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"This collaboration--posthumous in McAlmon's case--has proved amazingly successful. It gives us pictures of two lives--and many surrounding lives--from different angles, as if they had been taken with a stereoscopic camera. Thereby it gives us an impression of depth and substantiality that have been lacking in other memoirs of Paris in the 1920's." -- Malcolm Cowley, New York Times Book Review
There was no more exhilarating decade in the history of modern letters than the twenties in Paris. They were all there: Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, Gertude Stein, James Joyce, John Dos Passos, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mina Loy, T. S. Eliot, Djuna Barnes, Ford Madox Ford, Katherine Mansfield, Alice B. Toklas... and with them were Robert McAlmon and Kay Boyle.
Their collaborative memoir began as a book written by McAlmon in 1934. In the late 1960s, Kay Boyle revised and edited the book, adding alternating chapters of her own. The result is a marvelous chronicle of the period as seen through two sets of perceptive eyes. As both writers tell wonderful anecdotes--of Joyce on his evening binges, of Stein holding court, of Hemingway at his most vicious--they beautifully evoke 1920s Paris in this sad, funny, informative, and nostalgic memoir.
"On his side of the dual autobiography (an interesting device which works very well here) McAlmon tells fascinating stories... and he is always honestly direct. You like the man and you like the book... On the other side, Kay Boyle is a delightful writer with a style that can be dazzling, yet strong as steel... It is Miss Boyle who gives us the airy magic of Camelot-Paris simply by telling us the story of her hopelessly romantic life." -- Mario Puzo
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Eagles Without a Cliff.......2003-04-27
This is a strangely, piercingly affecting book ostensibly by and about two largely forgotten writers among the "Lost Generation" of writers and artists in Paris in the 1920's. It is an emotionally engrossing tale, especially on Boyle's part, of what physical and emotional/spiritual sacrifices the life of the committed artist demands.-----Yes, there is plenty of name-dropping and stories concerning Pound, Joyce and Hemingway-But that hardly seems the point and neither does their art (except for Boyle, at times). This book is about what sort of People they were, how they lived their lives, both internally and externally.
The stereotype of the artist as a self-destructive martyr to his or her art is certainly on display here, but the characters aren't represented as hollow stereotypes (which themselves exist, after all, for very good reasons). They leap from the page as living, breathing people, and one gains an insight into the modus vivendi of each of them. And it must be said that, of the writers from that milieu that are still remembered today (mentioned above), only Joyce comes through as a lovable figure, and a good man, despite his drinking bouts.
The major achievement of this book is that it brings home the humanity of both Boyle and McAlmon as they lived their externally festive (especially McAlmon's), inwardly tormented (especially Boyle's) lives. There are several other aspects on which one could dwell, Mcalmon's generosity and relative selflessness (as written of by Boyle, not he), Boyle's supposedly more "Romantic" way of life and art (as written of by McAlmon, not she), but the main effect is that of laying out a physical and psychological tableau of their lives in the 1920's.-As McAlmon confesses, "It is a horrible admission, but some of us are driven to work at times to forget about living life. That creative urge, if you will, or is it that something remembered or contemplated is more entertaining than the actual scene and event being experienced? Somebody else spoke of Marsden as an 'eagle without a cliff', but aren't we all?"-Later he writes, "...we had moments of enjoying the sodden destruction of time in a weary world."---
As we look back on this supposedly "dated" attitude of those expatriate writers, can we really say that their actions and outlook were so dated? What artist or what person has not had thoughts or periods of life such as expressed above?---At one point in the book, McAlmon reports a fellow reveller at a Parisian cafe chiding him for his well-known generosity and telling him that he has "too much humanity." This is the only criticism that can be levelled at this book, if you choose to categorize it as such.
A book for specialists.......2000-11-01
If you have read extensively about the Lost Generation and their Paris, then the McAlmon chapters will further illuminate what others have said. If you are fairly new to the subject, this book will bore you to tears with its laundry lists of who/what/where/exactly when and at what time so-and-so got drunk. I do not think Kay Boyle's chapters do anything but prove how odious she was.
Memoirs of Paris.......2000-07-12
This is an evocative memoir -- much more substantive than many books exploring the lives of expats in Paris in the 20s & 30s.
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- Inspirational and encouraging for those expeiencing depression
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Little Pieces of Light...: Darkness and Personal Growth (Illumination Books)
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A hope-filled book that reaches into the human heart and encourages the reader to approach painful inner darkness as a help rather than a hindrance for personal growth.
