Journal Entry 1 by Charmelie on Tuesday, December 23, 2003

Clara is a powerful black woman brought from Jamaica to Long Island to run the household after David's mother has a breakdown following the death of her baby daughter. Clara is rough but loving, and she introduces David to a world richly textured with legend and magic. He learns her patois, and becomes an honorary member of her social circle, mainly consisting of the ladies of Blanche's Beauty Parlour in Brooklyn. As his mother grows odder and his father more distant, so David clings the more to Clara - with the inevitable unhappy consequences. 

Journal Entry 2 by futurecat from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Picked up at tonight's meetup - thanks Charmelie, and nice to meet you - hope we'll see you again at the next one!

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Journal Entry 3 by futurecat from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Monday, January 09, 2006

Wow, this book has sat on Mt. TBR for a long time, hasn't it! Sorry about that. Oh well, at least I got round to reading it eventually...

An odd book that I'm not really sure whether I enjoyed or not. Well written, but it suffered from a weird lack of focus - almost as if the author couldn't decide what kind of story he wanted to write, or even whose story he was writing. I couldn't really work up a lot of sympathy for any of the characters, either.

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Journal Entry 4 by futurecat from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Given to another bookcrosser at tonight's meetup.

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Journal Entry 5 by lytteltonwitch from Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 15, 2006

It might be a little while before I read this book,picked up at meeting. 

Journal Entry 6 by lytteltonwitch at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Saturday, July 11, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (7/11/2009 UTC) at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand

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Given to a fellow bookcrosser as I don't have time to release it myself before I leave the country.

The Christchurch bookcrossers meet up on a regular basis,the information is on BCNZ Yahoo NZ The main organizers are FutureCat and myself and we welcome new members to our very friendly group.




 

Journal Entry 7 by rarsberry from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Saturday, July 18, 2009

From a box of books from lytteltonwitch. 

Journal Entry 8 by rarsberry at Cathedral Square - details in notes in Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Saturday, October 31, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (10/30/2009 UTC) at Cathedral Square - details in notes in Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand

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Left on a seat.