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In Sunshine and Shadow, Johnston's approach again radiates truth, humor, and compassion as the Pattersons deal with the illness and death of Elly's mother. Readers mourn with the Pattersons as they gather for a loving tribute, wishing their cherished mother could be there with them. "You know what, Dad'" Elly says to her father. "I bet she was." The family also watches as life goes on: college student Michael's love life heats up and Elizabeth has begun the transformation into a young adult. Through it all, John and Elly raise their brood-Michael, Elizabeth, and April, as well as Edgar the dog-with a liberal mix of love and laughter. Heartwarming and humorous, the Pattersons give readers a reason to smile while emphasizing what's really important in life.
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Loyal Follower.......2006-03-17
I have just about all the For Better or For Worse books. I haven't had a bad one yet.
The Pattersons deal with loss of a loved one.......2001-09-09
Dealing with death is never easy, but Lynn Johnston manages it with humor and tact. Grandma Marian died, and although sad, it was never morbid. I would recommend this book to someone dealing with loss, as it shows that letting go isn't easy, but it can be done.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!.......2000-07-11
Lynn Johnston is in a class by herself. She is by far and away the best illustrator and story teller ever to hit the funny pages. She's great! Her courage in portraying homosexuality, death, and adult themed issues, e.g. divorce and business is to be applauded. Her characters are all convincing and believable, and with the exception of obnoxious, spoiled April, truly delightful.
HATS OFF TO LYNN JOHNSTON!.......2000-07-11
This book is in a class by itself. Nobody in cartoon history has created such delightful (save for April with her fresh mouth) and believable characters. Nobody else has been brave enough to confont issues like breast exams, death of family members and loss of pets as well as homosexuality. It is a brave new look at a superior caliber of comics that is more than just a comic.
HATS OFF TO LYNN JOHNSTON!
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!.......2000-07-08
I loved it! It was a very realistic, moving series of stripsthat dealt with death in a humane and compassionate as well asbelievable way.
The only negative comment I could make is that I just can't like April. I tried, but like a reader named becca71, I think April is a spoiled brat who is never disciplined and who goes out of her way to rile people. Although I don't approve of Jeremy's bullying tactics, April DID ask for it by singing that cruel song and for making obnoxious comments. I don't like the way poor Liz took the heat everytime bratty April got into something. I don't like the way April hogged the bathroom and impacted on Liz' time to get ready. I think April is a capital brat who has not a clue what "no" means and who is just a spoiled, silly, self-indulged little princess. Becca71 was right.
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Spirited ex-cowgirl, quilter, and folk-art expert Benni Harper is back, investigating the connection between her favorite author, the murder of a family friend, and a crazy quilt. And when she starts receiving strange phone calls and anonymous letters telling her she'll be the next victim, her interest in the case becomes even more urgent.
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Someone, P*L*E*A*S*E buy her an editor!.......2007-07-02
Christine Zika was mentioned in the acknowledgements as "a most wonderful and insightful editor". Ms. Zika, please return whatever money Penguin Putnam paid you. This was one of the worst edited books I've ever read (second only to it's successor). I got it from the library and someone who read it before me had actually penciled comments in the margins regarding the glaring discrepancies (something old Christine should have been doing before cashing her paychecks). Example: in the very same paragraph the old man says he was sitting out on his front porch; and when he heard Scout barking up a storm in the truck he came out on his porch to investigate. Huh? So here's Scout raising a big enough ruckus to get a deaf old man to see what's going on and the old guy says, "Guess your hound must've been lying down on the seat and the fella didn't see him because the fella...stuck his arm through the window." What? This same dog that was sounding the alarm to the entire neighborhood from inside the truck was doing it lying down unseen?
And then there was Jack "slowly pulling onto the highway" several time on the same page. Or how about the truly glaring incident of Senora Aragon's "numerous...sons-in-law"? Throughout this series Benni has repeatedly stated that Elvia is an only daughter (w/ multiple brothers). If she's the only daughter, how could her mother have numerous sons-in-law (unless Elvia is a bigamist)?
About the only good thing I can say about this book is that the author's love of dogs is evident throughout. That was almost (but not quite) worth the frustration of wading through the lousy (no, make that NON-existent) editing.
