Book Description
Floating in My Mother's Palm is the compelling and mystical story of Hanna Malter, a young girl growing up in 1950's Burgdorf, the small German town Ursula Hegi so brilliantly brought to life in her bestselling novel Stones from the River. Hanna's courageous voice evokes her unconventional mother, who swims during thunderstorms; the illegitimate son of an American GI, who learns from Hanna about his father; and the librarian, Trudi Montag, who lets Hanna see her hometown from a dwarf's extraordinary point of view. Although Ursula Hegi wrote Floating in My Mother's Palm first, it can be read as a sequel to Stones from the River.
Customer Reviews:
Why so morbid?.......2007-02-27
Wonderfully written but generally morbid. I loved Stones and immediately again appreciated Hegi's incredible writing ability. Like Stones, the environment in which the stories take place is grey and depressing. Some of the stories are very uplifting but most are about horrible things that happen to regular people. The only reason the repetition of this type of story makes sense to me is that at a certain age these are the types of things kids focus on.
One Must Have Empathy.......2005-09-18
The term "hard to describe" comes to mind after reading the final page and closing the book of these wondrous, sad, lovable, heroic set of stories.
As the main character, Hanna, plays out the highs and lows of her tragic life, Ursula Hegi writes from her heart of how difficult was the reconstruction of life for most Europeans after World War II.
I was totally hypnotized by the magic of this novel.
My mind wandered to stories I had heard.
The suffering and hardships which had been spoken of by "real" people lingered in my psyche until now and will do so forever.
I am totally mesmerized by the strength of those who have encountered a crisis of any kind.
Thank you, Ms Hegi, for this beautiful account of an all too common tale.
-Yvonne Bornstein, Author, Eleven Days Of Hell - My True Story Of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture and Historic FBI and KGB Rescue
Superb Articulation, Contemporary Literature.......2005-02-05
Ursula Hegi uses her usual hypnotic prose in this book, which flows like the water in the rivers that she loves, even as fast as 8 kilometers per hour like the Rhein. The stories continue to flow seamlessly, through her whole book. Yes, "stories," as even though the book is a novel, it is composed of chapters, which are in fact free standing stories in and of themselves. All the stories are narrated by her protagonist, but each story could be lifted out of the book, and be self-contained.
Her subject of each story is unique, and yet it is all mixed with her wondrous elucidation of the struggles, feelings and progression of the German people in `reconstruction' after the World War II. The people left, in so many country towns of Germany, in the aftermath of the war. These people were only trying to live; before, during and after the war. They were not part of the political maelstrom we call National Socialism. Their lives were very much more simple than that, and they did suffer quite terribly, yet they stoically went on, as people have proved in every corner of the globe, that this is what human beings do. They pick up what is left and go on.
Hegi does not concentrate on the effects of the war, they are coincident with the life that is found in post-World War II Germany. Hegi concentrates upon the life of her protagonist, a very smart and very sensitive young lady, from age 7 through about 14, as she grows up in this environment. The problems that she encounters though are the normal problems that all people encounter in every environment. Only the backdrop has to do with where they are and what the landscape is like. Hegi pays attention to that, but not overly, it is the people that are her subject: from Love to Death, from teenage pregnancy to sexual child abuse, from amputation to neural disease, these are the things that Hegi speaks about, and how they affect her narrator as she grows up in the midst of it. As she grows up in life, perhaps wherever she might be.
Hegi writes modern day literature. It is worthy of the classification, and will endure the test of time. All readers who enjoy wonderfully written contemporary literature should not miss the opportunity to indulge themselves in Hegi's book.
A beautifully moving book.......2003-12-19
I have read her novel, Stones from the River, and because of that novel, I didn't hesitate to buy this one. I still don't regret buying this novel. It's beautifully written, lyrically so and haunting.
Hanna loses her mother at a young age but this book is not only a reflection of her mother, but of the people and their stories in her town. Told from Hanna's point of view and at different ages, the people in that town becomes alive through her eyes. She makes them real. She makes their stories real and valid.
