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Title: Divining Women by Kaye Gibbons ISBN: 0-399-15160-5 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: can't get enough
Comment: I'm not normally one to post things on the internet. However, I must make an exception when it comes to my favourite author Kaye Gibbons.
I eagerly (and obsessively) awaited the publication of her latest novel. Of course, it was worth the wait. Yet again I feel validated as a woman, capable of anything, and am more keenly aware of the influence my life has on the males in it and vice versa.
Ms. Gibbons writes the most darkly, inspiring stories in the most beautiful way. It's not just what she writes but the way she writes it. Thank you, Ms. Gibbons and when can we expect more?
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful read
Comment: A wonderful read, interesting setting and characters that you feel you know and want more of. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: Gibbons outdoes herself
Comment: I had high expectations for Kaye Gibbons's first book in six years, as she is one of my all-time favorite writers. Divining Women does not disappoint.
The story: Mary is a young woman who grew up around wealthy, free-thinking relatives during the first part of the 20th century. One grandfather is a nudist, another plays host to the spirits who come through their house on the way to somewhere else in their afterlives. She has also enjoyed the benefit of a variety of strong female role models, including her mother and grandmothers. Due to WWI, Mary education is on hold. Her mother decides to send her to take care of her aunt (her mother's half-brother's wife), Maureen, who is heavily pregnant, in North Carolina. Maureen's husband and Mary's uncle, Troop, due to his upbringing and family history, is the worst sort of man: selfish, abusive, cowardly, and manipulative. He has constantly manipulates reality to suit himself and has gone through extreme trouble to crush every ounce of his wife's spirit and passion. As the women's relationship develops, the influenza outbreak worsens, the war goes on, and they slowly learn from each other and band together against the evil in their lives.
This novel is dark, but it would be unrealistic if it were otherwise, as it takes place in a dark time: during World War I, in the midst of the influenza breakout. Gibbons draws off her own experiences with love, heartbreak, and renewal, as well as tragic events of modern times, such as September 11th. Her writing is magical, beautiful, and masterful. I often found myself reading the same passage over and over to ensure that I got every drop of enjoyment out of it. Unlike other reviewers, I found the characters to be completely unique, but utterly believable. Gibbons uses humor as well as tragedy to construct an amazing, gratifying, and empowering story. Additionally, the novel gives great insight into southern life in the early 20th century.
Although Gibbons has written many wonderful books, this is one of her greatest. It is easily one of the best books of the year, if not of modern times.
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Title: Islands (SIDDONS, ANNE RIVERS) by Anne Rivers Siddons ISBN: 0066211115 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by Anne Tyler ISBN: 1400042070 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Song I Knew by Heart: A Novel by Bret Lott ISBN: 0375503773 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: My Sister's Keeper: A Novel (PICOULT, JODI) by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0743454529 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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