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Title: Of Time and Memory: My Parents' Love Story by Don J. Snyder ISBN: 0-345-42769-6 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent, sad but not sentimental
Comment: I approached this book without much expectation and to my surprise found it moving and amazing. I would recommend it to anyone very highly only be aware that it is very sad. The book is organized into the writer's search of information about and people who knew his mother, who died just after his birth, and a recreation of the last year of her life. It is this latter part that makes the book unique. The book is almost a hybrid of fiction and memoir in this sense and yet his mother is more real than most fictional characters. The delicacy with which he creates her world is amazing. This is one of those books that I found myself "living" in as I read it. The only thing that might put people off is a certain (for lack of a better word) mysticism. I'm not big on the memoir genre but I think this is one that will stay in my mind a long time. Thanks for writing it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Please don't hesitate! Read this book!
Comment: The advice above is well taken, believe me. I don't think I've been this affected by a book in quite a while, and as a voracious reader, that's saying a lot. I cannot say exactly what it was that touched me, but the story is a sad and tender one, with beautiful language and description. I bought it on a whim, having never heard of Don J. Snyder; I am so grateful that I did. As you read the story, you are no longer an observer but an actual participant, it puts so close. The only thing that stopped me from reading it through at one sitting was that I had to keep taking breaks to let my emotions settle down and think about it. I was even compelled to do a little research on what the mother, Peggy, died from...please, don't hesitate to read this. Almost everyone will get something from this profoundly beautiful book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Nostalgic and Bittersweet
Comment: This is a beautifully written book. Very moving and also very sad, but gratifying as well. Recently I was discussing this novel with someone. When I related the basic gist of the story, this person said, "Oh, sounds like the same idea as in The Notebook, a novel by Nicholas Sparks." There is a slight similarity, but this is real. The story is real and the writing is real, not just sentimental, contrived fiction. I just listened to the audio book and loved it. I would recommend this to anyone.
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Title: The Cliff Walk : A Job Lost and a Life Found by Don J. Snyder ISBN: 0316803480 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 20 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Night Crossing (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by DON J. SNYDER ISBN: 0345438043 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Fallen Angel : A Novel by Don J. Snyder ISBN: 0743422325 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Winter Dreams : A Novel by DON J. SNYDER ISBN: 0385508506 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson ISBN: 0446611085 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 28 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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