false <![CDATA[The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172279942m/159671.jpg 159671 4 Mothers often cling to single moments, small gestures, and specific memories in order to grasp all that happens in the first blurry year of a baby's life. In <i>The Blue Jay's Dance</i>, writer Louise Erdrich has assembled a photo album of snapshots such as these: the days and images that collectively define the passion, ambivalence, yearnings, and satisfactions of carrying, birthing, and nurturing a baby. "Any sublime effort has its dark moments," says Erdrich, referring to a rather bleak snapshot of mother isolation. "Perhaps, if anything, the meaning in this book for others may be this: Here is a job in which it is not unusual to be, at the same instant, wildly joyous and profoundly stressed." <i>The Blue Jay's Dance</i> is a fresh and masterful book that avoids all the sticky clichés while still managing to articulate the depths of mother-baby love. 2241371 1995 The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year total:253|5:82|4:85|3:63|2:19|1:4| 253 981 357 38 5 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 21:02:02 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 23:45:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 13:55:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 22:17:37 -0700 2009 "Women without children are also the best of mothers, often with the patience, interest and saving grace that the constant relationships with children cannot always sustain. I come to crave our talk and our daughters gain precious aunts. A child is fortunate who feels witnesse...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 19:05:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 07:42:58 -0700 2009
First impression: Incredible writer - love the way she talks of birth and the connection to her babies. Her connection to nature is clear - though her noble bearing often crosses into a certain superiority over us (the reader).

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