Local Girls
11 journalers for this copy...
I just love reading Alice Hoffman! Her characters are wonderful and the stories grab at your heart. While this is a collection of short stories, they are more excerpts of a character's life at different stages. Wonderfully written, page turning, very enjoyable. Click the 'global overview' button for a book description! Love that feature!
30Nov09: This bookray is now finished and the book is free to travel.
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dvg (NJ) ~ anywhere
300dogs (NJ) ~
Krista72 (Canada) ~ US/Canada
bug2004 (NE) ~ US Only
Maurean (FL) ~ US/Canada
Rrrcaron (NH) ~ Prefers US/but will ship Int'l.
EthlArnold (OR) ~ Int'l.
Rossella05 (UK) ~ Prefers UK/EU but will ship Int'l.
andthings (UK) ~ Prefers UK/but will ship Int'l. 19Nov09-No response to many PMs for addy. So Rossella05 to RABCK or Release
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30Nov09: This bookray is now finished and the book is free to travel.
Participant (location) ~ ship to ? [status]
dvg (NJ) ~ anywhere
300dogs (NJ) ~
Krista72 (Canada) ~ US/Canada
bug2004 (NE) ~ US Only
Maurean (FL) ~ US/Canada
Rrrcaron (NH) ~ Prefers US/but will ship Int'l.
EthlArnold (OR) ~ Int'l.
Rossella05 (UK) ~ Prefers UK/EU but will ship Int'l.
andthings (UK) ~ Prefers UK/but will ship Int'l. 19Nov09-No response to many PMs for addy. So Rossella05 to RABCK or Release
This is how a BookRay works:
~If you wish to be added to the list, please PM me with your details.
~Please let me know your mailing preferences (US/International).
~We will kick off once we have 5 members.
~You will be sending the book to the person who appears after you in the list, so you need to PM them to get their address!
~It's not a race, but please read and send the book on as speedily as you can, other people are dying to read it too.
~Please journal the book once you have received it (so we all know where it currently is) and again when you have read it (so we know what you thought of it!)
~If you're the last person on the list (i.e., we run out of members) the book may be wild released or traded but I ask you check the journal entries to make certain you are the last on the list.
Journal Entry 2 by dvg at Sent to the Next BCer, Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/12/2009 UTC) at Sent to the Next BCer, Bookray -- Controlled Releases
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CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES: Posted to the first on the list, 300dogs! Enjoy! =)
Arrived safely in Jackson! Was this really just mailed yesterday? Wow! Speedy delivery, alright! It will join the others on the short TBR pile.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked following along with Gretel and Jill as they grew up and experienced life. My favorite sentence was "...people will surely reveal what they're made of, if you only give them a chance. What's deep inside always surfaces, no matter how hidden."
I already have the address for Krista72 and will mail this off later today. Thanks dvg for starting this ray!
I already have the address for Krista72 and will mail this off later today. Thanks dvg for starting this ray!
Got this today I will start reading it on Monday
I mail this to bug2004 last Friday
Re'cvd today. Have a couple in front of it, but will get to it as quick as I can. Thanks for sharing! :)
I liked this, but then I always like Hoffman's writing. Simple, yet profound. Well done.
My sincere apologies on keeping this so long. It will be off tmrrw to Maurean. :) Thanks for sharing!
My sincere apologies on keeping this so long. It will be off tmrrw to Maurean. :) Thanks for sharing!
Ohhh...Alice Hoffman!
I have a couple of rings I'm reading currently, but will get to this in short order, and journal when I'm through (thanks for sharing this one, dvg, I'm looking forward to it!)
I have a couple of rings I'm reading currently, but will get to this in short order, and journal when I'm through (thanks for sharing this one, dvg, I'm looking forward to it!)
good read - as is typical of Hoffman; this one is perhaps a bit more sad than most of her works (that I've read, anyway!), but definitely a worthwhile read.
Thanks again for sharing it, dvg, and as I have just rec'd Rrrcarons addy, I will send this along just as soon as I can.
