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Review Date: 8/25/2009
Helpful Score: 2
A beautiful story with depth of characters and complexity in the plot structure. I frequently reference this book and love the approach the author gives for a possible after life.
Review Date: 8/23/2013
This is not a book worth owning. The majority of the suggested "games" are activities you would do with your child anyways; ones that are easy to think of. There are many repititions, such as a page for sand play three different times. And a lot of the activities suggested are poorly matched to the age it is listed under, very boring and unimaginative, and not likely to "work" as it suggests. I did pick up 3 or 4 ideas. And I was able to skim through it quickly. I would suggest borrowing it from your library.
Review Date: 3/4/2010
Helpful Score: 1
This is a very well-written book, with incredible story-telling. The primary subconscious focus of the book I would say is the evolution of the author's rose-tinted view of her father as a naive child to her realization of the kind of man he really is as she ages and begins thinking for herself, only to come back to her youthful adoration for him as an adult. Even as he lay dying, weaving some elaborate (very typical) conspiracy tale that has led his illness, the author knows the brutal truth of how his hard life and bad decisions is what actually brought him to this point. But she still just accepts him for who he is. For my personal taste I found it totally depressing, though.
Review Date: 3/30/2013
Helpful Score: 2
Another gem by Diamant, in my opinion. I wanted the stories to keep going. This would make a great movie! Wonderful characters. And each had their own unique story, masterfully woven together.
Review Date: 3/30/2013
Well written, but very sad. Don't know if I enjoy this type of novel. But that's a matter of personal taste and not indicative of the writer.
Review Date: 1/22/2013
Helpful Score: 1
I felt the author was very arrogant in her writing. She does a good job of broadly mentioning other approaches, but only to discredit or denounce them without ever actually offering a true comparison. I read this book because another mother recommended the author's sleeping approach. But even that failed to provide the info I wanted, which was on the "controlled crying" method. A mother just looking for an easy, one-stop-solution might find solace in this book. But a mother who takes the time to research a variety of approaches/perspectives/philosophies will find this book wanting.
Pitching My Tent : On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith
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Review Date: 5/18/2013
This was an easy read that covered a lot of topics familiar to women, most especially moms and wives. There were many that referenced Jewish life, and not being Jewish they didn't have as much of an effect on me as they likely would a Jewish reader. But I still enjoyed reading it. Probably a good choice for readers familiar and a fan of Diamant's work, and not a first intro for new readers.
Review Date: 8/25/2009
An interesting biographical account of one man's life from the deserts of Sudan as a child to the streets of Atlanta as an adult. The story is good and I found myself sympathizing for the writer/protagonist, but he seems a bit arrogant at times. He apparently rose to the upper crust of the subculture he belonged to you, and he gives you continuous examples of this. I'm glad I read it, though.
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