It is an emotional book ~~ where her housekeeper's son finds out he's illegimate; where she watches her childhood friend raped by her grandfather give up the baby she had come to love; watches her neighbor in the apartment above them give himself to man after man who degrades him. And other stories as well.
This is a book perfect for reading groups to read and to discuss ~~ there are lots of different stories in here and it's not written poorly like too many other books out there today.
12-18-03
splendid, moving story.......2003-10-14
This book has left an indelible impression. Everything Ursula Hegi has written has been enjoyable, moving, and thought-provoking, but this little book overwhelmed me. Images from the book have stayed with me over the years; some sad and some uplifting. A remarkable book.
Book Description
La infancia de Hanna Malter transcurrió en el pueblo de Burgdorf, a orillas del Rin, en la Alemania de la posguerra, cuando nadie quería recordar esos años de horror y muerte y el periodo había desaparecido incluso de los libros de texto.
De la mano de Trudi Montag, la bibliotecaria del pueblo, una mujer solitaria y deforme que mata el aburrimiento entrometiéndose en vidas ajenas, Hanna descubre los secretos de sus vecinos, historias que son a veces inconfensables vergüenzas y, otras veces, heroicidades de ese pasado que los adultos se empeñan en borrar. Pero más allá de los misterios de las gentes de Burgdorf, con cada historia, Hanna aprende que dejar la infancia es mucho más difícil de lo que nunca había creído y que el mundo de los mayores está repleto de gestos extraños e incomprensibles.
Plagada de referencias autobiográficas, Flotando en la palma de la mano de mi madre es un hermoso retablo de personajes y anécdotas, sencillo y profundo a un tiempo, evocación de la infancia añorada de Hanna en la que, con fuerza irremplazable, surge la imagen de su madre, una mujer imprevisible y libre que le enseñó a Hannah a nadar en el río durante las noches de tormenta para aplacar los recuerdos más tristes.
Customer Reviews:
Loved this book.......2007-02-28
I loved everything about this book, from the first page to the last. I first became acquainted with Ms. Moyes' work when I bought SHELTERING RAIN and quickly discovered she wrote in the tradition of Marcia Willette, Rosamund Pilcher, and the early works of Maeve Binchy. I immediately ordered the rest of her available books and THE SHIP OF BRIDES was one of them. Based on a true story of Australian war brides shipped to England via an aircraft carrier, it is simply enthralling. The four main female characters are a study in contrasts, but the reader quickly becomes deeply enmeshed in their lives, their hopes, and their fears. Even the least likable of the women is sympathetic because of what they are facing. I hated for this book to end. It's just the kind of richly detailed, beautifully researched, fascinating story filled with drama and wonderfully realized characters that I constantly search for and too seldom find. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
A Little Piece of Social History.......2005-10-20
A fictional account of an actual voyage from Australia to England in 1946 by HMS Victorious, a WW2 aircraft carrier. On this, its last voyage before decommissioning, the role of the Victorious could not have been more different to its one in the war. It was a transport ship for some of the last Australian war brides to leave Australia, young women who had married British servicemen serving in Australia during the war, taking them to their husbands and new homes in the UK. The story is woven around four young women from vastly different backgrounds who are brought together through having to share a cabin for the journey. It is an easy read. Jojo Moyes has written it well, achieving a nice balance between the stories of the four young women, other women on the voyage and the officers and sailors whose job was to "look after" them. It is made stronger in that it has a well researched historical base - despite some slip ups - dollars did not become Austrlia's currency until twenty years after the story took place. An interesting fictional insight into a social phenomenon that would probably otherwise be lost, except in diaries and faded albums now tucked away in dusty drawers in cities and towns across the UK.
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- Didn't Live Up
- I never wanted it to end!! Fabulous!
- An all-star cast of my generation! I swooned over Rod Taylor and Robert Culp!
- WONDERFUL cast, beautifully performed, an EXCITING thrilling journey you won't forget!
- "Hard Rock Lovers".....Beautifully done!!
