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Title: Double Stitch by John Rolfe Gardiner ISBN: 1-58243-231-7 Publisher: Counterpoint Press Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Double Stitch Doubly Fascinating
Comment: I received the book as a gift and enjoyed it greatly. The personalities of the twins and the orphanage director were quite compelling. The book has three parts - the twins arrival at the orphanage, their departure, and their return. I especially enjoyed their departure. I sat up late into the night, unable to go to bed until I found out what would happen to Becca. This part put me in mind of some of the novels by Isabel Allende. I was a bit confused by the role of Anis Nin, and felt that Eula's sexual preferences were left somewhat unresolved. I felt that the details of depression-era America seemed quite accurate.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Book of Many Layers
Comment: This book started out slowly from the view of an observer or analyst of every characters' behavior and motivations. Later on you become absorbed in the twins' separate but parallel journeys out into the world. The identical twins may not only pass as each other but pass as whites when necessary for their survival. The historical backdrop is crucial not only to the story of the twins' racial identities but also a contemplation of the shifting role of women. The mentally connected twins are able to live with the multiple identities that normally struggle to exist within one person. Other characters in the book wrestle with how to suppress or express their conflicting emotions and sexuality every day. The issue of the part of self that a woman surrenders when she marries is examined. The sisterhood of women and the complexities of those relationships are also explored. The book is something I revisit in my mind to try to sift through the many issues that are intertwined throughout the novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: A note to the editor of this site
Comment: The Philadelphia Enquirer's Sunday book section gives "Double Stitch" prime position as "Ediitor's Choice" with a uniformly positive review; Francine Prose in O Magazine says "at once mysterious and plausible," in another favorable review; "Curled Up" gives Double Stitch a glowing review and calls it "riveting."
Karen Joy Fowler's review says "I loved this book for its smartness and the sheer adventure of it. It's wonderful." The one negative review to date,the Publisher's Weekly is the one that leads your site's mention of this book. In fairness, I think you ought to lead with the prevailing opinions.
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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 Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox ISBN: 0312264100 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 05 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Shadow Baby (Today Show Book Club #14) by Alison McGhee ISBN: 0312423772 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, a Marriage by Diane Middlebrook ISBN: 0670031879 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 09 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Big Fisherman by Lloyd Cassel Douglas ISBN: 0395076307 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: December, 1948 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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