Crazy Woman

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Summary: Great book!
Review: How were women perceived over a hundred years ago? If you were a beautiful and sensual woman, would people react strangely to you back then due to their strong religious beliefs or strict morals? What a great book. It is compelling. Thanks, Ms. Horsley, for another enjoyable read.

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Summary: Fascinating Journey!
Review: I discovered a 1992 edition of Crazy Woman in a pile of books in my closet. I had apparently bought it but never read it. I can't believe what I have been missing for 10 years! I stayed up until 2 a.m. this morning to read about half of it and can't wait to finish it. It is indeed the journey of self-discovery of Sara Franklin. Never mind that she lived more than 100 years ago. Many women will relate to what Sara must go through to find her authentic voice. In so many ways, we are still expected to stifle our voices and feel guilty about our wants and needs. I logged on to Amazon.com to see what other Kate Horsley novels I might find and was gratified to see that Crazy Woman is still in print, and in a much more attractive edition than my yellowed paperback I might add. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Great book!
Review: I just moved to New Mexico from Pennsylvania and also had read that Julia Roberts liked this book in O magazine.

Anyway, I didn't like much of it or get the ending. She killed her husband and this was acceptable!

I do get that the book is about survival and all, but I supsect that maybe the woman was crazy! If her own people thought she was crazy then maybe there was something to it. It was a very unusual book but doubting whether the woman was sane or not doesn't help my opinion of it.

It was a fast read and entertaining though and has also gotten me interested in learning about New Mexico's history and more about the Indians. I must say I feel a lot of compassion for them after reading the book.

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Summary: I Feel Connected to Sara
Review: I received this book as a gift from a friend who knows I was born in New Mexico and am attracted to stories such as this.

I started reading it and couldn't put it down. After 5 cups of tea and numerous indents on my couch, I finished it! I loved the whole story of how this woman came to find her true self after years of struggle (mostly due to men!).

She is captivating and vunerable, stong yet fragile. The story brings to life a different time and place than what we are living in. Yet... all woman at one time or another find strength and courage and come into their "own" so with that... we can all relate to Sara.

A great rainy day... cup of tea... read!

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Summary: I Feel Connected to Sara
Review: I received this book as a gift from a friend who knows I was born in New Mexico and am attracted to stories such as this.

I started reading it and couldn't put it down. After 5 cups of tea and numerous indents on my couch, I finished it! I loved the whole story of how this woman came to find her true self after years of struggle (mostly due to men!).

She is captivating and vunerable, stong yet fragile. The story brings to life a different time and place than what we are living in. Yet... all woman at one time or another find strength and courage and come into their "own" so with that... we can all relate to Sara.

A great rainy day... cup of tea... read!

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Summary: a frightening, exciting journey into the unknown
Review: I wasn't sure of what to expect with this book, but was struck by suprise. Once starting it, I simply couldn't put it down! Staying up all night for two nights should say something for this book. Sara fights to understand where she belongs in her world...her internal, imaginary one, the idealistic one her teaching school set her up with, the depressing one her father wished her into, the fantastic journey her mother wished for her, and the one with her new people (you'll just have to see, don't want to give it away). I think this book would be enjoyable to any person to read, man or woman, as the struggles Sara faces, we all face (secretely or not). I found my own self in her world, wondering in which one she would eventually find herself.