![]() ![]() In her tribe, the mend protect fire and the women protect water. ![]() I love the uplifting loving message of this book. Our world is out of balance and indigenous tribes have tried to tell us for decades how to live in harmony with the world and we are so lost in our culture, we don't have the will as a group to stand up and help ourselves. I love the poetry and the way of thinking about life. I know the stories of the 4 legged and the winged ones. I haven't found a place in Maryland to connect with that again. I went to South Dakota for 4 years in a row and did a vision quest and prayed on the land with the people. I have prayed with the people and for the land. It's dreamlike and it takes me back to my days in the sweat lodges. ![]() The artwork is swirls of water and beautiful blue tones. They are stewards of the land and that fits right in with the bible which tells us we are stewards of the land as well. The story is about this girl and her village and the important of all the water, land and animals. The serpent is oil pipes that crisscross our land and leak. They are told to protect the water and one day a black serpent will come to poison the water and they must protect against this serpent. ![]() She tells of the stories told to the people of the land. The author wrote this after the incident at Standing Rock happened with the water and the oil pipe. This is one of those books that feels written for me. ![]()
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"We must tell the truth till we can no longer bear it."Īfter the symposium ended, Baldwin and two other speakers joined a group of students in the small, cramped apartment of a few NAG members. ![]() ![]() to tell us what really happened to get us where we are now," he boldly declared from the stage at Howard. "It is the responsibility of the Negro writer to excavate the real history of this country. He was a captivating speaker, with a powerful, almost hypnotic cadence if the desire to be a preacher had long ago left him, his ability to hold a crowd in his hand had not. ![]() ![]() ![]() I think it’s a cool take on futuristic biophilic cities. I was very intrigued by the mushrooms/living city element. I was definitely intrigued by the captain/surgeon’s story and wanted to learn more but we don’t really get a lot (read: almost nothing) about him and the crew. I didn’t mind not understanding entirely what was going on at that point and what we learn there does come back around. That being said, I think I’m one of the few people that liked the prologue. I think slowing down the plot or explaining certain things a little more would’ve been beneficial and would clear up a lot of the confusion readers experience. It’s definitely confusing, especially once you get about 50% of the way through and the action starts picking up. Looking at other reviews it seems as though this is a common theme, so I know it isn’t just me or that I missed some important element of the story. I have to say that I’m kind of confused about what was going on in this book. Recommended if you like: sci-fi, body horror, LGBTQ+, Indigenous author, magic ![]() ![]() ![]() But, what I love most about this book is the way that all of the characters completely enjoy themselves, no matter what they are doing. Enright's book won the Newbery Honor in 1958 and, while there are a few dated aspects to the book, really just the slangy dialogue that the two main characters use with each other and a continual reference to the love women have for curtains, Gone Away Lake is so completely charming and utterly engrossing that it seems timeless. ![]() I had heard of Enright and her award winning books before, but Heather's mention of them (and the great new covers by Mary Grand Pré) inspired me to buy them and read them this summer and they now rank among my favorites. Before I begin my review, I need to thank long-time reader of my blog, Heather aka Proud Mama for mentioning Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright in a comment on my article How to Choose Age Appropriate Books for Advanced Readers. ![]() |
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