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Title: A Gracious Plenty : A Novel by SHERI REYNOLDS ISBN: 0-609-80387-5 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 16 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (75 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The truth of scars
Comment: Finch Nobles tends a cemetery in a small Southern town. She was badly burned as a child, and subsequently never made many friends. Among the living, that is. Finch has been able to talk with the dead for a long time, and considers them her friends. She does things for the dead that they cannot do, thereby helping them be released from their burdens. The closest thing she has to a friend among the living is Leonard, who's the sheriff, but Finch seems to have a crush on one of the ghosts, Lucy. Through the tale of Finch's scars, and the hidden scars of the town, Reynolds explores the power of healing and the power of touch. This book is simply gorgeous overall. I love the way Reynolds also sneaks in social tolerance after one of the dead is discovered to have been a transvestite in life, and the whole town turns against him, even though he's dead. He was a good person, but a tiny detail made a difference in the town's view. The novel might have been a bit longer to better develop some of these concepts and connections, but its length doesn't take away from the power of the novel, because by leaving some connections to the reader, Reynolds gives a nod to readers' intelligence. Not everything needs to be spelled out.
Rating: 5
Summary: An interesting subject
Comment: Gracious Plenty is a great book to read. The narrator Finch Noble did a wonderful job keeping the story exciting. It caught my attention and kept my imagination throughout its entire length. Finch makes it easy to understand the spirits and ghosts. I felt that I was lost in the cementary of voices with her. I wanted to hear more about the stories of the dead. Whenever I go to the cementary I can't help not thinking about all the spirits that are surrounding us in this world. It is an intriguing piece of fiction, and I am a person who does not like to read.
Rating: 5
Summary: warmly entertaining and thoughtful
Comment: The author does a wonderful job of developing her characters, especially her main one, Finch Nobles. When Finch was a little girl she accidently spilled a pot of boiling water on herself and suffers massive scars. The reaction of others to her disfigurement cause her to retreat to caretaking of the graveyard her father is in charge of and then she herself inherits the responsibility. It is her security, because she has developed the ability to talk to the dead and has developed friendships among them that she doesn't have amongst the living. She has learned to erect a barrier when dealing with the people living around her. Because she can speak to both the living and the dead, she is sometimes used by the dead to try and communicate with the living and of course, she is considered rather strange to the living because of her disfigurement and her lifestyle.
It is a book that gently reminds us that just because someone has a disfigurement or is a little different doesn't mean that they don't have feelings and such as everyone else and that true kindness and goodness should be practiced by everyone and for everyone regardless of any differences.
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Title: Bitterroot Landing by Sheri Reynolds ISBN: 042516246X Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds ISBN: 0425162443 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott ISBN: 0385480016 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Saint Julian by Walter Wangerin ISBN: 0060522526 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty ISBN: 1401300316 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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