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Wife of Moon (Berkley Prime Crime Mysteries)
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Arapaho attorney Vicki Holden and Father John O'Malley must find the link between the murder of a woman--and the murder of her ancestor from a century earlier.
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"In Margaret Coel's latest Wind River Reservation mystery, an atrocity from the past has resurfaced with a vengeance. Two murders-a century apart-are linked to photographs taken of the Arapahos on the reservation in 1907, currently on display at St. Francis' Mission. As they begin their investigation, Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden unearth secrets best left buried. Publishers Weekly Best Book 2004"
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What an excellent series!.......2007-08-31
This series does truly keep getting better and better. This is my favourite book so far, and I still have two or three more to go. I love Father John O'Malley. He is so real that I can't help going through all his angst with him. Vicky is a good character too. This book has non-stop tension from beginning to end. It actally starts in October 1907 and Coel weaves back and forth from then to the present day. When an historic photographer's works are shown at the Wind River Museum, Father O'Malley has no idea that these pictures would wake up a sleeping terror that has lain dormant for almost 100 years. Vicky and Father John are drawn into a web of terror and a cover-up that is incendiary as it was in 1907. Of course there are more dead bodies along the way, but Father John and Vicky stick with it until they discover the truth of what happened on the reserve in 1907. This books was riveting, and I just couldn't put it down. Can't wait for the next one.
From a native Wyomingite and Indian.......2007-01-16
Margaret Coel has a new fan. This is the first Coel novel I have read and I truly enjoyed it. Coel deftly weaves the murder of an Arapaho woman in 1907 to a present day murder of another Arapaho woman. In 1907 Edward S. Curtis captures the murder of Bashful by her White husband during a stagged attack on an Indian village, but the evidence remains hidden for nearly a century. When a Wyoming Senator, the grandson of that long ago White man, wants to make his bid for U.S. President Curtis's pictures become important enough for him to kill for, and that he does by killing a direct descendent of Bashfu in order to keep the truth hidden.
Despite the obvious history between Coel's key characters; Attorney Vicky Holden and Priest, John O'Malley, the reader does not need to know about it to have the story make sense.
There are some disappointments in Coel's writing. For example, the Wind River reservation is comprised of Arapaho and Shoshone, not just Arapaho, and there was not one mention of the Shoshone. There is no Arapaho County in Wyoming, but there is one in Colorado where Coel is reported to live. More detail to the traditional and contemporary lives of the Arapaho people would have made the book that much more interesting. All in all it was a good read.
If you enjoy Tony Hillerman or Steven Havill . . ........2006-10-19
T.J. Painted Horse's wife, Denise, is dead, an apparent suicide. Further investigation reveals that she was murdered. The obvious suspect, T.J., swears to his attorney Vicky Holden that he didn't do it, and she believes him. Until she finds out that he's been cheating on Denise for quite some time, that Denise was thinking seriously about divorcing T.J., that his alibi is non-existent. T.J. maintains that his enemies, the people on the rez who want some methane gas drilling sites allowed, killed Denise because they couldn't get to T.J. This is a reasonable possibility, but not first on anyone's list.
At just about the same time that Denise is killed, Christine Nelson,the new curator at the local museum, disappears. Is this a coincidence? When her husband comes looking for her, the disappearance becomes ominous; her husband is a very controlling, very dangerous man with powerful friends.
While investigating Denise's murder, and trying to protect her client, Vicky Holden uncovers some ties to a local politician. Wyomin Senator Jaime Evans is getting ready to announce his bid for the presidency. Evan's grandfather was married to an Arapaho, Bashful Woman. She was killed during the photographing by Edward S. Curtis of a staged attack on an Arapaho village. The Indians portraying the attackers were convicted of killing Bashful Woman, and hanged. Since then, some descendants of Bashful Woman's father, Chief Sharp Nose, have died; their deaths have not all been from natural causes, the murders have not been solved.
Wife of Moon is a very well-written mystery. Margaret Coel has written seven other books in this series. This is the first one I've read. There is obviously a lot of history between Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley; while not knowing that history made me curious, it did not detract from the story. The plotting is tight. The characters, even when not particularly likeable, are believable. I know about half-way through the book what the key to the story was, but not how it would be used, or where it would take me. The interweaving of the back-story (from 1907) and the current events was seamless. The historical details in the author's note at the end were interesting, and relevant.
