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Title: Harkening by Carolyn Howard-Johnson ISBN: 1-59129-550-5 Publisher: Publishamerica Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 'Harkening..' Poignant and Heart-warming
Comment: This beautifully written book by Carolyn Howard-Johnson not only shares her own intimate memories of family and growing up but will stir similar stories of your own childhood. It's a poignant portrayal of family secrets and generational tales woven together exquisitely and eloquently.
'Harkening' has all the familiar family dysfunctions we know firsthand with our own families. The chapters intertwine with each other and flow together poetically and with strength. Each chapter blends and bonds like the stronghold that keeps family together. But as with any good writer, each chapter is a story unto itself told in vivid color and description that arouses strong emotion.
Carolyn breathes life into the pages with great imagery taking you along with her to a place and time only she can retell. The Utah setting and family members come alive and still linger long after you've put the book down. They are not only her own recollections but Carolyn writes about the stories handed down to her as all our past generations have done and continue to do. They connect us and help us find a place to belong.
If you've ever been teased, made fun of, laughed at, or made to feel less than who you really are, you will feel akin to Carolyn as you listen to her harkening. But don't be mislead. As much as these stories will trudge up your own dark memories there are also the warm-hearted stories she shares that will bring a smile on even the darkest day.
'Harkening' is written with honesty, love and understanding that helps to heal your own wounds. It's a literary treasure that will dig up your own buried recollections. I highly recommend 'Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered' and give it top rating.
Rating: 4
Summary: Touching
Comment: Every family has stories to tell. We hear them most from those older and wiser than us. Stories of the past, of their lives and the lives of loved ones before them. Often we hear these stories so many times we fail to pay attention after a while. We roll our eyes thinking, not this again or how many times have I heard this story but we must stop and wonder have we ever really listened to the truth inside the story?
Carolyn Howard-Johnson's second novel, "Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered," will make you ask yourself that very question. "Harkening" is not your average book of short stories. Designed to be read at leisure, each story with the ability to stand on its own, it has been carefully arranged to take you through a time line of life. Mrs. Johnson shares with us from her own memory stories told to her by members of her family about her family spanning over many generations.
In a distinct writing style that only Carolyn Howard-Johnson possesses, the characters of "Harkening" are skillfully described in such a way that you can almost hear them telling the story in their own voice rather than reading it second hand. Each story is a beautifully crafted piece of "creative nonfiction," as termed by Mrs. Johnson, leaving you with an overwhelming sense of truth and the realization that maybe you should pay closer attention to those stories you've heard so many times in the past by your own family.
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetic Prose
Comment: Carolyn Howard-Johnson's second novel "Harkening - A collection of Stories Remembered" is a poetic adventure. Johnson's skill with words, her poetic phraseology turns each narrative into a mini adventure that reads with the rhythm and tempo of a story poem. As with her first novel, "This is The Place" many of the short stories deal with bigotry and the cruelty words can inflict. Still the thread weaving all the memories into a whole is the power of love. Many of Johnson's narratives brought to mind memories of my growing up. "Harkening" is a marvelous, poetic, must-read novel.
Beverly J Scott author of "Righteous Revenge" &...
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