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Hard Rock Lovers
Paul Kyriazi
Manufacturer: Ronin Audio Books
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Computer programmer Alan Bartlet takes his new girlfriend to Las Vegas. There he meets Medusa, a backup singer for the now dead rock star Shane. She hints that Shane might be alive. In flashback, we see the rise and fall of Shane. Alan pursues Medusa and descends into a world of mystery, lust and murder to find out: Is Shane Alive?
Customer Reviews:
Didn't Live Up.......2007-07-03
I absolutely love "The James Bond Lifestyle Seminar," but this audiobook fell short. The plot was decent, but nothing better than you'd expect based on the synopsis. The main character is supposed to be 33 years old, yet his voice sounds like an old man. He sounds very unsure of himself. Also, a lot more could have been done with the sound effects. They did not immerse me in the scenes, as another reviewer claimed.
I never wanted it to end!! Fabulous!.......2007-01-16
Mr Kyriazi's production of Hard Rock Lovers was just fantastic! I was on the edge of my seat on a daily basis! I put the audio book on my iPod and listened while I jogged. I gotta say it motivated me to get out there and I am so sad it is over! I cannot wait for his next Audio production!
The story is fantastic, gripping and sexy. I absolutely loved it!
Bravo!!!!
An all-star cast of my generation! I swooned over Rod Taylor and Robert Culp!.......2006-05-22
Wow! My sister pointed me to this audio book and I couldn't believe my ears. I just relaxed on my bed to listen and was absolutely delighted with the movie-quality of the sound effects. Not only is this a masterful, well-written plot, it's also a quality production. The best I've heard.
And those stars that the magnificent author/director Paul Kyriazi lined up for this special version of his book!!! Well, all I can say is that I remember swooning each time I saw any of them on the big screen. (I hope my hubby doesn't read this.) But when I saw Rod Taylor--who narrates this story, with such a come-hither voice--starring in The Birds with that gorgeous Tippi Hedren, I almost fainted. Yes, he was that much of a hunk ... and still is, according to my sister!
Incidentally, people used to say I looked like Tippi. Ah-hhh, memories ... But getting back to this audio book, I loved it to pieces.
Keep up the excellent work, Mr. K. You're terrific, and almost as handsome as the great Rod! Ciao, baby ...
WONDERFUL cast, beautifully performed, an EXCITING thrilling journey you won't forget!.......2006-03-15
From the moment Hard Rock Lovers comes on ... it takes you by the hand and mind, and immediately draws you into this intriquing story, narrated by the imcomparable Rod Taylor, of revenge, love, lust, cold reality and spiritual enlightenment.
Robert Culp kept me laughing with his perfect low-life agent performance, always the best! James Darren was the perfect rock star, mean, talented but sad, his performance was # 1. Ishtar Uhvana was great as Medusa, she added the sweetness to keep some reality in the rock world and her ending dialoque brought tears to my eyes. Loved Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris was brilliant as the evil Reynaldo, and Nefta Perry as Connie played the perfect Rosie Perez.
The ending gives you hope and leaves you with happy feelings. You will want to play it again and again; it only gets better each time you listen.
Paul Kyriazi is my hero. I am his BIGGEST fan.
Thank you Paul for the fun and exciting adventure!
"Hard Rock Lovers".....Beautifully done!!.......2006-03-14
The "Hard Rock Lovers" audio book was not at all what I expected, but what a wonderful surprise! It's a twisted, tangled web of events played out by a handful of multi-leveled, intertwined characters. The story is well written, beautifully told and convincingly enacted centering on the heights of a successful rock star and the terrible costs that are paid when that success is abused. People and events are manipulated by all the characters to satisfy their own needs and agenda.
"Good" and "evil" are blurred. "Life" and "death" are blurred. Relationships are blurred, but the irony of fate is boldly presented and it's made abundantly clear that our "next" existence offers another chance to hopefully do better. The inevitability of change, the subtle and sometimes dramatic interrelationships between cause and effect as well as the ever-present, ever-looming scales of divine and poetic justice are persistent threads. A beautiful blending of drama and melodrama are used to develop both the story and the characters. The audio presentation is top-notch entertainment, particularly when you consider that all acting is accomplished solely through vocal artistry. The actors do a fantastic job of inviting the listener into their world and moving you effortlessly through the story.
