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Post by niaru on Oct 12, 2010 9:06:17 GMT -5
Not Diana Gabaldon's.
It's a novel by Canadian writer Gil Adamson.
It's beautiful.
I just finished it and had to come here and share! It's set in the 1920s and the prime character is a young woman who kills her husband and is on the run from his 2 brothers. ( I am not giving anything away, the book starts as she is on the run). Sounds gloomy, but it's really not.
Read it and tell me what you think!
Also, on the back of the book there was a list of books the author read prior to writing her novel:
Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy
Thomas McGuane, Some Horses
Victoria Glendinning, Electricity
Any of you read them?
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Post by adcooper on Oct 14, 2010 6:49:00 GMT -5
I'll take a look! I know I've seen it at work, so if it's available, I'll add it to my stack of post-study reading. Of course, I'm usually toast after studying, so that stack is rather dusty. sigh...
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Post by elizabeth_h on Oct 15, 2010 16:06:45 GMT -5
I read it last year and really enjoyed it. It received quite a bit of acclaim here in Canada.
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Post by Einstein on Oct 30, 2010 21:26:35 GMT -5
I need something new to read, I'll see if I can get it on my kindle. What about the other books Niaru, have you read or started any of them?
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Post by niaru on Oct 31, 2010 21:33:09 GMT -5
M, right now I am winding my way through The Lacuna (B. Kingsolver). It's not bad, it has great moments, it's just not very...thrilling.
After that I have to read my MIL's book on Jung's wife *sigh*
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Post by Einstein on Nov 1, 2010 8:06:35 GMT -5
I got The Outlander on my Kindle yesterday, I'm about half way through it, it is really good, I really like it! That said, after Edgar Sawtelle, I never will rec a book again until I actually finish it ;D
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Post by adcooper on Nov 3, 2010 7:31:19 GMT -5
I just started The Outlander last night. Lovely writing. Come on, Michelle, live dangerously! Recommend it today!
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Post by adcooper on Nov 10, 2010 7:46:25 GMT -5
Finished last night. It's a terrific book. I'll be looking for more by this author. Plus, now I've got another good title to recommend when patrons at the library ask for suggestions! What's next, Claire?!
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Post by Einstein on Nov 10, 2010 10:27:38 GMT -5
I really liked it too, I recommended it to a few freinds as well. I didn't love the ending, but didn't hate it either, I was just disappointed because she was happy for a while...anyway, loved how it was written, thanks Niaru!
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Post by adcooper on Nov 10, 2010 12:38:26 GMT -5
Spoiler alert!
I think she was very happy in the end. Her freedom, life and happiness were entirely her own doing, right? Finally, she did not need to be rescued, and good thing, since any who might have "saved" her were back at camp crying in their beer. I loved her parting message, too. She is on her way (to the Yukon???), on her own, and the Ridgerunner can follow or not. She doesn't need him, but I think he will follow her, and maybe she'll keep him. I love the image of her setting off with her horse and her few belongings. She has outlasted her pursuers and that final message, the first she has ever written, is a great challenge. She's tough.
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Post by Einstein on Nov 10, 2010 14:22:17 GMT -5
I like what you wrote Ad, I kept thinking she was so happy with the Rev and *I* was so sad that way of life was over for her. I wanted that to go on, but was happy she and the Ridgerunner found each other again. I'm going to reread the end again, keeping in mind your take on it!
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Post by niaru on Nov 10, 2010 16:28:36 GMT -5
I'm glad you guys liked it!
I saw the end just as you did, Ann. But (SPOILER!) I was so sad about the Rev...
I just finished the Lacuna. Not a bad read, I just had trouble getting really into it. But interesting all the same. I'm about to read the Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Did you read it?
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Post by adcooper on Nov 10, 2010 17:33:42 GMT -5
Claire, I also read The Lacuna. Similar response. It was good, but I just didn't "go" there with her this time.
What's Kitchen House? I'll have to look it up!
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Post by niaru on Nov 11, 2010 16:56:52 GMT -5
Ann, Kitchen House is the story of a little girl from Ireland whose parents die during the voyage to America and who comes to be a servant on a tobacco plantation, where she's adopted by the house slaves. I just started it and it's a much easier read for me than The Lacuna, lol!
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Post by Einstein on Nov 11, 2010 17:52:34 GMT -5
Oh that sounds good Niaru, I might have to get it.
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