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Title: I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 0-380-80488-3 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.01 (76 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A surprise!
Comment: I picked up this book in the library, not familiar with the
author, and wow! Pearl Cleage can write! She not only tells
a good story, but she honors her craft. I loved lines like this:
"She was watching Nik get into her ca and drive off toward the
danger just like they always do in the horror movies; gripping the wheel, gritting her teeth and swearing she doesn't believe in ghosts." Cleage is a WRITER.
Cleage's heroine, a teacher-turned-social worker, combines sex with sensibility. The book is less about plot than about character; the heroine can get a little preachy about feminism but that's who she is, and it's not the same old story.
The use of film as a learning tool is very real -- made me
want to rent some of those videos myself.
Reminded me of May Sarton, with a lot more bite, deeper characterization and much, much better writing.
"Red dress" reaches way beyond an African-American audience
and deserves to become another best-seller for the author.
Rating: 2
Summary: what a let down
Comment: I was very disappointed in this follow up novel for the reason listed below.
1. the charators were one dimensial. Not developed at all. I found myself more interested in Lattimore Family than main charator.
2. The main charactor Joyce was so contrived. Eveything just fell into place.
3 Nate the only good male in the book beside Preachers husband was so peprfect. I never felt like he and Joyce never had a relationship.
4. Girls in Sewing Circle were/couldhave made more intersting by a little more charator development.
Sum it all up I felt like this book was written quickly to satisfy a deadline. I didnt feel Pearl Cleage put her heart and soul into this book. I am glad i got book on sale and didnt pay full price.
Rating: 5
Summary: DELIGHTFUL SEQUEL.
Comment: If you liked IT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY ON AN ORDINARY DAY, you will LOVE Pearl Cleage's second novel, I WISH I HAD A RED DRESS!
This novel re-introduces Joyce Mitchell, one of the characters from Cleage's previous novel, as well as some of the members of her "free" women's community group, affectionately known as "The Circus". All of the characters come alive through Cleage's wonderful story-telling style--so much so that the reader wants to know what happens to them long after the last page is turned.
The characters also relate such memorable messages as: "Confession, without closure, is just whining"; "Anybody can learn anything, once they quit pretending that they already know it"; "If you can't admit it, you probably ought to quit it"; and "If you want to make God laugh, make plans".
In addition to running "The Circus" and helping its all-female membership deal with issues such as motherhood, education, abusive relationships, and career choices, Joyce must examine her own feelings regarding the blossoming of a romantic relationship with the newest member of her small Idlewild, Michigan community, after surviving five years of widowhood.
I WISH I HAD A RED DRESS has all of the wit, humor, and excellent plot development that can be expected from a Pearl Cleage novel, and it will hold the reader's attention from the first page to the last.
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Title: What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 038079487X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do by PEARL CLEAGE ISBN: 0345456068 Publisher: One World/Ballantine Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Where River Turns to Sky by Gregg Kleiner ISBN: 0380805596 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 06 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0425185508 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: In the Castle of the Flynns: A Novel by Michael Raleigh ISBN: 0425190366 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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