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Powerful, personal, and wise

Revisado: 09-06-23

I’ve never lost a child by drowning, but I have lost loved ones to sickness and death, my father to suicide, four precious babies who died in my womb, my baby brother to AIDS, my adult son to addiction and estrangement, my marriage, my career, my health and independence, and many other traumatic losses. I am searching for purpose and peace. Unlike Granger Smith, I do not believe that God purposefully gives people cancer and other suffering, but I do believe in the grace and power of God to transform hearts and lives through trials and losses. I needed this book, and I am grateful to have found it. Smith’s passion and love shine through the book, and he gives God all the glory for the healing of his life. Amen.

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Riveting!

Revisado: 09-04-23

If only I could give it ten stars, instead of five, I would. This is the best book I’ve read in a long time. The plot is intense and relentless, the characters complex and captivating. I could not stop listening from start to finish. Both the story and the narration are flawless. It is a life-altering experience.

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Narcissism at its most obnoxious

Revisado: 09-02-23

Though the book is more than 100 years old, it perfectly captures, in the final story of Ursula, today’s complete and obsessive self absorption. The first two generations, earlier in the book, were more engaging. Ursula’s story was one long, tedious wallowing in feeling and self-examination. Wildly swinging from ecstasy to agony, with many deviations along the way, then back through it all, driven all the while by worship of SELF. Perfect for today’s “It’s-ALL-about ME, ME, ME.” I’m a true literary nerd, and I like much of Lawrence’s work, but the last ten chapters made me gag. The narrator did an admirable job of slogging through hours upon hours of repetitive emotional masturbation. Yuck.

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Heartbreaking

Revisado: 05-28-23

Based on real events, this story tears at the heart. Complex, lovable, as well as detestable, characters come to life. The stench and the beauty of the mile-wide Mississippi permeate the atmosphere from beginning to end. Despite some predictability that begins about halfway through the book, the intricate details unwind in surprising turns, with the biggest secrets withheld until the closing chapter. An unforgettable book.

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