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Title: Leaving Cecil Street (Mckinneywhetstone, Diane) by Diane McKinney-Whetstone ISBN: 0-688-16385-8 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This story was heart-wrenching
Comment: This story was heart-wrenching. Diane brings back 1969 with vivid accounts of the lives of the residents of Cecil Street Philadelphia. I was moved by the very first page.
The plot is thick and I liked that I couldn't figure out right away how the characters all tied in. Joe, the long ago sax player who played in clubs and lived life on the road until he met his wife Louise. Joe loved the club scene. He loves his wife but he has never forgotten about the prostitute he fell in love with but seemed to vanish. Now he has his eye on the southern bell visiting family for the summer across the way. Cecil Street is having a block party. Joe's daughter Shay and her bestfriend and neighbor Neet share a tramatic event that changes many things between them. Neet's mother who is shunned by the neigbors for her weird religion holds her own secrets as does a strange woman who arrives on Cecil Street looking for her daughter. I don't want to give away this breath taking novel. Diane is a gifted writer, her stories well planned. Her descriptions are so vivid that I could see Joe with his face twisted, cheeks puffed playing his horn. You can see and feel his blues.
The characters will grab you and you won't easily forget the heart wrenching way they all connect.I've become a fan of Diane after Blues Dancing and now Cecil Street. Her ability to capture the moment, an era and her vivid descriptions are remarkable. You won't be disappointed.
reviewed by
Dawn
Mahogany
Hudson& Albany, N.Y.
Rating: 5
Summary: I absolutely loved this book - Powerful storytelling!
Comment: Diane McKinney-Whetstone is one of my favorite authors. She did not let me down with Leaving Cecil Street; it is a pleasure to read from beginning to end. You are in for an emotional journey as you read this book, with curves and surprises that unfold in such a way that at times you may have to remind yourself to breathe. Pain, recovery and tenderness run through this story. I don't want to give away much, just know that the young and the old in this story are ordinary people with extraordinary histories, and that history will be revealed in a touching and powerful way. I loved the ending especially, which is not tied up in some neat little bow but rather it ends more like real life, still a bow but a little frayed around the edges. If you enjoy thought provoking stories, please buy and read this book...you will not be disappointed.
Rating: 4
Summary: HER BEST YET
Comment: I usually enjoy Diane Mckinney Whetstone, but never to the level of 5 stars. This one came close. It's the best I've ever read by her. A good nostalgic, complex family story set in the 1960's with really interesting women characters. I loved the "church fanatic". What a twist!
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Title: Camilla's Roses by Bernice L. McFadden ISBN: 0525947965 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 22 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Better Than I Know Myself by Donna Grant, Virginia DeBerry ISBN: 0312273096 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Darkest Child : A Novel by Delores Phillips ISBN: 1569473455 Publisher: Soho Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Too Much of a Good Thing (Roby, Kimberla Lawson) by Kimberla Lawson Roby ISBN: 0060568496 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Honey Well by Gloria Mallette ISBN: 075820468X Publisher: Dafina Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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