I really enjoyed listening to this audio book. It is wonderful from start to finish and my congratulations go out to all involved. It's a winner on all levels.
Customer Reviews:
Enjoyable Read.......2007-09-10
This story has a great beta hero in Robert Kerr. I liked him a lot better than Jocelyn. She seemed too modern, too willing to put herself into situations that a real early 19th century woman (a "lady") was unlikely to. Bottom line, The Bride ship was an enjoyable read, but could have been better if there was a little more depth to the story.
MOST EXCELLENT - REGENCY ROMANCE .......2006-06-02
We are given a bit of a look into Canada [before hand] when the colony Governor Sir Robert Kerr is informed of a ship full of women.
He has denied himself the company of the female persuasion and feels that these women, under to protection of Mrs Jocelyn Finch will cause nothing but trouble.
Which almost happens after the levee given by Sir Robert.
Some men felt they were going to be cheated out of an opportunity to court these women.
Ah, but one thing leads to another and Sir Robert becomes slightly enamored of Mrs. Finch, who vows never to surrender her independance ever again to any man.
Oh, she is more than willing to become his mistress but never his wife. But one must do ones duty.
Definitely recommended --M - thoroughly enjoyable read.
Great Historical Romance.......2006-03-05
The Bride Ship is an excellent romance centred around two people who never thought they'd find love, and yet somehow managed to find each other.
Mrs. Jocelyn Finch is a war widow has decided to take a ship full of women from England to Canada so that they can find husbands. Upon arriving in Halifax, she discovers that the letter announcing their intent has been lost.
Sir Robert Kerr, thinking this Bride Ship is more seedy than sentimental, challenges Mrs. Finch to a chess match. If she wins she and her prospective brides can stay. But if she loses they must sail back to England.
Needless to say, Mrs. Finch is quite resourceful and she and her charges are allowed to remain in Nova Scotia.
I loved two things about this book:
1) The historical detail is excellent, and even though Ms. Hale tweaked the details of the time period a bit (which she explains in her notes), the overall feeling is that of a wonderfully raw landscape. I loved reading about this place.
2) She writes about heroes and heroines you can really relate to. Mrs. Finch was independent, smart and yet not in the least bit cold. Whereas Robert Kerr reminded me a lot of Mr. Darcy (never a bad thing) -- uneasy around people until he gets to know them better.
I loved this book!!
Loved it! .......2006-02-22
A Lady, a Governor, and a Halifax `Season'! I can't wait to read it a second (and perhaps third and fourth) time. A keeper for sure.
New World Regency.......2006-02-20
I love the Regency era, and in Deborah Hale I've found a writer who does full justice to that period as it was experienced in North America.
When Lady Jocelyn Finch, a still grieving widow, brings her shipload of young and mostly virtuous females into Halifax Harbour, she has no idea that the man who so vehemently opposes their landing will one day teach her to love again.
Lady Jocelyn and Sir Robert Kerr, the stiff-rumped but gorgeous Governor, eventually cooperate to find husbands for the girls, even though the task is about as easy as herding kittens.
Through Lady Jocelyn and her lively charges Sir Robert finds that laughter and joy can blend very nicely with duty and diligence. Lady Jocelyn finds passion, and goes on to rediscover love.
The setting of the story was delightful. I enjoyed the visit to the old port city of Halifax, and the true romantic story of Prince's Lodge. Apparently the locales in which the story takes place are authentic, and many of them still exist.
"The Bride Ship" is a wonderful read.
Deborah Hale is the Georgette Heyer of the New World.
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- Pay no attention to the previous reviews - this book is good
- Good background detail.
