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Title: Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds, Melissa J. Hayden ISBN: 0-399-14355-6 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (214 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Ninah's story will capture you...
Comment: This book is written from the perspective of Ninah, a young girl on the verge of emotional, sexual and spiritual growth living within an extreme religious group. Her life is filled with prayer, penance and the storytelling of the one truly strong person in the community, her grandmother. Ninah falls off of the path of rightousness and onto a road of trouble when she falls for her prayer partner James and ends up pregnant. The aftermath is touching, sad and uplifting all at the same time. Ninah is a vulnerable yet strong character who questions her spirituality at every turn. Grandpa Herman wants the members of the community to live up to his rules and doctrines instead of God's. Ninah refuses to give into this blind faith of follow the leader. She knows her heart and she lets it lead her to her own salvation and helps to bring peace and honesty to the community. Sheri Reynolds writes a gripping story, one that is symbolically rich and strong in characterization. This is a must read, regardless of your faith and beliefs.
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautifully, painfully written
Comment: Some books read like poetry. This is one of those books. I knew it was going to be a wonderful read from the beginning, when the author describes tapestries that Ninah (the main character of the story) wove, speaking of her turning the tapestry over and seeing the backside weeping, the colors running together.
This is a story about a girl who grows up in an extremely controlling, religious environment - a cult, really. Her youth is filled with joy, superstition, guilt, pain, punishment, love, and yearning, the last of which lands her in some trouble. Ninah maintains a sense of innocence through her difficulties. She also questions, not really rebelling, but just doesn't fully accept the beliefs of the Church of Fire and Brimstone and God's Almighty Baptizing Wind.
If you're from a strong religious background, this book may be difficult to read. It's a story of a girl's growing up and exploring in a religious environment, and as such, some of the references to religious things are not always in the most reverent of terms. Some of them are necessary to making this real, but some of them seem to cross the boundaries (example: many suggestions that Ninah is making love to Jesus when she is making love) and lessen the delivery of a story that would seem more true without them.
All in all, this is a book well worth reading. The characters don't turn from religion in the end... they only turn from fanatacism and abuse in religion.
Rating: 5
Summary: Neat-o!
Comment: I really enjoyed this book. It was very descriptive, and tragic, with out being overwrought or cheesy. The flashbacks to grandma's side of things was interesting, and the surprise at the end was excellent! This is for sure one I will read again.
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Title: A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons ISBN: 0375703063 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen ISBN: 0440226104 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 02 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons ISBN: 0375703055 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: While I Was Gone by Sue Miller ISBN: 0345443284 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton ISBN: 0385265700 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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