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Inspirational and encouraging for those expeiencing depression.......2007-06-02
I ordered an extra coy of this little book. I like having it on hand if I chance to learn a friend
is suffering from post-partum or similar depression. Joyce Rupp writes so personally...you come away feeling
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A book of hope.......2007-01-04
Joyce Rupp knows how to get to the heart of any issue about which she writes. This book helps the reader see how even in the darkest of times, God is present, shedding His light and His presence, whether we are aware of it or not.
I have given this book away many times. It is concise, clear, and filled with hope.
Very perceptive to the human condition; particularly grief!.......2000-01-26
I thought Sr. Rupp's book was very helpful in getting me to face up to what grief was. My sister-in-law recently lost a daughter via murder and I needed to know how to comfort someone in that stage (and also myself and other family members). She has great insight into compassion and tenderness for those suffering this tragedy. The book goes into timely suggestions and great prayers for anyone suffering loss of ANY kind! I truly found this book SUPERB!
Rupp explores the darkness without God and it's normal........1999-05-13
Joyce Rupp has her usual grace when people are in the midst of darkness/depression and feel very far away from God. Rupp explains that this darkness we encounter is normal and can and does bring us closer to God. When we feel the light of God is minimal to non-existent, we somehow manage to hold unto hope to find the long lost joy in our God who is present and embracing is in some manner. Her examples give hope and are accurate to give us hope if we are in the midst of a dark journey. Finding the darkness areas aid us in our relationship with God and to be expected.
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- Too many men, too little time...
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Pieces of a Man (Urban Soul Presents) (Urban Soul Presents) (Urban Soul Presents)
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Lily McNeil has what most women want in a relationship: ideal romance, fabulous sex and lots of wealth. However, her perfect mate comes in the form of three different men. Lily and her romantic man have been a hot item for two years, but lately, his taking her for granted is leaving very little excitement between them. During am much-needed night out with the girls, Lily meets a sexy musician who fees a side of her that is starved. Soon after she meets a millionaire real estate broker, who offers elaborate gifts and elite social status. Now she must choose between the man she is sleeping with but not dating, the man she is dating but not sleeping with, and the man who offers her the stability she needs. What s a girl to do?
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Too many men, too little time..........2007-09-28
Lily has had a two year affair with Romance, but it seems that lately, he's taking her for granted. One evening at a Girls Night Out, she runs into an impossibly sexy musician named Dick and she is immediately interested. Not wanting to blow her situation with Romance, she keeps her affair with Dick very quiet. Unfortunately, it can't go on like that forever. Lily gets a job with Hallmark cards and has to move from Atlanta to Kansas City. Almost immediately, she meets a tall, handsome realtor who banged into the back of her truck. They strike up a friendship that progresses toward a love affair, then she meets his captivating brother. How is she going to sort out all of these men? PIECES OF A MAN by Cas Sigers is the story of just how such a complicated love life turns out.
Interspersed throughout the novel are poems written by Lily; some are to her lovers and when she finally realizes she doesn't really know herself, they are to her. By this time, the very pretty Lily has met yet another man.
Cas Sigers' novel, PIECES OF A MAN is a very interesting love story which also includes several sub-plots involving Lily's girlfriends. It keeps the suspense going as all of these women reach crises with the men in their lives. The characters are all well developed so there is no guessing about motives and what drives each one. The end tends to leave you guessing, however.
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Lily is every woman I know!.......2007-09-21
I loved this novel. Its not often in contemporary urban literature an author looks at the role we all play in the success and demise of our relationships. Lily is a lovable and real character. I see bits of every woman I know in her, including myself. A definite must read for young men and women... I look forward to more from this author.
Through the Looking Glass..........2007-06-15
I was very suprised at how wonderful this novel turned out to be. At first glance one would think that this book is strictly for the "sex and the city" gal, detailing the humorous and outrageous predicaments a single, professional young woman continues to find herself entangled in. But a second look reveals a thought-provoking and poetic account of one woman's struggle to find everything she's always wanted in one man. Being a man who is still trying to figure out the woman, I found myself turning the pages readily, gobbling up each and every word the main character, Lily, spoke to me. Wonderfully articulated in intelligently, traditional prose and oft accented with charismatically, poetic verse, Lily expresses herself truthfully and unabashedly as we ride the love tilt-a-whirl with her from the top to the bottom and back to the top again. Does this "perfect man" exist? Or is it just an ideal women cling to until he becomes actualized, inevitably leaving them uninterested and desiring another upon his arrival? Lily's lovable humanity and transient flaws make reading her narration easy and delightful, and her infectious spirit carries you throughout this quick read as she seeks out the pieces to her "man". Human nature seems to be to covet what thou doth not possess, and Lily is no exception. But the closer she gets to solving her own riddle the further away she really is. And although her thought process at times might have seemed to be irrational and full of romantically, sensual spontaneity, through the looking glass I could see that Lily mirrored many of the traits I find exist in most of the women I have been fortunate enough to call friend, girlfriend, lover and/or confidant. Lily is the new millenium woman: independent, successful, confident and most importantly sexually saavy. But how important are those characteristics if you have no one that compliments them? Will Lily find the right gentleman? And if she finds him, will she have the sensibility to recognize the lad or will she continue on her ambitious quest? Oh Lily, Lily, Lily...what an amazingly realistic archetype you are! And what an enchantingly amusing, yet educationally informative book Ms. Sigers has crafted in "Pieces Of A Man".
