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laurelj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 12:03 pm: |   |
I seldom read a book these days. First of all, I can't see.  Not very well anyway. And second....I can't afford to buy a lot of extras so I buy the books of writers I know slowly, over time. We all know Shirley as Priscilla on this board. She has been my friend for several years now. Shirley calls me Lolly Toebone just for laughs because that's how she is.
I read her brand new book today. A Divorced Mother Talks to God. Yeah folks, I was on her PA friends and family list. As well as I know her - I call her Songbird because she sings so sweetly - I was not prepared for this book. I cried til my nose ran. I read and reread her poems and her prose. It's taken me all day. My nose is still running and I can't get it to stop. Funny and fun loving, silly Songbird Shirley Priscilla got me where I lived today. I was not prepared for the raw heart of a wounded woman to live on every page. I don't know exactly WHAT I expected her book to be, but I didn't dream it would cut through to this old pretended stoic's heart the way it did. Songbird - ya done good!! No typos, no screw ups, no bad editing, just the blood and guts of you on every page.
Laurel J aka Lolly Toebone |
priscilla
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 03:32 pm: | |
Hey ToeBone
Thank you for your words and for your friendship. My prayer, as you know,
is for this book to help divorced women know God loves them.
You have made me cry :0).........for that I thank you.
Lots of love,
Shirley Songbird |
laurelj
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 04:39 am: | |
OK Miss Songboid. I've boggled my brain with a major work project and worked on creating a query letter to an agent so my nose finally stopped running. Today I have a headache and my sinues will never be the same, but I have myself back in some semblance of order this morning.
I would have had the same reaction to your book if it had been written by a stranger. So the fact that I love you dearly had nothing to do with my passionate review. Your book was written is a simple, honest style. If anything, you underplayed your pain and fear. It was the controlled way you made your points that got to me and helped me empathize with what was happening in your world at the time. When I write, every burp, fart, sensation and thought has to be dissected and detailed. It's how I purge myself and salve the secret pains. You accomplished the same effect by writing LESS emotionally and forcing the reader to experience the catharsis for you. In the same way that Stephen King at his best creates horror from the commonplace, you created palpable emotions from everyday words.
I'm still digesting your book. I have a friend who wanted to read it. I gave her the PA toll free number and told her to buy her own. I'm not ready to loan it out yet.
Laurelj |
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