Pay attention to the title - it matters........2006-08-25
Benni Harper and her husband Gabe Ortiz are settling into their marriage of two years, although it hasn't been easy. They both have pasts that refuse to stay in the past. But right now, it's the present that is the problem. Grandma Dove has married famous photographer Isaac Lyons; his fifth marriage, her second. Benni's best friends Elvia and Emory are also newlyweds; only it's the first time around for thse two. So what could go wrong?
Well, one of Gabe's old pals from the LAPD shows up, has dinner with Benni and Gabe, leaves Gabe an ominous message, and gets stabbed to death under a bridge. Someone is stalking Benni, spray-painting her car with vile suggestions, calling and hanging up, slashing her truck tires. Dove wants an annulment (from a Baptist wedding) because Isaac's groupies are driving her crazy and he snores. Elvia and Emory are both workaholics, but it doesn't seem to be hurting their relationship, wich is almost the only really bright thing going on in San Celina. That and the exhibit of crazy quilts at the museum, an exhibit that includes a quilt by Emma Baldwin, a writer of Nancy Drew-like mysteries set on a ranch. Benni grew up loving the stories and has fond memories of meeting Emma Baldwin years ago. These memories include also some bright, wonderful moments in the early days of her marriage to Jack Harper, before he died.
SUNSHINE AND SHADOW is up to Fowler's usual high standards. Her characters continue to develop and grow. The setting, particularly in this book, contrasts the easier moral times of a generation ago with the more morally muddy issues plaguing the west of today. That's an odd way to describe "setting" but the issues of land management and urbanization are part of how the times have changed, and that change is reflected in this series. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW as a title is truly indicative of the themes Fowler writes about in this book. Life is like that.
Satisifying background.......2006-02-08
I love the entire Benni Harper series and this one is great because you get to really meet Jack for the first time. Jack is always a background part of Benni, even though he is dead before the first book of the series, so it is great to really get to know him. I would not recommend this as a starting place for this series though because its so back and forth between the present and past - its much better after you are throughly addicted to Benni and her friends! I love the connection at the end, as well (which I won't tell about since I don't want to spoil it!) - made me feel all mushy. A wonderful addition to an awesome series!
Sunshine and Shadow-excellent.......2005-09-27
Another excellent book following the adventures of Benni Harper and her extended family. Love the references to quilting in this series.
A little about Benni, Jack and Gabe.......2005-08-09
This was one of the better books in this series. You get to see the life of a young carefree Benni and are introduced to Jack her first husband. Don't worry there is a mystery here and it is played out in the usual fashion that people love when they read this series. I loved the ending of this book and also somehow Gabe came across as more sensitive than he has previously been. I like seeing that too! Look forward to the remaining books in the series.
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- Now THIS is a love story!
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New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney is acclaimed by critics and readers alike for unforgettable storytelling and arresting characters. Now she introduces a Regency England you’ve never seen before, where dazzling magic is practiced in all but the highest reaches of Society, and where desire is the most mysterious and seductive force of all.
One of the Duke of Wellington’s most respected officers, Jack Langdon, Lord Frayne, takes his family’s honor very seriously. He also hides a shameful secret: a talent for sorcery he has been raised to suppress and openly reject. But after an injury lands Jack at death’s door, his only chance at survival lies with Abigail Barton, a peer’s daughter and a skilled wizard. Her price: Jack’s hand in marriage. It isn’t long before Jack feels an irresistible attraction to his forthright new wife, whose allure is as intense as the reawakening magical abilities he can no longer deny.
Abigail had to make a great sacrifice to perform a spell powerful enough to save Lord Frayne, and although she cannot help but be drawn to her reluctant husband’s surprising sensitivity and kindness, she knows all too well his distaste for magic. Once she has Jack’s name and the child she has always longed for, she is determined to live apart from him so that he can preserve his reputation–and so that she herself can stay true to her gifts.
But neither Abby nor Jack reckons on the deep, long-simmering passions her spell ignites. They challenge each other’s extraordinary powers and deepest desires for the sake of a love that may cost them all they cherish most.
With breathtaking skill and vivid historical detail, Mary Jo Putney weaves a tale of enchantment, mystery, and romance that will forever hold you spellbound.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Now THIS is a love story!.......2007-09-07
I just love it when the hero & heroine fall in like on their way to falling in love. Jack Langdon agrees to marry Abby - a wizard - if she saves his life after he breaks his neck in a fall. Abby later releases him from his promise, but he feels honor-bound to procede with the marriage, and convinces Abby that he wants to marry her. She agrees, mainly because she's had a crush on him for years. It turns out that Jack is under several spells, but a marriage spell is not one of them. Through the prejudice experienced in London - wizards are feared (partly because they challenge the 'superiority' of the ton?)- to the dark magic that appears to enfold Jack's home in Yorkshire, the trust and love between these two wonderful characters grows and conquers. Definitely a keeper!
