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Title: Marie Blythe by Howard Frank Mosher, Howard F. Mosher ISBN: 0-14-007659-X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another super novel of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom
Comment: In his eponymous novel Marie Blythe, Howard Frank Mosher proves again why he is one of my favorite writers. French Canadian Marie, the book's heroine, is truly a remarkable woman. She survives the loss of her parents, life with a clan of gypsies, an unmarried pregnancy and loss of her child, and near death by exposure to change her identity. Over time, she goes on to learn to read, go to normal school, and become a teacher. Oh, yes, she is nearly murdered in the end by her crazed ex-lover. While all of this may sound somewhat melodramatic, it is not; Mosher makes it merely the stuff of a captivating, totally engaging story. Set, as all of Mosher's books are in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, Blythe vividly evokes both a time (post-Civil war to early twentieth century) and place (Vermont village of Hell's Gate). Above all, though, this is a novel of character, and Marie's combination of bullheadedness, naivete, energy and faith carries the day. Recalling the French Canadian priest who counseled her as a child, Marie in a time of crisis "remembered his advice to maintain a little faith in something, if only in fishing." Mosher, for his part, renews my faith again in great writing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Marie Blythe, by Howard F. Mosher
Comment: I have to say, A reader from South Berwick, Maine, sums it up perfectly. But I'd like to add this to it by saying it is a yet another "can't put it down" book. Mr. Mosher has captured the area he writes most about. When you read this book, you will be taken there.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another "northern" tale from a fine author!
Comment: This novel covers one woman's struggle to survive in the harsh environment between Quebec and Vermont at the turn of the century. You can't help but admire her strength. For anyone interested in Franco-American culture in northern New England as well as Mosher fans like me
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Title: Where the Rivers Flow North by Howard Frank Mosher ISBN: 0140077480 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Fall of the Year by Howard Frank Mosher ISBN: 0618082360 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 11 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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