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Review Date: 3/4/2006
Helpful Score: 1
I just finished this book. It was unreal. The story started out relatively mundane... and then the family went into a tailspin. You are left wondering if there was a total crash and burn or if, perhaps, there were some survivors. The story was just recently released on DVD with Richard Gere... some minor differences in the film.
Review Date: 5/31/2006
Helpful Score: 2
I was struggling through another book and picked this one up because I believed, true to form, that the book would a be a quick, though very heart-felt read. While I want to believe that the intensity of this kind of physical and psychological maltreatment of children does not occur, I know it does. Bird, the eight-year-old voice in this fictious story, uses her imagination and, ultimately, Miss Zola to get her through the unimaginable.
Review Date: 6/14/2006
Helpful Score: 2
"Freakin' sweet!" - Kate (my daughter)
Review Date: 5/19/2006
A technical book that provides the reader with the perspective of those that provide medical treatment. Not a book you would likely read prior to going into the hospital for surgery, but interesting nonetheless.
Review Date: 5/21/2006
Wonderful recollections told in a both witty and poignant manner.... the last chapter, "The Letter," was a perfect way to end the memoir.
Review Date: 3/18/2007
We read this book as a book group selection. Some thought it similar to Reading Lolita in Tehran. Either way, it was compelling and provided a perspective on life as it could be...
Ice Bound : A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 10/15/2006
after all fo the groundwork was laid for the story, it went much quicker...
Review Date: 2/6/2007
a quick read...
Review Date: 1/24/2006
and now, of course, some are saying parts of the book may have been fabricated... however, fabricated or not, the content is telling and one can only imagine that getting out of an addiction so severe could be no less than the descriptions included here.
Review Date: 6/29/2006
Helpful Score: 1
very quick read.... from the perspective of someone who has lost a sibling..an insider's view of her thought process when dealing with the loss.
Review Date: 1/19/2006
Oprah's latest pick...
Review Date: 10/24/2006
Andrei Makine
Review Date: 10/1/2006
This Picoult book will keep you guessing right until the end. Apparently it has been made into a Lifetime Original Movie, I would like to see how they interpreted the story.
Review Date: 6/3/2008
WHOA! Talk about twists and turns... she waits 'til the end to get you good!
Review Date: 1/28/2006
from the back of the book: "Told in lyrical prose, Skeelig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love."
Review Date: 7/8/2006
I remember a friend telling me that this book was one of his favorites. I am quite sure I missed the point. So it goes.
Review Date: 3/18/2007
Helpful Score: 1
I read this book as a book group selection. I am trying to think what other book it reminds me of... maybe one by Amy Tan. It was very painful reading the sections relating to footbinding, but no where NEAR how painful it must haven been to endure.
Review Date: 7/17/2006
look for the special message as you read... as per Picoult-style.. there are always twists and turns that keep you guessing..
Twilight Children : Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 7/24/2006
I love every single one of her books. This time, I think I was able to see and feel more of the frustration and sadness that one would likely feel those situations, along with the joy.
Review Date: 7/26/2006
Helpful Score: 4
It reminds me in some ways of Nickel and Dimed.. except she was not doing it for research purposes.. she was in the situation for real. I think things like this happen more often than we know.. because we are afraid of what other people will think... or don't really know what to do. It was a very quick read.
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