The Rapture of Canaan

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Summary: I think that this book is one of the best I've read.
Review: Sheri Reynolds is brilliant. She's one of the best writers. Her style is haunting yet beautiful.

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Summary: Ninah was a very strong character
Review: I found this book quite good. I felt that Ninah was a very strong character to be able to 'overcome' her elders at 14. She really understood what the church was all about and even understood her grandmothers weaknesses. I wish I knew as much about life as she does when I was her age

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Summary: A soul searcher?!?!
Review: This is a read that jump-starts the heart and mind. The plot is bright, the theme is smooth, and Ms. Reynolds proves she knows how to write a book. The book presses against judgment, religion, and an inside look at a girl lost in her own love. This book not only gives you a clear picture of compassion but shows Gods power in a shy yet exploding form. This book links conservative fundamentalism to the beliefs of modern day Christianity, and the love it can always offer. Thanks!

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Summary: wow
Review: Our book club, The Sunday Afternoon Tea Book Club, chose Rapture this month. I believe our discussion will go beyoun the gentile enviornment of our Sunday High Tea. Rapture begins as an ordinary tale. When one is too entangled in the read to pick up another book, the pleasant story turns to fire and brimstone. In an era where so much of the new fiction seems to tell of an abused childhood, Rapture is the epitomy.

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Summary: Keep those recommendations coming Oprah - good job!
Review: I loved this study of Fire and Brimstone religion. It was like being a kid again and staying up late to watch those scary old movies - in comfort and security of our own home. It seems to me that this book is the counter-balance to the equally wonderful "The Autobiography of Jesus of Nazareth and the Missing Years" by Richard G. Patton. Where Sheri Reynolds depresses us with her damning inditement of fundamentalist teachings, Patton raises our spirits, brilliantly depicting the human being that started this Christian teaching. The book is wonderfully observed through Ninah's eyes and her changing perceptions of religion. Like Patton's book, the reader is taken on a compelling journey of self-revelation. The fundamental difference between these companion books is that Jesus travels a path of certainty and arrives at the crucifixion in a state of uncertainty, wheereas the hero of Sheri reynolds 'Rapture' begins in a state of uncertainty and arrives at a point of certainty. "The Rapture of Canaan" is the first book I have read of Sheri Reynolds, but it certainly won't be the last.

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Summary: Has this novel been optioned yet?
Review: Sheri Reynolds does a marvelous job of story telling as do the strong, female characters she creates. These women are much more than the weavers of tales and rugs. They are the creators of life, they are the makers of men, they are the ties that bind. They are worth getting to know both on the page and on the big screen. If this novel hasn't been optioned yet, I'd like to know what Hollywood's waiting for!

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Summary: A very enjoyable book with a very likeable central character
Review: One of Ninah's greatest revelations is when she realizes that those who lie the most at Fire and Brimstone are the ones who claim to be the most pious, and those that tell the truth like Nanna are considered "sinners" and need to be redeemed. Nanna is really the spiritual leader at Fire & Brimstone, and certainly the wisest, but the patriarchal Grandpa Herman could never acknowledge this. A very enjoyable book with a very likeable central character in Ninah.

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Summary: This book was a real page turner.
Review: I found this book to be a real page turner from start to finish. Not only did the Fire and Brimstone so called religion anger me, but what the grandfather did about Nina's baby angered me. The book was about a girl who grew up in a religious cult got pregnant. The Grandpa was in control of the whole sect and decided to take his own actions on anyone who sinned against his rules, well Nina's pregnancy didn't help and led to the suicide of the father of the child. This book had a very joyful ending, but I don't think enough time was spent on the ending and on the outcomes. Over all I would recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: I could not put it down!
Review: After reading the book, I wanted to read other books by Mrs. Reynolds. I cried, I laughed, I became angry. It is a touching story that made me think twice. I have recommended it to all of my friends.

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Summary: Such a moving story I can't leave Ninah behind
Review: I started this book this morning and finished this afternoon. I invested my time today in this book and the returns are enormous. I am feeling emotions I haven't felt in a long time and need to keep reminding myself that Ninah is a character in a novel, and not a real person. I am yearning for a story telling Nana as well as the closeness of a community such as the Fire and Brimeston regardless of their beliefs and lifestyles. What I would do to embrace one of Ninah's woven rugs, feeling her life, its' softness, roughness, sadness and joys. Imagine, weaving your legacy at 15 years old.