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Pieces of Light: A Year on Colorado's Front Range
Susan J. Tweit
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Colonel Jake McAllister doesn't doubt that Maura Phillips has the qualifications and the know-how to handle a spot on his all-male, high-tech team at Elgin Air Force Base. As the test pilot in charge of top secret stealth weapons development, he's more worried about what's going to happen when her "free spirit" is introduced into the project's touchy pressure-cooker environment.
He'd been expecting to meet a buttoned-down engineer in a severe blue suit, which is why he's not exactly sure what to make of the leggy California girl with riotous curls, funky clothes and clunky jewelry who comes flying through his door. He soon concludes the lady is deadly serious about her job-and a deadly threat to his self-control.
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reprint of two excellent military romantic suspense tales.......2005-03-05
"One of the Boys". At Eglin AFB, Florida, test manager Maura Phillips is attracted to uptight Deputy Commander for Operations Colonel Jake McAllister. He reciprocates as he wants the free spirited civilian. They go out on a date, but regret that the other is not right for them. When a test that Maura analyzed almost resulted in a tragedy, the military wonder whether the flaky Californian is a serious risk. Jake knows she is compassionate about her work and the safety of the crews; he plans to prove her innocence even as they fall in love encouraged by his fifteen year old daughter.
"Maggie and her Colonel". At Eglin AFB, Armament Division Commander Colonel Alastair MacRae is irate with the new civilian Chief of Environmental Engineering. Dr. Maggie Westscott explains why she rejected his team's test proposal. Mac asks Maggie to help his team revise the test parameters to meet her environmental concerns. As they work together on the project, they fall in love. When a colleague accuses Maggie of sabotaging a test to help her former company gain a contractor's edge, she wonders what her Colonel believes.
ONE OF THE BOYS is a rewrite a fine military romantic suspense (BITS AND PIECES) that includes the impact of the Global War on Terrorism on domestic bases since the original novel was published. The story line is fresh and tense starring two opposites. MAGGIE AND THE COLONEL is a bonus tale from around the same time frame, but not updated with the GWOT impact. Still this remains an insightful look at military life as only retired officer like Merline Lovelace could provide. Fans of military romantic suspense will enjoy the two stops at Eglin AFB.
Harriet Klausner
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If I read it in one day, does that mean its really good?.......2002-05-27
I absolutly love Julia Watts. Sadly though I now have all of her books in print and "Piece of My HEart" completes that collection. I can't wait till more. Piece of My Heart actually taught me more about women, lesbians in particular (duh!) than I knew before. Being your sterotypical gay male I confess to know little about women but Julia Watts writes in very vivid, detailed plots that ANYONE is sure to enjoy.
couldn't put it down.........2001-08-06
I was browsing in the lesbian bookstore, and came across this book;title caught my eye. i started reading this wonderful book, and before i knew it, it was three hours later, and I wanted more. The story line, and the characters are memorable, most of which we all have met at least once in our lifetime,..or will soon meet. The story left an impression on me that will last for awhile,..this is where I am in my life, and I'm sure others out there can relate to this wonderful story as well. It is a must read for the romantic at heart.
We have all been there, haven't we?.......2001-01-22
This book was not only insightful about life after the "coming out," it was just plain *funny.* I chuckled and laughed all the way through. Even better, our earnest heroine is *young* and there are all too few novels about younger lesbians that don't wallow in self-imposed marginalization. Jess reminded me of myself in my early 20s. I didn't have a clue either, and just made it up as I went along, a hopeful romantic.
Another great book by Julia Watts.......2000-01-14
This Watts's most specifically lesbian novel. It is about coming out of the closet in college (specifically Louisville, KY) and entering the dating scene. There is a side splitting scene toward the end that ranks as a comic masterpiece. It was also great fun, since I'm from Louisville, to see the city so well used, particularly Cave Hill Cemetery's landmark Peasley Sphinx which even appears on the cover.
The best book I have read in a long time!.......2000-01-14
I could not put it down. The writing is excellent. The characters feel genuine and the events are sometimes sad, but more often they are laugh out loud-funny. She is a true writer in the southern tradition. I recommend this book highly.
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