All in all, this was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I will add Margaret Coel's series to my list of "Stuff I Want to Read", and see if my local library has The Eagle Catcher in their collection. I suggest that if you haven't already read Coel, and you like contemporary mysteries set in the southwest, with Native American protagonists, that you do the same.
Re-playing the Indian wars?.......2005-08-10
Father John O'Mallory, the "Indian priest" at the Wind River Reservation, got a phone call from his Episcopal colleague at the other side of the res. Father Nathan has received a message meant for Father John, which seems to indicate some old wars are heating up again. In 1874, Shoshone warriors massacred Arapaho in the Bates Battle. Now, 125 years later those left of the Arapaho have peacefully co-existed with the Shoshone at Wind River. But all that might come to an end, as Father John decodes the message and finds the bodies of slain Shoshone at the site of the Arapaho massacre.
In the meantime, Vicky Holden trying to devote her law practice to the big issues of her tribe, currently working on documents related to the reintroduction of the wolf. But she keeps being sucked back into representation of a young trouble-maker she's represented on DUI, assault, and burglary charges. But this time, he might go down for the murders.
And Father John and Vicky both have other problems. Father John's new assistant fears he'll never earn the same respect as the older priest. Vicky's new law partner worries that she'll contunue to represent the lowlife, draining all her energy away from the big projects. And just what is the relationship between Father John and Vicky?
Margaret Coel has given us another terrific mystery that keeps us guessing until the end, set among the peoples and places her readers have come to love. Highly recommended.
I'm a big Margaret Coel fan .......2005-04-19
I find life among the Arapaho as she describes it infinitely fascinating, and wish she would spend more time on that than she does. She's very good in her description of the setting, also, and I can easily imagine myself on the Wyoming Reservation.
This is the umpteenth book in the series (10th?) in which a Jesuit priest (who is with the St. Francis Mission) and his friend, an Arapaho attorney, solve mysteries on the reservation. The plot in this series is two-fold (turn of the 20th century and early 21st century) and revolves around an old photograph by Curtis on display in the mission's museum. The photo depicts a staged attack on a phony Arapaho village. In the course of shooting that photo, a woman was killed, so some chapters describe the events around this historic murder, while others describe some present day crimes that appear to be linked to the Curtis photographs in some way. A woman is murdered and her husband is the chief suspect, but on the same night, the newly-hired curator at the museum disappears. Then there's the visit from the Senator who may be declaring himself as a candidate for President -- how does that tie in?
Coel is an excellent writer, although she makes some blunders that a fact-checker or good editor could help her with. Like all the other states, for example, Wyoming has two senators, not a sole representative in Washington, and it is highly unlikely that a person who has only been curator for a month would have had time to mount an exhibition, particularly one that involves borrowing materials from another collection. These things take years, not weeks.
So -- I think perhaps Ms. Coel is under pressure to keep turning these best-selling books out and that's a pity, because this is quite a good book in other respects. Coel is a great story teller. I'm also happy to see that the unrequited love theme between the priest and the lawyer is being downplayed.
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- Reads like a Hand Stitched Quilt Made With Love!
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The Moon Quilt
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It is a day in June, and the old woman is sitting on her porch with her cat. She has fallen asleep and is dreaming of her man, who was lost at sea. When she wakes up, the old woman is smiling. She goes to the quilt she is making and cuts new pieces of cloth. She is sewing her dream into the design. As the season turns and the moon waxes and wanes, the quilt grows beneath the old woman's needle, recording life as it flows around her. When at last the quilt is complete, she sleeps and finally joins her man in his boat sailing past the moon.
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Reads like a Hand Stitched Quilt Made With Love!.......2007-09-20
I just received this book and it is already becoming a favorite of mine as well as my 3 year old daughter. The story reads beautifully and delicate, like an enchanting poem. It stirs all the senses, and the gorgeous illustrations bring it all together in a warm, cozy feeling. I'd call this a "home cooked" book. It truly feels like we own a little piece of magic in this book. A great bedtime read.
-----A nostalgic and unforgettable story-----.......2007-07-06
THE MOON QUILT by Sunny Warner is enchanting! It's the story about the last few months in the life of an older lady. In the story she is referred to as the "old woman."
Her days are spent sitting with her cat and dreaming. When she's awake the cat sleeps and when the old lady sleeps the cat is awake! The lady is dreaming of her old man who was lost at sea. In her dreams he is crossing from his boat to a rainbow which reaches to the moon. She decides to sew her dream into a lovely quilt. The old woman never forgets her daily chores and also works in the garden and plants pumpkins. Her evenings are spent working on her quilt. Her quilt is becoming a story and she sews a picture of herself and her cat onto the fabric.