I sure hope this is the first of a series on these five men who became lifelong friends when they met as young boys at Stonebridge Academy, where they were sent to have their magic beaten out of them.
Excellent description of healing magick.......2007-09-05
This is my first experience reading anything by this author and I loved it. The romance aspect of it was intriguing, but what I enjoyed most were the descriptions of Abby's healing magick. While the purpose of fiction is to entertain, I'm sure, I actually gained knowledge and skills that I now incorporate into my own meditation and healing.
Can't wait to read the rest of Putney's novels!
Magical and touching romance........2007-07-26
The story begins as Jack Langdon is awakened by a "prefect" at Stonebridge Academy for boys. He has been sent to this strict and spartan school as his dad caught him practicing magic and had failed to beat it out of him. The school specializes in young, well-born boys who have been shown to have magical inclinations. Jack soon makes other friends of Ashby (a duke), Ransom, Winslow and Kenmore. From the opening pages we know this will be a very harsh school.
We are next in a hunting village at the Barton Manor where lives Sir Andrew Barton, his healer daughter, Abigail (Abby), and when not in Spain, his son. Abby is alone at the Manor as her father is in London when Asby and Ransom bring the mortally injured Jack to her. Upon examination she find his neck is broken so he is paralyzed from the neck down plus he has injuries to his spleen and ribs, a concussion, a broken right leg and has lost a lot of blood. These injuries are so severe that Abby is not sure that even a healing circle can save him. Ashby tells Abby to ask for what she wants so she asks for Jack to marry her as she has admired him from afar for several years. Jack agrees. In fact, during the circle as Abby is working to mend the most critical injury (his broken neck) she finds a hidden store of magical energy in Jack himself which Abby uses to finish the repairs to his neck.
Although Jack's life is saved, it will take sometime for his injuries to his leg and his blood loss to heal. Jack stays at the manor with Abby whose friend Judith also stays as a chaperone. Jack's friends come in and out to help as well. As Jack and Abby come to know each other and get married and go to London, they get closer and closer and Jack begins to realize that maybe magic isn't such a terrible thing after all.
A very touching story and some fun magical elements!
Couldn't finish it.......2007-07-14
This book was boring, trite and predictable - not at all the caliber of writing of mary Jo Putney's earlier books.
big disappointment.......2007-07-14
I have to say that I have been a big Putney fan for many years and am also a fan of supernatural/witchcraft lit as well, so I bought this book fully expecting to enjoy every minute. All I can say after finishing the book is "why did I finish this tripe?"
Putney is a wonderful writer of Regency Romance and the characters usually draw me in quickly but in this case the female lead, Abby, was the better drawn of the two, but I never did figure out why she had been infatuated with him for years from afar, and it took about 3/4 of the book before I had more than a sketchy idea of what made him tick. And the whole thing was overwhelmed by the "magic"!
This was nothing more than a fairly straightforward Regency Romance in which, in the same Regency England of 1813 that is so often portrayed in these books, apparently the entire world is populated with hundreds or thousands of witches and warlocks (and by the time the novel finishes you wonder if anyone isn't a magician)...tho' the aristocracy hates and fears them (tho' they seem to use them frequently or actually BE witches/warlocks themselves) and the only reason for this is a sloppy thrown-out excuse that they fear "sharing" power!
Abby, with her fellow magicians, heals Jack after a hunting accident, including from paralysis due to a cervical spine fracture and multiple hemorrhaging internal injuries, and then later, feels that it is "almost beyond her capabilities" to heal up a tiny hole going into his mother's heart from a knitting needle!
I found the setting too familiar and the magic everywhere and into everything and NOTHING happened except with regard to magic. It was as if they couldn't even sit and eat without magic intruding or affecting something. This caused a very disconcerting and incongruous story that kept pulling me right out of the world she was trying to create--the "suspension of disbelief" that is required was overwhelmed again and again by sheer excesses of the story. I can't remember the last time I said "give me a break!" more often than in reading this book. Either move it to a fantasy world or make it work in the world she is portraying, but it certainly missed on all cylinders in this story!
