, but I was moved by the story enough to tear up, something I rarely do while reading. If you're looking for a light read, a pick-me-upper, I wouldn't recommend this one. But if you're in the mood for something a little more serious that might make you take a look at life a little differently, at least temporarily, then I would recommend this title.
A huge disappointment........2004-08-04
When I first began reading "Candles On Bay Street", I was hoping it would be a heart-warming romance story. I was hoping Dee Dee would come back, and she would end up with Sam in the end. Unfortunately, I was let down.
As I read, it became more disappointing. Lydia, Sam's wife, didn't seem to care that Sam was still in love with Dee Dee, so no drama there. And no drama usually means no excitment. But, I kept reading. Then, around the middle of the book, I read that Dee Dee has cancer. WHAT?! Of course, there was no hope left for a romantic relationship between Sam and Dee Dee. Dee Dee would obviously die in the end.
I didn't see a reason to continue reading, but I did. Each page was more and more corny, stupid, and ridiculously typical. There are so many dramatic stories about cancer out there, it's become a usual thing. If you're writing a dramatic story, hey, might as well throw in some cancer.
The worst thing was, in the end, Dee Dee asks Sam (who is a veterinarian) to give her some pills to help her commit suicide. Who in their right mind would do that to their best friend? But, Sam does. He gives her some pills, and she dies. To me, the story was pointless and a waste of time. I'm glad I bought it at a garage sale for ten cents.
Written from the heart.......2004-05-14
Candles on the Bay was clearly written from the heart and soul of the author. It shows in the beautifully crafted sentences, descriptions and characters, many of whom were inspired by real people near and dear to the author. To everyone after me who reads this book, PLEASE take the time to read the acknowledgements at the end of the book. Also, read everything. Read the quotes at the start of each chapter. Study the perfectly done illustrations and their captions.
With a little help from her friends........2004-04-11
This was a hard book for me to read as it ends with euthanasia. I had to cry and I read for enjoyment, not pain. Sometimes I cry in movies like A WALK TO REMEMBER -- but that's entirely different, though it too was about a dying young woman.
When I read Norman Cousins' ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS, I was young enough not to have chronic illnesses and appreciated his sharing his experiences. From time to time, I have had to remember that humor and laughing do indeed help a person to heal, as he proved so well. I could not read his THE HEALING HEART because that is what took my sister. Thus, I really don't enjoy books which use a deadly illness as the theme.
I absolutely loved K. C. McKinnon's DANCING AT THE HARVEST MOON and have recommended it to others. It's a love story of an older woman who fell in love with a younger man after she returned 'home' to look for her long-lost first love. A similar thing happened to me the second time I came back home (couldn't find that first love the first time -- still haven't) so I can vouch for the possibility of love against all odds. Even as we age, we still have that 'younger self' lurking just below the surface waiting to surface.
This second book under this pseudonym of a Nashville writer whom I saw interviewed by John Seigenthaler on public t.v. there. She admitted that she used her grandmother's name, so is it fair to assume that her first book was based on Mrs. McKinnon.
the most moving book i have ever read.......2004-02-07
Anyone who has ever wondered about or remebered their past loves should read this book! McKinnon takes a tongue-in -cheek approach when weaving this tale of first loves and love lost. Anyone who can't relate to this book, or who doesn't cry in the end, has a heart of stone! I am a teacher and I recommended it to some of my students who have a difficult time finding a good read. A REAL TEAR JERKER!!!
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