From the author of Home in the Morning comes the sweeping story of a father and son, and of the loves that transform them amid the turbul...
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Oct 23, 2011
Lakis
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This is one of those special novels that one should read slowly, little by little, in order to enjoy it. Its prose is so rich, so beautiful that it flows like a peaceful stream and not like the wild waters of the Mississippi on whose shores a big part of the action takes place. The author through her story travels the reader back to the past of the American South; a past that smells of death and of change; a past full of conflict and love; a past where racial discriminations were the canon and w
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Jan 07, 2012
Susan
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This is the second novel that I read by this author. Unfortunately, I just could not connect with the characters. The writing style was just not my taste. But, I have seen other readers did enjoy this book.
One More River opens in Vietnam. Little Mo, father, Bernard has died years ago. He is engaged to a prominent Jewish girl. The family, doesn't like his familial background. So, he decides he is going to track down and investigate who he's father is. It is a journey that he makes ba More...
One More River opens in Vietnam. Little Mo, father, Bernard has died years ago. He is engaged to a prominent Jewish girl. The family, doesn't like his familial background. So, he decides he is going to track down and investigate who he's father is. It is a journey that he makes ba More...
Feb 10, 2012
Carl
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Just finished One More River and absolutely loved it! Characters and setting are fully drawn and graphically described, and the Levy saga, stretching as it does from the 1920's to the 1960's, is richly portrayed and totally compelling. If love does not always conquer all, both Bernard and Mickey Moe Levy demonstrate to even the hardest of hearts that it can make a difference. I look forward to Mary Glickman's next novel and hope she continues, in her own Faulkneresque way, to create a fiction
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Nov 26, 2011
Amber
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An elegant story that brings to life a beautiful Southern story whose characters step from the page into your heart. Alternating between two turbulent periods in a South trying to break out of history while holding on to traditional values, Mary Glickman presents her readers with a gift of insight into lives not willing to be ordinary.
But what about the lack of quotation marks? This writing does need to resort to gimmicks to slow the pace. Readers with a proofreaders sensibilities will wan More...
But what about the lack of quotation marks? This writing does need to resort to gimmicks to slow the pace. Readers with a proofreaders sensibilities will wan More...
Nov 03, 2011
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Book Giveaway & Review!
When I reviewed Mary Glickman’s Home in the Morning earlier this year, I knew I had found a true gem. If you haven’t read that novel, here’s the link to that review. The publisher let me know then that she would be releasing another novel later in 2011 with ties to the same town and families, One More River, and asked if I’d be interested in reviewing it. I jumped at the chance and I’m very glad I did. One More River can definitely be read as a stand-alone novel, and More...
When I reviewed Mary Glickman’s Home in the Morning earlier this year, I knew I had found a true gem. If you haven’t read that novel, here’s the link to that review. The publisher let me know then that she would be releasing another novel later in 2011 with ties to the same town and families, One More River, and asked if I’d be interested in reviewing it. I jumped at the chance and I’m very glad I did. One More River can definitely be read as a stand-alone novel, and More...
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Nov 25, 2011
Lisa
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I’ve just finished Mary Glickman’s newest book, One More River. Glickman has done it again! Her characters are so real, and she brings you into their lives with a vivid evocation of the South as it was evolving through the 20th century. It is impressive how she manages to create dialect so convincing that you would swear she is from the South and not Boston born! Her story is a novel, a mystery, a family saga, and a tale that actually precedes that of the always fascinating Sassaports Mary
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Feb 07, 2012
Beth
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I cannot recommend highly enough ONE MORE RIVER by Mary Glickman. I’ve been calling people to tell them to read it. I even convinced someone’s book club. Plus, ONE MORE RIVER is a 2011 National Jewish Book Award finalist in fiction, first runner up to Aharon Appelfeld's UNTIL THE DAWN'S LIGHT.
ONE MORE RIVER begins in the 1960s in Vietnam. That’s where Mickey Moe Levy is, associating what is around him with what he knows from home in order to live through his time there. In so doing, More...
ONE MORE RIVER begins in the 1960s in Vietnam. That’s where Mickey Moe Levy is, associating what is around him with what he knows from home in order to live through his time there. In so doing, More...
Jan 15, 2012
Alexie
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Mickey Moe wants to marry Laura Ann, but before he can do that, he has to clear up his past. The couple are Southerners, which means they live in a world where your origins are all important, and Mickey Moe has a mysterious past. His apparently wealthy father turned out to be not what he seemed, and nobody really knows who he was or where he came from. Before Laura Ann's parents will allow her to marry Micky Moe, he needs to find out exactly who his father was. This is a cracker of an idea, that
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Jan 06, 2012
Lisa
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The second book by my friend Mary. Once more she shows herself as a true wordsmith. This story was a real page turner where I was anxious to find out how the characters fared and could not put it down.
Love books based in historical times and this one flows between two eras. Amazing to think about what was going on down South when my family of suburban Northerners was oblivious, living our own sheltered lives.
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Love books based in historical times and this one flows between two eras. Amazing to think about what was going on down South when my family of suburban Northerners was oblivious, living our own sheltered lives.
Kudos to Mary. I want to read about Mickey Moe and laura Anne's son i More...
Nov 30, 2011
Mike
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Glickman has written this semi-historical, fictional novel incorporating elements of class, racial and ethnic bias and the resultant struggles and inevitable ostracism. The written style is chronological ping-pong in which the protagonist sets out to discover and document his ancestral credentials to win over the family of his fiancée and establish his suitability for her hand. Gradually developing the historical background against the ongoing story in real time, the book is well crafted and h
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Feb 06, 2012
Pmcdnld2
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Good story. Southern Jews in Mississippi both in the 20's and the 60's. A young man searches for the truth about his father who disaapeared many years ago. Deals with both religious issues and race relations. I really liked this one.
Nov 06, 2011
Margaret
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This story begins with a young man in the Vietnam war but takes you all the way back to his father's childhood and then begins to lead you on quite a journey. In a memoir style it is really well written and I found I was caught up in the story. I really enjoyed this book!
Feb 05, 2012
Kathy
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Great read. Will definitely add home in the morning, this author's first book to my list of books to read.
Jan 15, 2012
Kathy
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I loved this book, the subject and the writing. I couldn't believe it was over. It was too short!
Dec 04, 2011
Don
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One More River is a must read. The author skillfully moves use back and forth through the decades of the early 1900's through the 1960's without losing continuity of the story. The written dialect is as engrossing as the story.
Dec 22, 2011
Marie
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This book was so good it read like a movie. It think this would make a great movie. It's a story of love, civil rights, conflicts. Sometimes love prevails, sometimes not. Really an enjoyable book.
Jan 03, 2012
Kfcweeks
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Loved the glimpse into the deep South of the 1960s and earlier. I have read Mary Glickman's earlier book and getting more information on the Sassaport and Levy families was enlightening.
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