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The Elegant Gathering of White Snows (Paperback)

by Kris Radish (Author)
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When eight women in rural Wisconsin take off in the middle of the night for a journey of the heart, it touches women everywhere. The walking women are different ages and of diverse backgrounds, yet their friendship and unwavering mutual support have forged an immutable bond. They start their walk as support for Susan, who is facing an unwanted pregnancy, but all are walking for their own lost loves and lost dreams. As they walk, they talk about their lives, and the pain of the past is shed. The media picks up the news of their perambulation, and soon they become a national sensation that starts other women thinking about their lives, resulting in positive changes all over the country. The women are unaware of their influence, and their small community protects their privacy, so they can proceed without the intrusion of the outside world. A rallying cry for the empowerment of women, Radish's novel is also a celebration of the strong bond that exists between female friends. Patty Engelmann
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Eight Women on a Journey That Will Change Their Lives as Lovers, Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Friends

Just after midnight in a small town in Wisconsin, eight women begin walking together down a rural highway. Career women, housewives, mothers, divorcées, and one ex–prom queen, they are close friends who have been meeting every Thursday night for years, sharing food, wine, and their deepest secrets. But on this particular Thursday, Susan, Alice, Chris, Sandy, Gail, Mary, Joanne, and Janice decide to disappear from their own lives.

Their spontaneous pilgrimage attracts national attention and inspires other women from all across the country. As the miles fall away and the women forge ahead on their backroads odyssey—leaving small miracles in their wake—each of their histories unfolds, tales of shattered dreams and unexpected renewal, of thwarted love affairs and precious second chances.In luminous, heartwarming prose, Kris Radish deftly interweaves the women’s intimate confessions into the story of their brave, history-making walk.

A breathtaking achievement, The Elegant Gathering of White Snows tells an incomparable tale of friendship and love, loss and liberation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, Intimate and Beautifully Written, Dec 12 2004
This review is from: The Elegant Gathering of White Snows (Paperback)
I am absolutely amazed by all the negative reviews about this book on the website. I would love to know the ages of those writing the bad reviews. I wonder if women with more life experience and years under their belts would be the ones who would be able to understand and appreciate this incredible book? In my opinion, this book speaks to the issues, struggles, heart, and lives of every woman. It does not have a traditional "plot" as such - if that is important to you - but is instead a telling of the inner lives, experiences, and challenges of a group of women as they explore these issues both individually and as a group of friends. It explores how each woman's life choices impact on her life and those around her, how early wounds affect us in so many ways throughout our lives, and how every woman has strengths and wisdom that can be called up, shared and nurtured.
It is the most beautiful description of the gift we all give each other with the friendships of women in our lives, and how essential these friendships are to our own growth, strength and living. The writing in this book is absolutely beautiful. The author manages to describe the most difficult intimate emotional experiences, as well as the most joyous connections, with words that ring deeply true and are at the same time almost poetic. This book is not a quick bit of fluff. It is profound, meant to be savoured and experienced, like fine wine or old friendships.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An okay novel about the bonds of friendship among women, Feb 18 2004
One night during a meeting of friends in Wisconsin, 8 women decide to take a long walk, not telling anyone where they arer going or why, not even knowing themselves. Over the course of their walk, they learn about themselves, about being women, and about having an impact on each other's lives.

Not a bad book. The separate stories behind each of the women walkers and the stories of the lives effected by their walk are very enjoyable and interesting. But, when you gather the women together, they tend to lose their personalities and become indistinguishable from each other. Their language as a group also seems overly simplistic, as if it were dialogue from a high school play. It's during these scenes that I started to lose interest in the characters and considered putting the book down and moving on to something else.

I also felt that the public's reaction to the women was unrealistic. No one -- not even their husbands or partners -- tried to stop them or to find out what was going on. No one bothered them at all!! They also treated the group with a bit too much reverence, seeming to place them on pedastal. I also found it difficult to make the connections between what the walkers were doing and the actions of the public. One woman reads a newspaper article about the walkers and decides to leave her husband and move to California, all thanks to the walkers. (Huh? What?)

On the plus side, this novel does a great job at touting the necessity for the bonds of friendship and of womanhood. Everyone needs support of some form or another to make it through hard times. These 8 women are there for one another through thick and thin, and will stay that way for as long as possible.

Overall, not a bad book about friendship. A very quick and easy read.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A Not so elegant gathering of stereotypes, Feb 17 2004
By Catherine T. Gourley (Dallas, pa United States) - See all my reviews
Am I the only reader who thought these women were the most annoying, whining self-centered cariactures (not characters)? I kept waiting for an inciting incident, a conflict that would build plot step by plot step to a climax or turning point. Not so. These are like pages from a writer's sketchbook of ideas rather than a novel with rising and falling action. Radish may be a very good journalist and travel writer--no doubt she can use language well--but in this attempt at fiction, I believe she has failed. Instead of focusing on the eight women, she veers off to incorporate phony news articles and side stories of women who hear about the walkers through the media and suddenly change their lives radically. A novelist's challenge is to create a world where the reader can suspend disbelief or at least care about what happens to the characters. I never got to that place.
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2.0 out of 5 stars White snow should cover this one!
Alright, first of all I want to say I love the idea of this book. I am one of the woman who would absolutely die to pick up (sometimes) and just leave, walk, talk, reflect, sit... Read more
Published on Jul 18 2004 by Kim Robinson

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of paper
Do you remember those "growth seminars" from the 70's and 80's? Shell out some money and in two and a half days, you will learn how to find happiness, success, sexual fulfilment,... Read more
Published on Jun 19 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Women Walking. Yes, That's It.
I don't know what I was expecting from this book, since the back cover pretty much says it all. A group of women friends are suffering from a severe case of discontent, and come... Read more
Published on Jun 19 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even mentionable
This book became a dread to read. The whole idea of eight woman on miraculous walk is too absurd. There is no way to enjoy the book when it has eight main character and it... Read more
Published on Jun 4 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars I have changed my rating
I disliked this book so much that I felt I had to write something. In retrospect, my first review was too generous. Read more
Published on April 22 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars an elegant gathering of white snows
I didn't enjoy reading this book at all. The characters didn't seem real. The issues didn't come home for me. Most of all... this book seemed to be about healing. Read more
Published on April 19 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Elegant About This Book
Having worked my way through 2/3 of this book, I am dreading the rest, but will complete it for my book club discussion. Read more
Published on April 15 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY confusing
There is way too much going on in this book and it skips around so much with different characters that it makes it hard to follow I would NOT recommend this book to anyone.
Published on Mar 19 2004 by K. Geiger

1.0 out of 5 stars The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
It's exaggerated. I found that the story didn't go nowhere. She could of made like 5 good books out of all the little stories she wrote about different womans. Read more
Published on Mar 10 2004 by Chris Gauthier

1.0 out of 5 stars So bad I had to say something
This is the worst book I have read in recent history. The author needs to take some classes on how to write a readable book; the characters are so poorly presented I felt like I... Read more
Published on Feb 23 2004 by Karen Ghio

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