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Cloud Chamber
Cloud Chamber
Author: Michael Dorris
Broadening his canvas and his historical sweep in this memorable and quietly moving novel, Dorris braids the voices and histories of selected members of five generations descended from a raven-haired hellion named Rose Mannion, who flees Ireland for Kentucky. Among her descendants is her great-great-granddaughter Rayona, a half-black and half-In...  more »
ISBN: 102118
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 316
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Cloud Chamber on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
If you liked A Yellow Raft in Blue Water you will like this book which takes a look at the family in more depth. A great story about love
fullybooked avatar reviewed Cloud Chamber on + 61 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Nice epic tale. Worth quoting: "...you lived the first half of your life for your parents and the second half of your life for your child and if you could manage to squeeze a vacation or two in the middle for yourself you should count yourself fortunate."
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Helpful Score: 1
I found this book to be fairly good reading until I neared the end. I get the impression that the author knew he needed to end the book, so he contrived a scene that was so unfitting, and so unrealistic that it destroyed the book. If you read this book, do yourself a favor and quit before you get to KFC. Had the book ended before this scence, I may have given it 4 stars.
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