Helpful votes received on reviews:
67% (2 of 3)
Location: Mississippi
Anniversary: Dec 1
In My Own Words:
“There’s a difference between life and art, Savannah,” I said as we moved out into Charleston Harbor.
“You’re wrong,” She said. “You’ve always been wrong about that.”
-Pat Conroy
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Not much can make me happier than watching my husband's face literally glowing with joy, and it does whenever he puts in a disc from this collection. Obsessed since childhood, he is determined to pass the love of Bugs and company onto our children. This collection is perfect for doing just that and also appeasing him with all the wonderful extras.
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This was an interesting account of the wife of "Father Abraham." I love that, at the end of the book, Card explains why he made certain decisions about the story and where he did his research. I don't always agree with his interpretation of the story, but (as has most Biblical fiction) the book has made me anxious to open my Bible and read its account of Sarah, digesting every word like precious wine (excepting that I don't actually like wine, but you get the picture). My favorite part of the book was his interpretations of Lot's wife and Hagar, the handmaid who bore Ishmael. If those women truly were how they are portrayed in this novel, then it would explain a lot about why… Read more
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It was amazing how this book paralleled my life over the last month. I began reading it and was taken in by Nancy's honesty and humor. I related to so much of what she was saying. As I continued along, the issues we were facing at the church began to surface in the book. She discussed "dragons" in the church, those people who seem bent on causing trouble somewhere, anywhere, over anything. After things blew up here, I lay the book down for a bit. When I picked it back up, I was on the chapters written to those dealing with serious complications in their ministerial life. WOW! It was like she called me up on the phone and said, "Heather, I know what you are… Read more
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