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Title: Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 0-345-45606-8 Publisher: One World/Ballantine Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The circle of life
Comment: Pearl Cleage returns to the literary scene with her much anticipated novel SOME THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO. In the story, Regina Burns, fresh out of rehab and skating on thin ice with her mortgage company, agrees to work on a project for her former employer Beth Davis. Also the mother of Regina's lost love of a lifetime, Beth is a motivational speaker for single mothers who strives to inspire and lift them up. However, while her orations are uplifting, Beth's personal relationships leave much to be desired.
Guided by her Aunt Abbie's post-menopausal extrasensory visions, Regina heads from DC to Atlanta to pay both tribute to Beth's son and payments to her banker. In Atlanta she meets Blue Hamilton, a black man with eyes the color of the sea. He owns the building where she decides to board, and as she learns, she has known him before in a less traditional sense. Once Regina gets to work she finds that her aunt's visions are much more than the ramblings of an old woman and that her task is much larger than saving the house where she was raised.
Pearl Cleage is one of those great storytellers that knows how to work virtually any situation. I was enraptured with this book, and each page added a litany of emotions to my soul. The primary characters are spectacular, but the other characters she included are just as real, and they each add an important piece to the story. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Reviewed by CandaceK
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly recommended
Comment: A woman who is in the midst of a life transition goes to Atlanta on business and finds much more than she could ever expect. Narrator Regina Burns is warned by her aunt that there is someone in ATL, an attractive man with 'the ocean in his eyes', so when eventually Regina meets him, she knows exactly who he is, or does she? Regina's encounters with this man, and with her new neighbors who are passionate about life and their surrounding community, changes her life and help to open up her heart. She is both brave and timid, sometimes releasing herself to accept what she feels deep inside so she can grasp the new and precious things that life has to offer. Pearl Cleage's writing sings in this refreshing and vivid novel, and her mastery of language is admirable. Cleage takes all manner of words, and connects them together like a fine piece of tapestry to create a moving and enriching story. Your social sensibilities might be stirred, and you may even find a little romance in this highly recommended novel that celebrates humanistic strength and integrity.
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved It!
Comment: Cleage really touched my heart with this book. She has a way of bringing her characters to life. Every time I read her work I feel like I discover or rediscover a part of myself. Regina Burns is definitely a hero I can get behind. I Wish I Had a Red Dress is one of my favorites, Some Things... will undoubtedly join the list as well. I can't wait to read Cleage's next effort.
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Title: Love by Toni Morrison ISBN: 0375409440 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey ISBN: 0525947248 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks ISBN: 1400060222 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 0380804883 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Naughty or Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey ISBN: 0525947760 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 27 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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