When Halloween comes she makes delicious pumpkin pies for children who live nearby. The children arrive dressed in costumes and have a fun evening carving pumpkins and eating pie! The old lady sews the entire Halloween experience with the children into the quilt.
One evening as winter approaches the old woman and her cat sit outside watching the moon and they both fall sleep. The last illustration shows where they went.
The story is told simply and the book has many colorful pictures. This book is proof that good and meaningful stories are being written for young children
Bemused..........2001-12-10
This is a beautiful book, with many of the illustrations looking like they are fashioned from snippets of cloth, as a quilt top would be. The story is gentle and cheerful. Here is the old woman working in her garden, and here she is entertaining a group of happy youngsters at Hallowe'en. Clearly she has a full and fulfilling life. And then in the next-to-the-last frame, after she has added her cat and herself to the quilt, they sit down together under the moonlight and...die??? I guess i'm used to authors who clobber you over the head with the punchline. I had to go back and read the story again to make sure i'd reached the right conclusion. Then i had to go look at some reviews of the book to see if other reviewers reached the same conclusion. I suppose that this book can be used to show children that death is a gentle thing when it comes to those who have lived a long and useful life...except that the ending really startled and upset me. I guess i didn't see it coming, and i didn't want the story to turn out that way. I would only recommend reading this book to children if you are prepared to have a potentially upsetting discussion about death and dying.
A warm title of an old woman's activities.......2001-07-06
An old woman is sitting on her porch with her cat and is dreaming of her husband, lost at sea. Her dreams lead to new ideas for the quilt she is making, and her life takes on new purpose and reflection as she stitches in the changes in this warm title of an old woman's activities.
A senstive look at the journey of life for children.......2001-05-23
This book full of wonderful illustrations, provides a senstive look at the journey of a woman's life for children and adults alike. It takes the reader through a colorful adventure through the eyes of an old women and her cat. The author's exquisite drawings enhance the warm feeling the book gives the reader. A must read for any age.
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Odd, likeable little book.......2001-01-09
I bought this book in an airport during my jetsetting late girlhood, after having read Radix, Mindarc, and The Last Legends of Earth, Attanasio's cosmic masterpieces that the word epic is too small to describe. So this book was surprising; it's more like a Marion Zimmer Bradley, secretary-wish-fulfillment, Harlequin kind of thing. Normal woman's life transformed, fated love, blah blah. But it contained enough Attanasio tropes to keep me interested: the imperceivable distinction between vision and madness, the erasure of the boundaries between magic and biochemistry; and I'm a chick, I have your regular Prince Charming fantasies, so I liked it okay.
But there was something naggingly odd about the book, so I reread it, and reread it again, and although I couldn't quite believe it, I found that I was reading it as an allegory about feminism and the position of woman in a technologically advanced society. Put very baldly, the crisis of the book concerns a choice which the protaganist must make between a group of characters who can be read to represent irrationality, religion, belief in instinct, and another group representing science and reason. The disasterous choice which she makes is the same choice that popular feminism has made - not the feminism of the academy, but the woman-centered life of regular ladies who get up and go to work everyday.
Now I tend to overanalyze, but what makes me think that Attanasio is indeed playing this kind of game is that the novel makes very explicit the economic subtext of the Harlequin. That is, the entrance of the man into a Harlequin protaganist's life means that she can stop working. The dreary life from which she is liberated is the world in which she is subordinated to an office routine. The grayness and dreariness of office work - work in general - is here treated as no other genre author except Tanith Lee does. The entrance of mystery and magic is directly linked to the release from the protaganist's job. Tanith Lee is, of course, also playing with the conventions of the Harlequin.
Even if Attanasio didn't mean all this, by trusting the tale I found myself a work by a man that says something profoundly novel about how ordinary women encounter feminism.
