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Returning to Earth (Paperback)

by Jim Harrison (Author)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Grove Press; Reprint edition (September 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0802143318
ISBN-13: 978-0802143310
Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 359 g

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Dying at 45 of Lou Gehrig's disease, Donald, who is Chippewa- Finnish, dictates his family story to his wife, Cynthia, who records this headlong tale for their two grown children (and also interjects). Donald's half-Chippewa great-grandfather, Clarence, set out from Minnesota in 1871 at age 13 for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In Donald's compellingly digressive telling, Clarence worked the farms and mines of the northern Midwest, and arrived in the Marquette, Mich., area 35 years later. As Donald weaves the tale of his settled life of marriage and fatherhood with that of his restless ancestors, he reveals his deep connection to an earlier, wilder time and to a kind of people who are "gone forever." The next three parts of the novel, each narrated by a different member of Donald's family, relate the story of Donald's death and its effects. While his daughter, Clare, seeks solace in Donald's Anishnabeg religion, Cynthia and her brother, David, use Donald's death to come to terms with the legacy of their alcoholic father. The rambling narrative veers away from the epic sweep of Harrison's Legends of the Fall, and Donald's reticence about the role religion plays in his life dilutes its impact on the story. But Harrison's characters speak with a gripping frankness and intimacy about their own shortcomings, and delve into their grief with keen sympathy. (Jan.)
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Donald Burkett is 45 and dying. The Chippewa-Finnish man, first introduced in TRUE NORTH, determines to chronicle his family's history before he dies of Lou Gehrig's disease. The exceptional cast, including Traci Svendsgaard, Ray Porter, Tom Weiner, and Paul Michael Garcia, present his story, sometimes harshly, sometimes tenderly, but always unsentimentally and truthfully. Beginning in 1871, with the ancestors who came to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and moving between past and present, Donald describes lives lived against a background of nature, a world filled with violence, love, the unknown, and the possible. In this beautiful, spiritual book, the narrators offer impressive performances, bringing a welcome clarity to each human moment. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Seamless, Fluent, Predictable and Dull: Classic Harrison, in Short!!, Jan 3 2008

By	Criticaster "'Hugh'" (Great White North) - See all my reviews

As with John Updike, one can't shake the impression that he can write endless reams of this stuff in his sleep: a writer of voluble and expert prose that eventually dulls the senses and provides neither great heights nor great depths because the writer himself is capable of neither. One admires his skills while reading it but having finished one notices that it has left no permanent impression.

Once detached from the hypnotic setting of his prose, one finds that the work itself is little more than a succession of thin, etiolated cliches. A consistent flaw in all his writing. It's as if he keys his writing to the washed-out sensibilities of the editors and reviewers of 'Esquire' or the 'New Yorker' in order to make a good living--which he very evidently DOES, despite his hypocritical swipes at 'Republicans' and the evil rich.

Despite all the hyperventilating accolades of his uncritical groupies--which appear to be mostly female and 'bohemian' in a well-heeled and risk-averse way--this is a novel that will change no one's life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars AN INTIMATE, COMPELLING VOICE PRODUCTION, Mar 16 2007

By	Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Returning to Earth (Audio CD)

Listening to the quartet of talented actors who read this moving book is very much like having producer's seats at a stellar Broadway production. The rendering is intimate, compelling, and completely sweeps you away.

Traci Svendsgaard is a versatile performer, narrating such diverse titles as The New Rules to College Admissions and this touching reflection upon life by a dying man. Ray Porter is a consummate ensemble player with numerous TV and film appearances to his credit. His diction is clear, concise. British-American actor Tom Weiner is also a producer, director and writer - experiences that add to the luster of his narrations. Active with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Paul Michael Garcia's stage trained voice is very much like music to the ears.

With Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison's sequel to the acclaimed True North (2004), we return to Upper Michigan and again meet Donald Burkett who is now an adult in middle age and dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. As he tells us at the onset he didn't know too much about Lou Gehrig as his sports were track and football. But that was then and this is now when he feels compelled to tell his family history, untold stories from the past that his children have not heard.

Cynthia, his wife, and their two grown children, are with their father for his last days. Half Finnish and half Chippewa, Donald has pretty much come to terms with his impending death. The same cannot be said for his family, especially daughter Claire who adores him.

As the narrative continues each contributes to the weaving of their family's story, recognizing their roots, being grateful for what is and has been good in their lives, and coming to terms with acceptance.

Recognized as one of the foremost authors of our time Harrison has again crafted an unforgettable novel that will strike chords within all of us.

- Gail Cooke

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