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Farish (Talking in Animal) and Root (Nobody's Dog) prove a dynamic team in this
endearing tale of 'an old man, an ol' Texas boy, country raised, don't you
know' living alone with a cat, 'who he liked, but not so's you'd notice.'
Publishers Weekly, starred review - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Bulletin Blue Ribbons - New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Work of Children's Literature more |
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Farish's story is an atmospheric blend of half-stated thoughts,
moody moments, and inexplicable yearnings; she captures, in
Lucy's every move, a preteen who is holding herself responsible
for the events around her while she backs away from any direct
action. Barely restrained emotions underscore each conversastion
here, while the airy, elusive writing subtly conveys the full weight
of each character's concerns.
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Gone is the openly wistful tone of Why I'm Already Blue (1989),
Farish's first book; instead, this novel conveys a more subtle,
equally heart-tugging reluctance in response to change. Andrea
is a cynic hoping to be proved wrong; Swede is just the person
to do the proving. Sweeps of emotion, pockets of tellingly placed
details, and a cast of ruggedly believable characters make this a
story to reel readers in.
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In spare conversations and observations, Farish artfully captures
the changeable weather of Siobhan's emotional landscape. Readers sensitive
to nuance will find this replete with small surprises and grace notes.
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Work In Progress: The Good Braider Here is a gallery of photos by Kate Philbrick of Jane, Susan, and Moses William and Florence Olebe in Portland, Maine. They are my extraordinary collaborators in writing my work in progress, the story of a girl from Southern Sudan who comes to America.more |
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Farish exhibits a fresh, original, and intensely appealing voice in this
first adult novel-a female addition to the Vietnam genre that is as moving
as it is wise.
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Like Robert Olen Butler, Farish threads Eastern mysticism and the residual
pain of war into a universal human story--this one of mother loss...
Farish's second adult novel (after Flower Shadows) is
quiet, sensuous and intensely moving.
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Certain scenes--a harrowing natural child birth, and a sudden winter
squall deep in the hills--will haunt you long after you've finished Terry
Farish's latest tale, a poetic, sensuous rendition of a fragmented New
Hampshire commune in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Two lovers, Christy, a
shell-shocked veteran, and Deborah, his young, impressionable wife, begin
to stand for all of us as their son grows to manhood and they grow older.
Altogether, they are separate but inseparable, helplessly and haplessly in
love, a glorious and universal family despite themselves.
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