Divining Women (Gibbons, Kaye)

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Summary: could have been much more
Review: I finished "Diving Women", but barely. The author could have done more with the subject of mental/emotional abuse, but didn't. Too much of the book wasted on desciptions of past events. I wasn't even upset when tragedy happened later in the book(I don't want to spoil the ending for anyone).

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Summary: can't get enough
Review: I'm not normally one to post things on the internet. However, I must make an exception when it comes to my favourite author Kaye Gibbons.
I eagerly (and obsessively) awaited the publication of her latest novel. Of course, it was worth the wait. Yet again I feel validated as a woman, capable of anything, and am more keenly aware of the influence my life has on the males in it and vice versa.
Ms. Gibbons writes the most darkly, inspiring stories in the most beautiful way. It's not just what she writes but the way she writes it. Thank you, Ms. Gibbons and when can we expect more?

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Summary: Something evil this way comes
Review: Something evil this way comes.
There is something about a book that portends disaster and then gently lures you to observe the trecherous event. Kaye Gibbons has crafted such a beguiling tale of madness and redemption that I couldn't put it down.I wanted to,I couldn't stand to see Maureen slowly pulled towards the destruction her husband Troop seemed bent on delivering. Mary Oliver,Troop's 22 year old niece has entered the household so she can be a companion and help to Maureen as Maureen prepares to deliver the couple's first child.Mary is clear eyed and feels the heaviness in the air....and witnesses the malevolence in Troop's actions. She is determined to shield Maureen and her child from the madness that slowly reveals itself and threatens the household. This book was so well paced and so intriguing that I couldn't put it down.I wanted to avert my eyes but I was pulled in and had to know the outcome. A spellbinder!