Total Page : 320
Publisher : Springboard Press
Publication Date : 2009 09 07
>> Regret buying it
It s my turn to host our book club and a lighter read was requested We re all mothers so I thought this would be good There s a video on youtube of Kenison that will bring you to tears so I was really expecting this book to be something special Unfortunately I did not enjoy this book and only finished it because I had to for the book club Her writing is so laborious so flowery and too poetic There are a lot of run on sentences I don t really like stream of consciousness writing and I wouldn t really classify it as that but it s close I did enjoy the descriptions of her interactions with her boys but there wasn t much of that The first half of the book is about selling her house without a PLAN and buying a dilapidated old house that needs to be razed I found myself wondering I thought this book would be about motherhood And it s in there but it s hidden in between page after page of contemplation Not the book for me
>> Dreamy cadence
I purchased Ms Kenison s first book several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed reading about her relationship with her sons and the affect modern life has on everyday practices As I don t read written word easily I listened to her own voice as she described sitting in a tree with her Mother as a little girl and the many experiences she holds onto with her sons Upon finishing the book I purchased 12 copies to give as gifts at a women s retreat I hosted a few month s later
I am a Mother of 2 sons who struggles with the same heart pulling experiences and thought the story offered a wonderful version of this life we re living
As with the first book I am again compelled to offer up this collection as well to Mothers going through the same mid life events that give me pause
I listened to the book s dreamy cadence spoken by the writer and cried more than once to the parallels in my life Hopefully it will give me the same courage again to view my life with glasses not of rose color but all the colors I can see And bring me closer to my boys
>> One Of A Kind
I read this book till the wee morning hours Couldn t put it down Katrina writes of something I ve been craving SOMEONE to write about the transition to mother of children to mother of teenagers to mother of adults The letting go the struggle the keeping the mouth shut the trusting the stepping back Beautifully written There is about 2 or 3 sentences on every single page that I wish I could frame and hang above my kitchen sink
