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Summary: brilliant and insightful work
Review: Patricia Wild has written a truly significant book. Tender, painful and moving yet utterly free from sentiment, this book should be on everyone's shelves. It is the story of a woman who finds herself homeless, ends up in a shelter, and finally gets her GED; yet it is enormously more than this. It is a story about Quaker process. It is a story about pain, and healing, and survival. The author is clearly well-informed about all of these things and it is impossible to read the book without experiencing them for yourself. This is one of those rare works that will genuinely and permanently affect anyone who reads it. I recommend it without reservation, and would make it required reading for those preparing to do social work.
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Summary: What An Amazing Book!
Review: This is a really amazing book, and I'm not just saying that because Patricia Wild is my mother.This book made me cry. I can't remember the last time that a book did that. My mom is an amazing lady and an incredible writer and I am so proud of her that she wrote a book like this. If you are interested in women's issues or domestic violence or life in general, you should read this book.
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Summary: Don't swim an hour after eating.
Review: This is a well written, sardonically humored story of a woman driven to a protective shelter. I gave it 5 stars because a. It's located in Davis Square somerville, Ma;, where I work.
b. The humor found in it is real and sarcastic.
c. It's the story of a woman's way to a shelter and her revelations surrounding it.
d. You like the character and want her to succeed.
e. You can see the truth in it.
For each of these above items, I was drawn to a book, which normally I wouldn't be drawn to. I recommend it, but deduct one star for each statement above (a-e) that you may not enjoy as a reader. Buy it, read it....I did and found it an enjoyable, read-it-in-one-sitting novel.
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Summary: Don't swim an hour after eating.
Review: This is a well written, sardonically humored story of a woman driven to a protective shelter. I gave it 5 stars because a. It's located in Davis Square somerville, Ma;, where I work.
b. The humor found in it is real and sarcastic.
c. It's the story of a woman's way to a shelter and her revelations surrounding it.
d. You like the character and want her to succeed.
e. You can see the truth in it.
For each of these above items, I was drawn to a book, which normally I wouldn't be drawn to. I recommend it, but deduct one star for each statement above (a-e) that you may not enjoy as a reader. Buy it, read it....I did and found it an enjoyable, read-it-in-one-sitting novel.
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