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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This was some brilliant writing in this novel about a couple of kids on the run. This novel is told from the perspective of the deaf aunt of the children and she fills us in on all the family's sordid history before the inevitable conclusion. My criticism is that novel is uneven, like thirty-some-odd short stories strung together. The changes of style within the same voice I found distracting. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Marie Zimmer has stories to tell but will not speak. Deaf since the age of nine and motherless since she was eleven, Marie is a mute witness to her family's turmoil, the only one bold enough to tell the tale of Flint and Cecile, her sister's dangerous children. At sixteen, Flint has spent eight years of his life in juvenile detention. Half child, half full-grown criminal, he escapes from the Landers School for Boys and comes home to find the one person he loves and trusts, his little sister Cecile. Together they rob and terrorize a local doctor, steal their mother's car, then strike out alone on a desperate journey south to the Crow Indian Reservation, where their ancestors once lived. Is Cecile Flint's hostage, or his accomplice? Nobody knows. Only Marie, the children's deaf aunt, understands the strange logic of their crimes, their desire and fear, their devotion to each other. Fusing family myth with American history, SWEET HEARTS exposes a never-ending chain of wandering and abandonment, the disappearance of mothers, the drowning of people. It is a devastating story, one woman's silent struggle to unravel the web of violence that has trapped her family for generations. This passionate tale is also a celebration of life in the midst of sorrow. In the fierce light of her imagination, Marie Zimmer weaves the past through the present, inventing a language of signs subtle enough to illuminate the mysterious ways in which we are all connected. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Flint is a juvenile delinquent on the run after escaping prison. He takes his little sister, Cecile, with him on his journey out of state. But a series of misguided judgments, bravado, and ignorance end disastrously.
Thon has the ability to transform the most grim circumstances into holy redemption through her keen observation and mystical use of language. I cried from sorrow, joy, and fear throughout reading this novel. I am left a changed person through walking in someone else's moccasins.
A must read for anyone needing forgiveness or wanting to understand those who do. A must read for anyone living in the human condition. ( )