Blessings

Rating:
Summary: Blessing
Review: I'm a certified Nurse Midwife. Carolyn, my wife, is a labor and delivery nurse. We live with our daughter, Hilary, in Chinle, Arizona. Right in the middle of the great Navajo Nation. Dr. Organick's book truly captures the spirit and beauty of our area and the Navajo people. I found that from the moment i picked up this delightful book, i was unable to put it down. We have read quite a few books about our area of the world and especially about the Navajo people, but have found nothing that is as enjoyable or easy to read. We have sent copies to friends and relativies and will continue to do so. This is the best book we've found to give everyone a feel for a great area and a great people.

Rating:
Summary: Blessing
Review: I'm a certified Nurse Midwife. Carolyn, my wife, is a labor and delivery nurse. We live with our daughter, Hilary, in Chinle, Arizona. Right in the middle of the great Navajo Nation. Dr. Organick's book truly captures the spirit and beauty of our area and the Navajo people. I found that from the moment i picked up this delightful book, i was unable to put it down. We have read quite a few books about our area of the world and especially about the Navajo people, but have found nothing that is as enjoyable or easy to read. We have sent copies to friends and relativies and will continue to do so. This is the best book we've found to give everyone a feel for a great area and a great people.

Rating:
Summary: Blessings
Review: This is an intimate portrait of two people who find love and happiness in spite of the huge social and cultural boundaries that separate them.

Avrum Organick is a gifted and descriptive writer who is able to convey, not only his personal yearning for this beautiful Navajo woman, but also the exquisite beauty of the Navajo countryside in which he finds himself. Anyone who has ever spent any time in that part of Arizona and New Mexico, will be brought right back to the beauty of that place by the writers wonderfully graphic descriptions of that part of the world. Anyone who has not been there may well find themselves wishing to pay it a visit! You will find in this book a very honest portrait of the writer himself, who has the courage to lay bare a lot of his own frailties and insecurities. What rang particularly true for this reader was the frank portrayal of the longing and helplessness we all experience when we find ourselves falling in love with another human being. This is not to say that it is self indulgent book. On the contrary, it is a very charming and easy read. However, you will come away with the feeling that you have a very personal relationship with the author and his family.

If this book had been published by a major publisher it would have been huge. I pray that it may yet be discovered by a larger audience. It has a lot of important things to say to us about tolerance, love, respect and understanding. Don't let it pass you by. Buy it. Read it. Enjoy it.