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unreal.......2005-11-25
This book did nothing for me and after the third member of an Amish family went against his own priciples I finally put the book down.
The main character Alan was the only person true to his own nature of being jaded and cynical. Alan was beginning to experience a subtle transformation that was believable and held my interest. But the ease in which Susan set aside her own value system to be at Alan's beck and call was uncharacteristic of someone raised in an Amish community.
What a beautiful & memorable story of true love!.......2002-08-23
Sunshine and Shadow is one of those books that will stay with you where the other romances might be forgotten as soon as you finish the novel.
Alan Wilde is a jaded, been-there-done-that, forced-to-act-as-a-child-by-profit-motivated-parents, controlling but successful Hollywood movie director. He hungers for nothing, as he is well off yet his appetite for life is at an all time low. He is spiritless. Nothing can shock or surprise him. That is, not until he meets our heroine Susan Peachy. A pretty young Amish widow full of spirit who can marvel at all the wonders of God such as star gazing at night and laying in the grass observing the busy ants. Even the simplest everyday things we take for granted, such as being able to turn a lamp on and off captivate her attention.
He can't believe that someone so pure and untainted still exists on this earth. Nor can he help but be drawn to her simple goodness & her fresh look at everything that comes her way. When she looks into his eyes, she sees the complete opposite: disillusionment, boredom, sin and badness. But she is drawn to him nonetheless. She knows he's a sinner but sinners can be saved and that's a temptation she cannot resist. She calls him "English" as that is what the Amish refer to any non-Amish people and so in retaliation, he adoringly calls her "Amish". She shows him just by being herself that he does indeed have a soul and this is a book of his awareness of how it is to really live a full life. Life not full of material goods as that is the only world he knew but a life of just good itself.
This is a marvelous love story. Proof that opposites do attract. That good will beat bad. I don't ever recall describing a novel as "beautiful" but Sunshine and Shadow is a warm and beautiful book. It had an almost fairy tale sort of feel to it. Not because the story was unrealistic but because of the way it enchanted me. I was spellbound. If reading this book doesn't bring a little beauty and sunshine into your heart, then you might be as jaded and cynical as our weary hero used to be before Susan Peachy entered his life and changed it forever.
Remarkable Read.......2002-02-19
I had seen this book at my neighborhood UBS (used bookstore)for some time now and didn't know what all the hype was about, especially since it is out of print and hardly ever "in" so I decided to pick it up. It was a soulful read, the story was at moments heartbreaking and you sometimes wonder about the intentions of the Hero when he brings the Heroine into his world but the authors wrote this with much respect for the Amish community as well as not taking away from the love that came to be for the Hero and the Heroine. I cannot recommend this one enough, if you are lucky enough to find it... KEEP IT. It was remarkable. If you like this storyline I do also recommend "The Outsider" by Penelope Williamson (which is a historical)
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beautiful, tender story.......1999-07-30
This is an amazing book - it instantly went on my top ten list. I was initially skeptical about the premise (Hollywood director and Amish woman) but was soon drawn into the story. The Curtises write beautiful, lyrical love stories -- not to mention create a great cast of characters. Sunshine and Shadow, like their other novels, is an absolute delight.
My only question is, when will they write another novel? Most of the other stuff on the market pales in comparison.
Clash of cultures, a meeting of minds, the triumph of love!.......1997-03-12
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WINDFLOWER. Sharon & Tom Curtis have a knack for creating "bad boy" heros you can empathize with and heroines who can redeem them without being annoyingly perfect or unbearably dippy. I found this to be a wonderful story - I only wish it had a sequel...
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Excellent Autobiography of the Queen of Silent Films .......2005-03-27
Mary Pickford wrote this fine autobiography back in the 1950's and it was a huge best-seller. Often unfairly knocked by later historians (especially Pickford biographers) mainly for the lack of undiluted intimacy, those critics fail to take in to count the era it was published. It's a superb history of her unparalled stardom (you will note those most of those same critics nevertheless use her book to an outrageous degree for the sources of information of their later efforts). I feel the woman who the world loved in the 1910's and 1920's at level it never would another movie star very much comes through the pages of this lovely book.
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A remarkable story of tortured love among the African American elite
When acclaimed African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar saw a photo of Alice Ruth Moore in a literary magazine in 1895, he sparked off one of the most important-and turbulent-romances of turn-of-the-century America.
