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Title: When My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon by Frances Park ISBN: 0-7868-8645-5 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 13 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredible story
Comment: Though sisters, Korean-Americans Cleo and Marcy have not talked for years. That changes when the forty-two years old Cleo calls to tell her younger sister that her husband Stu just died. Apparently, the wealthy Stu lost control of the car when lightning suddenly struck right in front of him. Marcy drops everything to race to Cleo's side to help her with the funeral even knowing the true dark side of her sibling and that she probably never loved Stu.
Marcy thinks back to when they were young and she idolized her gorgeous and fiery unconventional (at least in the Korean culture) sister. That is until Cleo left for college, came back on summer break, and left again for school, leaving Marcy to contend with their Korean born mother who never adjusted to her new country. Marcy resented Cleo then and resents her now as she watches a pro shed crocodile tears to gain sympathy from Stu's side.
WHEN MY SISTER WAS CLEOPATRA MOON is an incredible novel that works on three levels: the rivalry between sisters, the Korean-American 1970s experience, and the difficulty of an immigrant to adapt to this country. The story line is insightful yet quite entertaining as readers will appreciate the key players. If this novel is any indication of her talent, Frances Park is going to become a star as she provides her readers with a convincing character study.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: tapestries of worlds
Comment: Frances Park has created an absolutely mesmerizing character in the form of Cleopatra Moon. A young woman with the power to captivate all males who cross her path, expressed in terms which are both poetic and sensually unique to Ms. Park's writing style. As the novel progresses we are provided with clues which indicate that turbulent and unexpectedly vulnerable inner worlds exist within Cleopatra and her initially adoring younger sister. The story twists and shatters stereotypical expectations with the richness of the characters. Yet in the background we see gradually emerge a loving portrait of an often absent father who becomes a multi-layered symbol for redemption and the re-integration of portions of the soul which the two sisters have misplaced over the years.
The two sisters are very much the product of the American 1970's, yet Ms. Park is also able to masterfully convey the Korean-American experience through the character of the mother and her relationship to the two daughters.
Cleopatra is so charismatic that the reader would initially be willing to fall under her spell for the entire length of the novel. Read Chapter Two as a separate work of art in this regard. Yet Frances Park has done far more than create a host of intriguing characters. She has created situations in which initial suspicions yield to deeper meanings over sometimes traumatic and sometimes wryly humorous flows of time. The reader will reflect upon the nature of his or her own relationships and the continuing impact of unresolved emotions of the past. This is a book to be read several times over.
Rating: 5
Summary: Buy the book
Comment: "When My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon" is compelling read.
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Title: A Cab Called Reliable : A Novel About Growing Up In America by Patti Kim ISBN: 0312190301 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: In Full Bloom by Caroline Hwang ISBN: 0525947116 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 24 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: House of the Winds by Mia Yun ISBN: 0140291946 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: To Swim Across the World : A Novel by Ginger Park, Frances Park ISBN: 0786886315 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 28 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Foreign Student : A Novel by Susan Choi ISBN: 0060929278 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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