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Voyages of Hope: The Saga of the Bride-Ships
Peter Wilton Johnson
Manufacturer: Horsdal & Schubart Publishers,
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Customer Reviews:
Pay no attention to the previous reviews - this book is good.......2005-04-26
Johnson, a native of England teaching high school English in Vancouver, has written an erudite and well-researched book-length treatment - the first - of the four bride ships that sailed from England to Victoria in the middle of the 19th Century. He deals with the politics of the era at some length because they dominated the culture in ways they no longer can. Not even George Bush has that kind of autocratic power now, nor would any woman born since WW II stand for being treated like that, confined aboard ship and not allowed off at any of the stops until a few days after they anchored in James Bay...and then they were led off to virtual imprisonment in a former Marine barracks still standing in Esquimalt (though at the time they were close to the parliament building).
It's a good look inside the arrogant mind of 19th century religious leaders as well as the doctrinaire feminists of the day. The class consciousness is a little overwhelming at first, although it serves to show just how British British Columbia was. By the 1960's B.C. was still over 60% British ancestry.
Ignore the paranoid delusions of the guy who sees some kind of communist plot in this, and the luke-warm well-intentioned mis-spellings of the first reviewer. It's a good historical account, with characters profiled by what they did as much as possible, but Johnson never seems to make anything up about his subjects though it would be easy. When no one including him knows what hapoened to someone or how things turned out, he admits it.
Good background detail........2004-08-31
Although this book deals alot with the political agenda behind the Bride Ships saga, it also gives insite and some humour as to the outcome of a few of the girls. It would have been nice - had the author focused on a bit more of the personal trials, tribulations and destinies of the various prospective brides. Overall, the book is well written for the political aspect of it.
Awful.......2003-08-08
Relies to heavily on a thin plot...characters are shallow...very little payoff and little reason for me to waste time reading 200+ pages. Beware of Johnson's secret communist agenda...I actually know this guy. Johnson, you better take a long voyage of hope because I doubt your book is going to top book lists anytime soon.
Book Description
Before Captain Ahab encountered Moby Dick, he met the woman who would capture his heart--Hannah Oldweiler. This voyage back to 19th Century Nantucket completes the portrait of the man who ruled the sea with an iron will, and introduces to the woman who had a spirit and determination to match.
When Ahab becomes obsessed with settling a score with the great whale, Hannah is left alone to raise their son and to oversee her husband's estate. Waiting and praying for his safe return, Hannah is faced with loneliness--a deep longing in her soul that not even her husband can meet. Will Hannah become as independent as Ahab? Will she take her future into her own hands? Who will fill the emptiness in her heart?
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Customer Reviews:
A Beautiful Telling .......2006-07-03
Louise Gouge's telling of Ahab's Bride's story is beautifully wrought. The tone is consistent throughout the book, so much so that I was captivated by the time period. She does a lovely job of capturing Ahab's obsession, his penchance for pushing away anyone who longed to have deep ties with him--all in all a great character study of pride and its destructiveness both to the person who is prideful and the person living near the pride-filled one.
I normally don't read historical fiction, but I greatly enjoyed this book.
Ahab's Bride.......2005-09-16
Ahab's Bride is captivating. Although I am not easily hooked into a novel, I was hooked almost before I could take a breath. I could hardly put the book down until I was finished.
From the first paragraph the reader is transported back in time to 19th century Nantucket into the world of Moby Dick's Captain Ahab and the woman who falls love with him. With an impeccable depiction of the period, Louise M. Gouge walks us through the dusty streets of two whaling communities and into the lives of these fictional, but realistic characters.
Hannah Rose, the viewpoint characer, is a woman who transcends time, a woman we easily identify with, a strong woman who goes after her dreams and faces life with honesty and courage, somewhat reminiscent of Ida in Cold Mountain.
Meanwhile, the person of Captain Ahab, as seen through the eyes of love, takes on new and intriguing dimensions which make you want to brush off your copy of Moby Dick and read it all over again.
...the prelude to Herman Melville's Moby Dick..........2005-05-20
As the prelude to Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Louise M. Gouge's Ahab's Bride stirs a reader's desire to read the classic novel. Gouge's handling of the text is well done, her characters jump from the page, and the narrative fills in the blanks concerning the life of literature's mightiest whaler, Captain Ahab.