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Wildwood: Confessions of a Moon Wife
Joyce Billingsby
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A tale of love, laughter, and betrayal down on the family farm Though it casts a glorious light As it travels through the night, The moon is dead- It has no life of its own. A lonely farm wife feels she is a pale moon reflecting the light of her demanding husband. Struggling to retain possession of her own soul, Sharon Rainbow finds solace in writing poetry among the graves of the Ancestors where she rules as queen. While Charlie Red frolics with his coonhunting buddies, a stranger in the Stillwater community rattles the ancestral bones of Wildwood as he parts the stormy clouds for Sharon's light to emerge. In a climatic night of reckoning, the howling dogs draw Big Daddy home from the hunt, secrets are revealed in the moonlit shadows and Sharon faces a triumphant moment of choosing. Wildwood: Confessions of a Moon Wife is a tale of love, laughter and betrayal down on the family farm and the third novel in the Rainbow trilogy. Featured are pages from Sharon's Scrapbook of Poems (Despair, Desire, Devotion).
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La Esposa Perdida (The Lost Wife) (Deseo, 196)
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The Moon's Wife
A.A. Attanasio
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A.A. Attanasio
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Wife Of Moon
Margaret Coel
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From Publishers Weekly
Bestseller Coel surpasses her own high standard in her 10th whodunit (after 2003's Killing Raven) to feature Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley. An exhibit of Edward S. Curtis's early 20th-century Plains Indians photographs has attracted a lot of visitors to the museum of St. Francis Mission on the Wind River Reservation. When someone shoots to death a descendant of a tribal chief shown in one of the Curtis pictures and the museum's new curator disappears, there could be a connection to a murder committed in 1907 on the rez. Meanwhile, Father John's assistant is preparing the mission for a visit from Wyoming senator Jaime Evans, who may soon be announcing his presidential candidacy and who proves to have a family link to the tell-tale Curtis photo. Handsome attorney Adam Lone Eagle steps from the shadows and resumes his pursuit of Vicky, who is still trying to come to terms with her fatal attraction to Father John. Stir in a crazed ex-CIA operative, and you have a hint of what awaits you in this action-filled page-turner. Coel draws readers into early Arapaho life as smoothly as she brings them into the sinister goings-on at present-day Wind River, masterfully blending authentic history with an ingenious plot.
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Eleven-year-old Buggy Crenshaw deems herself a writer whose imagination has nodded off lately. But her dull life takes an abrupt turn toward the fantastically unimaginable when her father's curious invention, his Tremendous-Time-Traveling-Trailblazer, suddenly explodes, catapulting their family to the very brink of the Underworld: a secret pocket of the world called Lloyd's Hollow where magic runs rampant and dreams are far more than just idle imaginings! Buggy quickly discovers that her family's arrival here was by no means an accident, and that coincidence is truly a myth for the magically uninformed. When the Demon Electrocucius threatens to ensnare mankind, Buggy is forced to heed her mother's cryptic warning: Dream big! You were born to save the world! Buggy learns firsthand, however, that Evil is hard to kill... Her message to you is this: Dream big! The magic is real...if you can only imagine! Coming soon: The Deadwood Principle
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Laugh-out-loud hilarity..........2006-04-05
reviewed by Sherryl King-Wilds for fantasynovelreview.com
Meet Buggy Crenshaw. She is a writer--soon to be twelve--who often writes letters to Ernest Hemingway. She has an older brother, a secretive mother, and an inventor father who incessantly blows up the garage. For that matter, her father's last fiasco got him and his family on a fast track out of town.
Thus, the Crenshaws move to Lloyd's Hollow, a little town where the magic of imagination blossoms in the air. Here Buggy makes friends with Veronica and Sid on the first day of school.
Buggy soon finds that the Greater Good and the Darkest Evil are ever battling each other, and the Apocalypse will soon be upon the world if a collection of prophecies called "The Appendices of Souls" is opened and read under certain conditions.
Things get funky when the trio seeks information from a mystic living in, or over, a swamp; the trio gets the information it seeks and then some. Things get even funkier when the signs of the Apocalypse coalesce and Buggy, along with her friends, must face the Darkest Evil in a final showdown.... Or is this showdown just the beginning?
The Bungler's Paradox is a great story for kids--big, small or just young at heart. Buggy, Sid and Veronica present characters younger readers will relate to in a heartbeat while the storyline presents predicaments full of mischief and laugh-out-loud hilarity. Buggy's quirky line of thinking also revs up the good time while R.M. Wilburn's amusing voice shines through and through. In one word: COOL!
