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Regina McBride

Forfatter af The Nature of Water and Air

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Regina McBride's poetry book, "Yarrow Field", won an American Book Series Award. She is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA & the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her poems have appeared in publications including "Boulevard" & "The Antioch Review". Regina McBride teaches creative writing at vis mere Hunter College in New York City, where she lives. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

Værker af Regina McBride

The Nature of Water and Air (2001) 207 eksemplarer
The Fire Opal (2010) 89 eksemplarer
The Land of Women (2003) 70 eksemplarer
The Marriage Bed (2004) 61 eksemplarer
Ghost Songs: A Memoir (2016) 23 eksemplarer
Yarrow Field (1990) 3 eksemplarer

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1956
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3.5 We first meet the author when she is in a psychiatric ward, grief stricken, unable to stop crying, after the death of both her parents within five months of each other. It is the manner of their death that also preys on mind, her religious beliefs that intrude and the ghosts of those now gone that cause her fright. are they real and if so what do they want?

Beautifully written, short pages or paragraphs, almost prose style, haunting and effective. her present life as she tries to move forward, her two younger sisters and the responsibility she feels towards them but is not able to live up to. Alternating between present and past, in the past we share in her memories good and bad. Her disintegrating home life, her very unlikable nanna and we get glimpses of how things ended up the way they did.

poignant, moving but although I was unable to look away , admired the gorgeous writing, I never really felt this in my heart. Glimpses were just not enough. Still a very interesting read, I loved her descriptions of the places she visited in Ireland, and loved that she never stopped trying, just wish I had felt more of a connection.

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Beamis12 | Oct 2, 2016 |
When Maeve's mother and sister fall into an enchanted sleep, the only way to save them is for her to go on a long and dangerous journey to find the fabled Fire Opal and return it to its rightful owner. If she doesn’t succeed, hundreds of lives will be lost – including those of her mother and sister. Excellent read with great outlook on Celtic myths.
 
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ShouldIReadIt | 4 andre anmeldelser | Sep 26, 2014 |
"Les pères ne comptent pas. Ils passent à l'écart de la vie de leurs enfants." Ce livre démontre évidemment le contraire, autour d'une jeune fille, perdue entre deux mondes, celui des maisons et celui des roulottes qui cohabitent mais ne se mélangent pas. Dans une Irlande qui parait coupée du monde et du temps qui passe. Où les voitures doublent des roulottes tirées par des chevaux. Où les mythes anciens sont finalement ce qui relient ces deux populations. Clodagh cherche son chemin de vie.… (mere)
 
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Domdupuis | 4 andre anmeldelser | Dec 15, 2012 |
Brilliantly written, but I felt like I needed a shower after reading this book!
 
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Eliz12 | 4 andre anmeldelser | Dec 1, 2012 |

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