Hannah Oldweiler is drawn to Captain Ahab from their first meeting, as he is to her. They marry, much to the disappointment of both Hannah's father and her young suitor, Jeremiah Harris, both of whom worry for her spiritual welfare.
It does not take long for Hannah to realize that her marriage to Ahab will have no effect on his vocation, as he continues to disappear on the interminable whaling ventures, leaving her to care for the estate. At the conclusion of one of these voyages, Ahab returns with a wooden leg, lost in a struggle with a giant white whale, and becomes consumed with revenge.
Taking second place to Ahab's grudge match, Hannah and her small son are left to face life alone. How will Hannah learn the lessons life is offering her and how long will it take before she turns back to God in her loneliness and confusion?
Craig Hart (...)
A whole new side of Captain Ahab.......2005-05-02
Louise Gouge does a terrific job of showing us the real Ahab, both his obsession with the White Whale and his more personal life when on land. Great story.
Gouge creates a luminous love story.......2004-09-14
Gouge weaves a luminous story of a young woman's passionate love for a man considerably older than herself and her search for a faith on which she can anchor her life when earthly love fails. Completing the story of Captain Ahab of Moby Dick, Ahab's Bride introduces readers to the headstrong young woman he married, Hannah Rose Oldweiler. Her intelligence and will are a match for Ahab's, but despite his love for her, he cannot be dissuaded from the hunt for the great white whale who ultimately kills him. While he is bent on avenging the injury the whale did to him, Hannah discovers a sure source of faith that sustains her through life's trials as she struggles with the loneliness of her husband's long absences at sea and the conflicts that inevitably rise between them. This intensely felt narrative brings to life a rich cast of fascinating characters and the nineteenth-century world of whalefishery in New Bedford and Nantucket. Readers will be moved and inspired.
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The Bride Ship
Deborah Hale
Manufacturer: Mills And Boon
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Binding: Paperback
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A Bride's Passage: Susan Hathorn's Year Under Sail
Catherine Petroski
Manufacturer: Northeastern
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In 1855, Susan Hathorn set sail with her new husband Jode, captain of a three-masted cargo ship. She recorded their trip from Philadelphia to Savannah, Georgia, and on to Cuba and London in a diary. En route, the beauties of a moon rising over Cuban mountains, shipboard duties, and the pleasures of socializing with other seafarers are interspersed with reports of sea squalls, bedbugs, and a too-lively crew. "Strange doings in the galley," she notes amusingly. "Stewardess drunk as a beast--thinks her husband so--had a regular fight." Her diary entries are knit together by Catherine Petroski's sometimes dry, but often enriching comments on sea life, shipping, and Hathorn's background.
Book Description
This captivating portrait of a 19th-century Maine seafaring woman is based on the diary kept by Susan Hathorn during her first year of marriage, which she spent aboard the barque of her sea-captain husband. Excerpts from the journal, combined with contextualizing commentary by Catherine Petroski, create a vivid picture of daily life and social mores in the age of sail.
Customer Reviews:
A Diary of the Year 1855.......1998-06-15
Susan Hathorn speaks for herself through her diary, but Ms. Petroski provides background and insightful comments that explain some of Susan's more obscure references. Newly married, Susan accompanied her husband on his ship to England and the West Indies. She kept this diary for the whole year of 1855 while she was on the ship and then when she was left behind in their hometown in Maine because she was expecting a baby. I found it absolutely fascinating although a lot of Susan's time was spent at mundane tasks. Susan sure had a thing for sewing! I recommend this book highly to anyone who is interested in the lives of women in the 19th century.
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paperbackLancelot Press Limited70 pages
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Historical Romance: For Colonial settlers in Jamestown and Williamsburg who were enduring the hardships of carving a home out of the wilderness, Christmas was a reminder of where they came from and their hope for the future. But for some, finding the faith and joy necessary for celebration is a daunting task. Susanna's introduction to America is on a bride ship. Paul lost his livelihood in a fire. Raven is to be married off to a much older man. Mary grieves her husband's murder. Can these lonely souls open their hearts to the gift of love?
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