Wilburn simply could not have done better!.......2006-02-26
In an excellent beginning to what one hopes will be an excellent series, R. M. Wilburn creates a realm of realistic characters caught in a world directed by imagination - literally. Buggy, heroine of The Bungler's Paradox, is on the brink of turning twelve when her family is "summoned" to Lloyd's Hollow. What follows next is an eye-opening crash course into The-World-Is-Not-What-You-Always-Thought-It-Was 101. Faced with the reality of magic, the indomitable, impressively imaginative Buggy must rely on her budding skills and new-found friends to guide her through what may very well be the coming apocalypse of the world, the final battle between good and evil. Challenged on every side, never completely sure of on whom she can rely, Buggy must "Dream big!"
Imitating the creative style of her protagonist, Wilburn writes as one might dream. Her characters are real, but with a touch of the other-worldly. Similarly, the emotions and reactions in the book are what one would expect in real life, while the events that jump-start them are anything but. Her writing style includes a lot of humor, though her characters can become a bit caustic and brusque in their responses to each other (certainly real-to-life!). And if that's not enough, Wilburn also provides her characters with meaningful relationships, that develop and change as the book progresses - not the least of which are those relationships that Buggy shares with her parents and brother. As the start of her imaginative series, Wilburn simply could not have done better.
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Bravo!.......2006-01-11
Imaginative, quirky, and fun. Buggy is a heroine kids can identify with who has a family that will remind many of their own. The reader gets a complete story with enough mysteries left for future books. I am looking forward to the next one!
Mona Jones Tacoma , Washington.......2006-01-08
What a fasinating book! I was hooked immediately and hated to put it down until the end. I really enjoyed each character and loved the humor woven throughout. It is a book for all agees. Truly, a fun book! Now I'm ready for book 2.
Bungler's Paradox, Readers Pleasure.......2006-01-04
This has to be one of the most spell binding books I have read in a long time. I simply could not lay this thing down until I read the last page and then I was disappointed because it ended.
I'm afraid this book will have to be labled "addictive"
How many days do I have to wait for the next one. "Deadwood Principle"?
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- Great book for parents of teens!
- A must buy!!
- Great resource for teens
- A good primer for younger teenagers.
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Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships
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"It seems like everyone else has the script. Everyone else knows what's happening and I look around and say, Duh."
Of course, the truth is that no one has the script because there is no script to follow. Chances are you'd find that almost everyone else has questions and worries a lot like yours, if you could get them to admit it. This brand-new, completely updated and revised edition of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives is full of honest, accurate, nonjudgmental information on everything teenagers need to know about today.
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Being a teenager is tough. With the information and the ideas inside this book, you'll have what you need to make these years the best they can be.
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Great book for parents of teens!.......2007-07-24
I purchased several books for my teen, and this one was one that didn't interest her as much - but I have learned a lot from it! It has a lot of insight into the teen mind, and as much as we think we remember what it was like to be a teen, it's easy to forget about all the fears and insecurities they have. I highly recommend this book as a refresher course for parents of teens. My teen preferred the perspectives offered in the books Cycle Savvy and S.E.X. for information that pertained to her.
A must buy!!.......2007-01-11
I have given this book to a dozen teens over the years. I wish I had access to this information while going through such a confusing time. Besides, would you rather them gather answers to all those questions through TV and friends??
Great resource for teens.......2006-11-03
A great resource for teens, but the pictures are a bit dated. An updated edition is in need. However, the information is still relevant and necessary for all teens.
A good primer for younger teenagers........2006-07-31
This is a primer for younger teenagers. It is well written, although it needs to be updated in 2006. It is a textbook more than a think piece. It is a good starter book for parents and younger teenagers.
Changing Bodies out of date.......2006-03-23
I was very disapointed with the book. Expanded third edition was deceiving because I thought it was new - my oversight. The book is out of date - I oversee a Center that teaches sex education and this was not helpful.
Customer Reviews:
Ok........2007-07-20
This one isn't my favorite but it was full of some great baking tips. I use ideas from Vondre and Andreaetta from Sell cakes like crazy on the internet for a lot of great tips for my business as well.
confusing texts and tacky decorations.......2002-01-22
The overall apperance is very confusing, although there are some fine tips for baking. The decorations are old fashioned and sometimes even tacky. Too complicated for begginers and not interesting enough for advanced cooks...
Good addition to your Cake Decorating library.......2000-11-08
This is a good book to own for cake decorating lovers. Nice ideas. Covers a lot of decorating ideas including wedding cakes, birthday cakes, children's cakes, holiday cakes. Ideas for petit fours and minature cakes are also presented in this book. You will not be disappointed with this one.
Great book.......2000-09-30
Thsi book is full of great ideas. Not all are easy...but worth the inspiration to try.
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