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Title: Evensong by Gail Godwin ISBN: 0-345-43477-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (35 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Warm and Inspiring Book
Comment: I enjoyed this book very much. If you like the Mitford series, you should enjoy this more sophisticated story about a woman Episcopal priest in another North Carolina mountain town. I found the author's spiritual insights to be not only enlightening, but also vital to the understanding of the story.
The contrast between Grace and Margaret perfectly illustrates the tension and conflict between many church-going Christians. The author is careful not to declare either approach right or wrong, but does point out the short-sightedness on both sides.
This book perfectly describes the normal, everyday trials and struggles of living as a minister's wife and as a minister. Like everyone else, ministers and their families deal with marital and child-rearing difficulties along with tragic events in their less-than-ideal lives, but the author aptly captures the "fish-bowel" living that occurs in the ministry. Even Margaret's and Adrian's intimate relationship and struggles with depression were sensitively and beautifully portrayed.
I recommend this well-written book to anyone who attempts to have a practical spiritual life in a hectic and harried world.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but does not live up to Father Melancholy
Comment: I couldn't wait to read this one to find out what had happened to the characters from Father Melancholy. Be sure to read Father Melancholy's Daughter first if at all possible. Gail Godwin is brilliant. There is amazing complexity in the relationships among these characters. However I thought Grace was really annoying and somewhat stereotyped. Also the milleniuum theme seemed to be more of a playing up to the current madness than actually essential to the story. Overall the book was worth reading. If you like Gail Godwin, don't miss The Good Husband. It is still my favorite of her works.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Book
Comment: I felt like this book was an enjoyable, easy to read but not too simple, and thoughtful. I was drawn in by the characters, particularly the main character and her husband. It chronicles part of a female pastor's life with her husband (who is also a pastor) in a small mountain Episcopal church. As a divinity school student, I would read parts of the way that the main character would talk about God or her work with people who were suffering and hope so much that someday I can be as eloquent and thoughtful about God and the mysteries of life (and afterlife). I found the relationship between her and her husband to be complex and interesting and the way the story unfolded to be slow enough to leave a little suspense, but it lets the reader know enough that you could read at a comfortable pace not worrying about "what is going to happen next." The writing was rich and smooth. I particularly recommend this book to those who are searching spiritually and to those who work in churches and in some sort of helping profession.
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Title: Father Melancholy's Daughter by Gail Godwin ISBN: 0380729865 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Good Husband by Gail Godwin ISBN: 0345396456 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 10 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Mother and Two Daughters by Gail Godwin ISBN: 0345389239 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 09 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Evenings at Five by Gail Godwin ISBN: 0345461029 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Heart: A Natural History of the Heart-Filled Life by Gail Godwin ISBN: 0380808412 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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