Rating: Summary: Chasing Down the Dawn - Chasing Down Your Soul Review: What an awesome book. You will not be able to put it down. She has a wonderful mixture of personal stories and poetry. I personally would recommend it to ANYONE!
Rating: Summary: Another great book by Jewel... Review: What else is there to say? She is an amazing and honest writer... some people who might not understand poetry might give this less than 4 stars... I won't mention names but if you scroll down this list of reviews you might see. Fools both. =) If you like Jewel you'll love this book. (Also see, "A night without armor")
Rating: Summary: Wonderfully intimate... Review: When I purchased the video "Jewel: A Life Uncommon," I was disappointed. However, I found what I was searching for in her book "Chasing Down the Dawn."This book is wonderful. Jewel demonstrates her talent for writing prose with astute observations and beautiful language. She is truly a talented writer. Part of what makes her so talented is that you can actually feel her emotions rising off the page--she writes of her childhood, the painful loss of her best friend, her relationships with both her mother and her father, and some of her family history. It is fascinating and could be fiction just as easily as nonfiction. She has truly led a unique life. Supplementing the writings of Jewel are great photographs of her and her friends, and of her when she was younger and of places she has been. I found this to be a great addition to her writing. This is a mandatory item for any Jewel fan--it will give you more insight into who she is and what she does and it is truly interesting.
Rating: Summary: Actually won me over, sort of Review: When she arrived on the scene, Ms. Kilcher struck me as just another of the mildly talented young women who manage to parlay their photogenicity and collection of Joni Mitchell records into a mildly successful recording career. Her baby-doll vocal delivery and trite lyrics (never trust anyone over the age of six who uses the word "pee-jays") could be intensely irritating when encountered on the radio but what the hell: to each his own. Then the mega-platinum success of her debut record summoned into being that extraordinary artifact - her "verse" collection "A Night Without Armor". (Favorite couplet: "A father and son bond / by ogling my breasts".) For everyone who enjoys watching a celebrity make a towering fool of themselves (and doesn't that describe most of us?), it was like getting a neck rub on Christmas while eating a hot fudge sundae. So you can imagine my anticipation as I approached this de facto sequel - read by the author, no less! And you know what? While I enjoyed a few snickers along the way, I actually ended the tapes liking her a little better than when I started. She was more honest than most celebrity memoirists (i.e. admitting that her looks have furthered her career), she worked diligently to accomplish her goals, and her childhood sounds rather sad and a little creepy. If she's still pretentious and self-obsessed, well, I suppose most of us were at her age.
Rating: Summary: An Awesome book! Review: Wow, another great book written by Jewel. I loved her poetry book, and "Chasing Down the Dawn" is just as good, if not better. It is written very well, and has vivid pictures of her family and of her old homestead. You feel very in touch with Jewel when you read this book, and you learn all about her childhood, and rise to fame. P.S. Roseanne Hodge should learn to spell and type!
Rating: Summary: Unintentionally hilarious Review: You can imagine future editions having the following preface: Everyone goes through a period of being convinced they can write poetry, which ends at about 17 when they realise they have no talent. Every now and again comes someone who never realises the truth. This is her story.
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