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The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian

The Sandcastle Girls
by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author)
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Rebecca Moll's review Dec 12, 2016 · edit
Read from November 29 to December 12, 2016

Unbelievable. The Slaughter You Know Next to Nothing About. 1915 Armenian Genocide. 1.5 Million lives extinguished.

Incomprehensible. I find, such numbers obliterate personal significance, pain, and loss. Yet, if your mother or father, son or daughter, lover was one of the extinguished? Incalculable.

Unkillable. How do some survive and others do not? Go on to live long lives, harboring such pain and loss?

Such thoughts and questions kept rising to the surface, as I read Chris Bohjalian's, The Sand Castle Girls. Beautifully written, Bohjalian creates scenes and characters that stand before you, implore you, haunt you.

So, what to take away from such a stunning and heart-wrenching story? It's Not All In the Past. Keep your Eyes Open. For only from the past, do we learn the lessons to make real change. Maybe someday, the very last & final Slaughter You Know Next to Nothing About will be recorded in the history books.

Believable.

The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai: A Novel, by Ruiyan Xu

The idea that loss is not understood until you have gained, what you had is not appreciated until you have not, what now divides us is what once united us, runs deep throughout this novel about the beauty and emotional ties of language, love and betrayal, culture and in the end hope. How important is our spoken language in our relationships? How to explain misunderstandings, regret, guilt, love, loss? How do you move beyond the barrier and find new ways to connect?
I enjoyed the story and liked the analogy of Dr Neal's difficulty with language and culture paralleling Li Jing's.
A nice easy read.

Orion Township Library Author & Illustrator Fair

Come join me and see what Michigan authors and illustrators have to offer!

Saturday, December 3rd, 1-4 pm

Orion Township Public Library
825 Joslyn Rd, Lake Orion, MI 48362

Free Admission

Great Christmas Gifts

Quote from The Beauty of Digging Deep

“Remember to refocus; the forest is there, visible, if only, for the trees.”

― Rebecca Moll, The Beauty of Digging Deep

Quote from The Beauty of Digging Deep

“Red, the color of blood. It is what binds us, what divides us. White, the color of divinity. It is what saves us, delivers us.”

Rebecca Moll, The Beauty of Digging Deep

Quote from The Beauty of Digging Deep

“There are thousands of trees in the forest of followers, and me, well, I'm just one.”

Rebecca Moll, The Beauty of Digging Deep

Free e-Book Offer!

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An excerpt from The Beauty of Digging Deep

Looking up to the roof, she saw that the northern side all but collapsed. Vines covered the southern side and were growing in and out of the cracks in the crumbling clapboard. The front door was closed, but the screen door, held askew by only the upper hinge, opened and closed with the wind, making a swoosh and a bang as it careened back and forth. Stepping closer for a better look, she stopped. Sarah began to cry and was pulling on her jacket.

“Mommy, let’s go.” Letting go of her mother, Sarah ran away.

Taking one last look at the house, Katie whispered, “Where in the hell are you, John? I’m losing my mind. I need you.”

Tears falling as she ran after Sarah, Katie picked up the pace, knowing she was running away from more than an eerie old farmhouse and a strange woman. If only she knew what she was running into.

Release Event: The Beauty of Digging Deep

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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am grateful for your readership,

Rebecca Moll

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Like starting a fire with wet wood, Fahrenheit 451 brings you in slow, with a vague and somewhat normal beginning - going through the motions. Even the main character's name, Guy, hints at conformity, given up. But, then a spark catches and watch out! The pages begin to fly and the story burns out of control! Just when you think the heat is too much, it's over. Yet, like a fire, this story stays with you, smoldering, ready to ignite with the first fuel offered. A great book, very fast read, good for adults young and old who need to step off life for a moment and ask, WHY?



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