During the six years of their courtship and marriage, Paul and Alice enjoyed literary acclaim, received recognition as the vanguard of African American accomplishment, and gained access to elite white society. But beneath the idyllic veneer, Alice's life was marred by rape and brutality, Paul's by alcoholism, depression, sickness, and artistic self-doubt. After suffering a near-fatal beating in 1902, Alice left him to become an important suffragist, and when Paul died four years later, she had answered his ardent letters for reconciliation with only a single telegram: "No."
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Excellent Analysis.......2005-11-13
I think that this book was excellent in that it provides a foundation for finding new ways to analyze history, seeing as how the history we are generally taught excludes people who were not members of mainstream society. A history that only focuses on mainstream society does not represent all of society and almost behaves as if other people did not exist or play major roles. Eleanor Alexander acknowledged that while there was not much documentation on the courtship and relations of the African American middle class, she was trying to start from the limited sources that were available to provide a new perspective. In addition, this novel touched upon some very real issues that are known but underplayed, including the racism and self-hatred that was very prevalent among black people and the fact that the patriarchal society was the primary basis for sexism that degraded the value of women.
Dr. Alexander never once claimed that her ideas were facts, but she provided valid reasons to support her claims. For example, she explained the fact that Alice's history is undocumented but she allowed room for the possibility that Alice may have unofficially told of her own history in her short stories. She also presented proof in Alice's own words that Alice disliked darker-skinned blacks and that Paul, a dark-skinned black who exhibited self-hatred because of his color, disliked yet desired light-skinned women, the closest to the American definition of beauty, a white woman. Alexander posed questions that would make the reader think "Was this a possible factor?" If she was critical in her analysis, her criticism was matched by objectivity. In a way, learning negative truths about someone as famous as Paul Laurence Dunbar or his wife is unpleasing, but I appreciate her honesty. Another magnificent thing about this book is its analysis of gender relations and some of the practices that still exist today. The past does shape the present, and an excellent example she used was of rape and how society attributed more blame to the woman, as if the woman somehow did something to deserve it, and that is still a widespread problem today. Therefore, this book demonstrates how essential it is that we are provided with an encompassing presentation of history that allows us to see how many problems arose in the past and why they are still perpetuated today. The ideas that she presents in her novel are accompanied by documented primary sources that urge us to consider at the very least the possible validity of her claims.
It is possible that some may say that she touched upon certain areas but then failed to explore further, but it is important to keep in mind that she stated repeatedly that there was limited documentation and that she was merely trying to provide new possibilies that would stir more people to follow her lead and delve deeper.
Better to have love and lost..........2004-11-24
How do two African-Americans, who are uncomfortable in the skin they are born in, forge a successful union in the early 1900s if the relationship is doomed from the beginning? Eleanor Alexander depicts the courtship and marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore, African-American pioneers in the literary arena.
Paul Dunbar is born in Dayton, Ohio on June 27, 1872 to a doting mother and an abusive father. A sickly child, Paul has an unusually close relationship with his mother, Matilda. He writes his first poem about a problematic marriage at the age of eleven probably based on his parent's relationship. Paul hits it big on the literary scene with tales of plantation Negroes who speak with broken English and are a source of amusement to his white audience. He grows to loathe the tales as his more serious work goes unnoticed.
Alice Moore is the illegitimate daughter of a woman who washes clothes for a living. Her mother educates her and her sister. Their mother seeks the best for them and they grow into cultured young ladies. Alice and her sister are able to pass for white. This causes her not to identify herself as being Negro. Alice's stories often centers on female characters who are referred to as Mulatto or Creole but never Negro.
Both Paul and Alice hate their African-American heritage. Paul falls in love with Alice when he sees a picture of her in a magazine. He prefers to date light-skinned or Mulatto woman. Although Alice detest Paul's dark skin but she is drawn to his fame in the literary world and what his fame could potentially do for her writing career.
They keep their courtship private, communicating through letters. Paul suffers from mental issues and alcoholism. He also holds sexist views, handed down from his father, causing him to be abusive. These factors, added with the extra "burden" of being Negro during this time period, adds to the destruction of their marriage.
Eleanor Alexander recounts an excellent part of history regarding the marriage relationship of a prominent African-American couple. The book is repetitious at times but she gave very extensive information regarding the thoughts and feelings on racism, sexism and class status. This was a fascinating yet tragic love story.
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