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What is your favorite passage from Thirteen Moons? Why?
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For more information on Gwinnett Reads programming, please call 770-978-5154 or visit http://www.gwinnettreads.org/.
LINKS
- Frazier caps off Gwinnett Reads
- Gwinnett Reads programs begin July 1 at county libraries
- 'Thirteen Moons' book review at Accent Gwinnett
- Author Charles Frazier brings Indian culture to life
- Cherokee Music, Dance and Crafts on Duluth Town Green
- Library lands Charles Frazier for "Summer Reads" program
- 'Cold Mountain' author to speak at Gwinnett Reads
- This Land Is Your Land - Newsweek interview w/ Charles Frazier
7 comments:
Okay, I think this is working now? My favorite passage is the one where Claire puts spices in her mouth and says to Will, "Kiss me." Gives me chills (good ones!)
I like the part at the end where instead of shooting at the trees, Will is taking potshots at the train carrying the tourists. Sometimes thats the way you feel when in the midst of tourists, but at the same time I do enjoy being a tourist myself and I like to think that some of the locals might be taking imaginary potshots at me.
Beth McIntyre here, Co-Chair of the Gwinnett Reads Committee for the Library this year. I'm so excited to have such an accomplished author coming to visit Gwinnett! I thoroughly enjoyed Thirteen Moons. I usually like murder mysteries like Kellerman, Woods, etc. My favorite author is James Lee Burke, partially because he creates such a sense of place in his writing. You almost feel like you are in Louisiana with the nutria! So Thirteen Moons appeals to me because of the sense of place and time that Frazier creates. I also think it is a great romance, but some of my committee members disagree. What do you think? Hope you can make it on July 12th, and keep watching for more information on other events that week as we celebrate Cherokee culture.
In some ways the book reminds me of Forest Gump. We often think that a person who is able to accomplish so much in life must be extrodinary, but Will is not an extrodinary person. He actually starts with the handicap of being an orphan who is bound to run a store with no training or help. He goes to show us how you can turn your circumstance around as long as you are willing to take responsibility for yourself.
That's a really neat comparison, grandma of 4! have you read the book all the way through? do you think it is a romance? realistic? seen through misty eyes of fond memories? hope to hear from you again...
I'm not sure I would call the book a romance at this point. There is that element to the book, but then you would hope to have that element in any book that covers 70+ years of a persons life.
I often wondered throughout the book whether Will was happy in his life. He spent so much time alone, and as you can see from my logon name - family is important to me and I like having a connection with them. Will just seemed so alone, yet he did have some very deep relationship with several people throughout his life, but it was not constant.
I really enjoyed this passage:
I said, "Just so nobody gets the wrong idea, that colt is mine. and that coat too."
It was one of the few times I ever remember hearing Bear speak English, and he later claimed I must have been confused. But I remember clear as day him saying, "Well, this dog's mine."
I said, "Fine with me."
I dug through my budget and found the key with the heart-shaped butt. I put the business end in the keyhole and turned it. There was a simple rasping mechanical click and the lock sprang open like something alive. I swung the hasp and opened the door.
With the shutters closed, the place was lit only by the rectangular fall of light through the entryway. The room ahead was dim as the dens thieves are said to frequent in romance tales. The dusty floorboards gapped wide enough for snakes to rise through without impediment. I stood blinking a minute. Then I shuffled ahead, a hand held palm forward at hip level to keep from tripping over something.....
**I think I loved this part so much because it painted a picture in my mind of this little orphan, Will, thinking he had all of the pieces pulled together (at last - even though this would really only be the beginning). He had found his horse, and a new companion in this dog, and there he was, opening the door to a new life. Actually, to win the horse back, he'd lose his heart. The dog was already spoken for. The store and its money would never really bring him satisfaction. Just a baby, he was toddling out of one life and being born into another. The new world was dark and he couldn't really see anything, yet he pushed on.
Living a whole different life, maybe ten or eleven years ago, I had the opportunity to hear a recovering alcoholic sing a song about a hallway spreading long before him. He had opened all of the wrong doors, but realized that he could close them and walk the hallway to open another door and create a whole new self.
I keep that with me always. I haven't finished this book yet, but think that I'll be sad when I do. The story has swallowed me entirely!
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