How Did She Get There? Ann Karen Dowd 9780615335308 Books
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Caro Barrone is an acclaimed poet, highly respected in New York's literary circles. Unfortunately her personal life eclipses her professional one. Recently widowed, emotionally and geographically distant from her only daughter, and reeling from the unexpected death of her dearest friend and editor, Marcie Harrington, Caro abandons the city for the Hamptons' windswept beaches where she meets Livia Valdez. A lonely thirteen-year-old, Livia is everything Caro once was shy, serious, and only just beginning to reveal her poetic genius. Struck by the girl's staggering beauty as well as her literary potential, Caro elects herself Livia's mentor. The isolated girl welcomes the special attention, considering her newly remarried mother foisted her off on relatives for the summer. Before long, however, their innocent friendship takes an ominous turn when Caro is shattered by a betrayal. Her benevolent interest in Livia morphs into a dangerous obsession, and ultimately, Caro must choose?selfishly fulfilling her own desires could devastate the child, even as acknowledging them could drive Caro to ruin. This provocative novella takes an honest look at one woman's struggle with love and desire, motherhood and marriage, loss and mourning. Unlike so many female characters in fiction, Caro is neither pure victim nor villain. Rather, she is a fully realized woman whose capacity for transgression is countered only by her capacity for redemption. Caro's struggle for self-discovery makes How Did She Get There? an absorbing and thought-provoking read for women of any age.
How Did She Get There? Ann Karen Dowd 9780615335308 Books
Book Title: How Did She Get There?Author: Ann Karen Dowd
ISBN: 978-0-615-33530-8
Publisher: White Ink Press 2010
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Reviewer Byline: Vonnie Faroqui for WITS
How Did She Get There? is what I almost want to call a modern day cautionary tale. The heroine however does not turn anyone into a golden statue out of greed; or laze all day in the sun, thinking the world owes her a living while others labor. She is as human and self absorbed as we come, with all the classic confused notions found in a folk tale character. The author, Ann Karen Dowd, has certainly written a story that leads her heroine and the reader through a maze of challenges; attitudes to be overcome, confused perceptions about right and wrong, pitfalls of human nature, even exploring the motivational fears and desires which often hide beneath well meaning intentions.
The story's thread takes its heroine, poet Caro Barrone, to the very edge of reason, when she becomes obsessed with Livia, a thirteen-year old poet prodigy. How Did She Get There? looks at Caro's inner turmoil as she struggles to rediscover a sense of identity and deal with the decaying pieces of her changing life; motherhood, the empty nest, fears of growing old, expectations, abandonment, and misdirected desires. She is not the typical heroine and this is not the typical feel-good tale. Instead the author has dug deeply into the places we fear to look, excavating aspects of a woman's inner experience in ways and situations that are far too near our hearts for comfort. Ann does this with such compassion and understanding that she manages to guide us to the far side of the hedges healthier than we were before entering the labyrinth.
This is a deeply provocative read that will challenge as well as please the reader on many levels. The book offers a well-developed story line and believable characters that feel like people you know and care about. The poetry is exquisite. Ann has, with skill and grace, allowed the reader to travel the winding path of one woman's second coming of age from beginning to end and turned Caro's story into one of triumph.
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The author of How Did She Get There? writes a parable for what happens when women feel they can't talk about their feelings and desires. Incredibly timely, and thought-provoking, the message the story carries is one of liberation and the author, is the new voice for women.
Book Title How Did She Get There?
Author Ann Karen Dowd
ISBN 978-0-615-33530-8
Publisher White Ink Press 2010
Link to purchase [...]
Reviewer Byline Vonnie Faroqui for WITS
How Did She Get There? is what I almost want to call a modern day cautionary tale. The heroine however does not turn anyone into a golden statue out of greed; or laze all day in the sun, thinking the world owes her a living while others labor. She is as human and self absorbed as we come, with all the classic confused notions found in a folk tale character. The author, Ann Karen Dowd, has certainly written a story that leads her heroine and the reader through a maze of challenges; attitudes to be overcome, confused perceptions about right and wrong, pitfalls of human nature, even exploring the motivational fears and desires which often hide beneath well meaning intentions.
The story's thread takes its heroine, poet Caro Barrone, to the very edge of reason, when she becomes obsessed with Livia, a thirteen-year old poet prodigy. How Did She Get There? looks at Caro's inner turmoil as she struggles to rediscover a sense of identity and deal with the decaying pieces of her changing life; motherhood, the empty nest, fears of growing old, expectations, abandonment, and misdirected desires. She is not the typical heroine and this is not the typical feel-good tale. Instead the author has dug deeply into the places we fear to look, excavating aspects of a woman's inner experience in ways and situations that are far too near our hearts for comfort. Ann does this with such compassion and understanding that she manages to guide us to the far side of the hedges healthier than we were before entering the labyrinth.
This is a deeply provocative read that will challenge as well as please the reader on many levels. The book offers a well-developed story line and believable characters that feel like people you know and care about. The poetry is exquisite. Ann has, with skill and grace, allowed the reader to travel the winding path of one woman's second coming of age from beginning to end and turned Caro's story into one of triumph.
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