- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Canada (April 13 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385257023
- ISBN-13: 978-0385257022
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #632,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Brown is a consummate storyteller ... The Handless Maiden is a big, exuberant novel with a generous heart, which loves life and everything in it." —The Globe and Mail
"Compelling ... It may be the kind of novel that's been missing from the Canadian publishing scene." —Quill & Quire --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"Compelling ... It may be the kind of novel that's been missing from the Canadian publishing scene." —Quill & Quire --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Book Description
Sexually abused by her grandfather since she was eight years old, Mariah tells no one. As a teenager she shows great potential to become a concert pianist. Haunted by the dark secret in her family, one afternoon she threatens her abusive grandfather with a gun. A struggle ensues and she shoots herself in the hand.
Robbed of her career as a pianist, Mariah eventually becomes a composer. The novel turns on a series of complex relationships she has with others who have suffered damage in their lives. These vividly realized characters, like Mariah, learn to make opportunity out of accident and ultimately find dignity in compassion.
Raw, exhilarating and emotionally powerful, The Handless Maiden is an audacious and triumphant debut.
Robbed of her career as a pianist, Mariah eventually becomes a composer. The novel turns on a series of complex relationships she has with others who have suffered damage in their lives. These vividly realized characters, like Mariah, learn to make opportunity out of accident and ultimately find dignity in compassion.
Raw, exhilarating and emotionally powerful, The Handless Maiden is an audacious and triumphant debut.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An Amazing Novel,
By Suzanne Stranges (Thunder Bay, ON) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Handless Maiden (Hardcover)
Well, I paced the floor of my local Chapters bookstore for almost an hour and a half in search of the perfect book before locating the Handless Maiden. My grand search truly paid off because the book was absolutely amazing. Mariah is an emotionally vibrant main character who shares with the reader the story of her life. The characters appear so real that by the end of the novel you feel as though you've experienced their lives through their own eyes, thoughts, hearts, and, yes, souls. Its a deep, dark, and overall enlightening novel that moved me beyond words. Brown is a talented new novelist and I look forward to her future works (and future fame). Not only did I find the "perfect book" that day but also the "perfect storyteller". I congratulate Loranne Brown on an exquisite novel...a rare gem.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Read!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Handless Maiden (Hardcover)
Yes, a great read. As I told someone, it was an excruciatingly emotional book. Mariah experiences depths of life...and then she uses her music in wondrous ways. Also, Ms Brown has a remarkable talent for writing the healing of music. The theme of "opportunity from accident" is real as we find when we reflect on life's challenges. As I came to the climax I thought, "Oh yes". I am a dedicated fan of Canadian novelists.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Happiness, sadness, love and death, and depth,
By A Customer
This review is from: Handless Maiden (Hardcover)
Why read? To escape, to go somewhere you've not been before, physically or perhaps mentally? Is this why you read? If so, I encourage you to go on a journey with Mariah. Through the prolific words of Loranne Brown, Mariah takes us through a personal journey of abuse, love, sex, music, motherhood, death and healing. And she does so in a way that you'll never forget.I especially recommend those of you in book clubs consider Loranne Brown's debut novel as a book you'll all read in the next few months. I have the good fortune to live down the "highway" from Ms. Brown so we were able to invite her to our club meeting last week. After discussing the novel over dinner, Ms. Brown joined us to answer some of the questions left after we "had it all figured out." She is a gracious, dedicated writer with a great sense of humour. Not always is the humour evident in her novel, but the dedication certainly is. It is also evident that she's done her research and that she's a superb story teller. I also recommend you try to read Grimms fairytale of the same name. It may help interpret the book in a different way. On behalf of my club, Lileth's Library, thank you Loranne Brown for a good read and a delightful discussion!
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