*on its way to Rrrcaron 7/21
Thanks again for sharing it, dvg, and as I have just rec'd Rrrcarons addy, I will send this along just as soon as I can.
*on its way to Rrrcaron 7/21
I received this book in the mail today. Will get to it soon.
Ruth
Ruth
A wonderful story. I always enjoy Alice Hoffman reads. Frienship novel themes are one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing. Sending on to next reader.
Ruth
Ruth
woops, forgot to change status to traveling...
I'm just finishing moving, and picked this up from my PO box yesterday. Sorry for the delay! I'll be reading through and sending it soon!
The writing style was very enjoyable to me, but I didn't enjoy the tragedy very much. I felt saddened by what the characters went through, evidence of Hoffman's ability to make her characters come alive. Honestly I want more of a 'wrapped up' feeling or closure after reading, but this book didn't quite satisfy me in that area.
I'm PMing Rossella05 to send it off this week!
I'm PMing Rossella05 to send it off this week!
Thank you! Made it here safely. Very much looking forward to it, i just have a few things to read for an assignment at the moment, should be able to start this one at the beginning of November.
thank you for sharing this book with me, i love Alice Hoffman and enjoyed this bitter-sweet story very much.
Wow, I'm delighted to receive this book. Thank you so much Rossella05. I am fairly new to this author but read The Probable Future recently and loved it so I am really looking forward to Local Girls. I know Alice Hoffman is very popular and I will RABCK this forward when I read it.
I really enjoyed Local Girls. Alice Hoffman is such a magical writer with the ability to really engage the reader with her characters. I always feel like I'm missing an old friend when I finish her books. Thank you Rossella05, for sharing this book with me. I am now going to pass it on as a surprise rabck to someone whom I know will enjoy it.
I really thought I'd sent this out ages ago, but there it was hiding on my bookshelf. About time you did some travelling Local Girls!
Thank you so much shelj7k for sending me this book. After reading the reviews on it, I think I will enjoy this one. Thanks also for the book you sent for my grandson. This was a lovely surprise package.Amazon Editorial Review:
An exceptional collection of tender, beautifully told stories from the author of such remarkable novels as Here on Earth and Practical Magic.
The New York Times Book Review has noted, "Alice Hoffman writes quite wonderfully about the magic in our lives," and now she casts her spell over a Long Island neighborhood filled with dreamers and dreams. In a dazzling series of family portraits, Hoffman evokes the world of the Samuelsons, a family torn apart by tragedy and divorce in a world of bad judgment and fierce attachments, disappointments, and devotion.
With rich, pure prose Hoffman charts the always unexpected progress of Gretel Samuelson from the time Gretel is a young girl already acquainted with betrayal and grief, until she finally leaves home. Gretel's sly, funny, knowing perspective is at the heart of this collection as she navigates through loyalty and loss with the help of an unforgettable trio of women: her best friend, Jill, her romance-addicted cousin Margot, and her mother, Franny, whose spiritual journey affects them all. Told in alternating voices, these stories work wonders. Funny and lyrical, disturbing and healing, each is a lesson of survival, a reminder of the ties of blood and the power of friendship. Jane Smiley has said that "a reader is in good hands with Alice Hoffman," and once again in her expert hands, everyday life has been transformed into magic.
Just popped in to say that I started reading this book yesterday. It won't be long before it is finished, so watch this space for a review!
I finished this book in the early hours of this morning, whilst waiting up for the cat to come home!! Some people wait up for their kids or spouses to get in, and I wait up for the cat, (since it was cold outside)! Anyway i finished it by 3am and there was no sign of our cat, and so I went to bed. My husband got up at 5am to go to work and he found her waiting patiently on the front door mat!I enjoyed the book and I am giving it an 8 star rating. I thought Gretel was a nice girl and I felt sorry for her. I also felt really sorry for her dog! I would have liked to have had a more positive ending to the book though.
I am sending this book to mafarrimond.I hope you will enjoy this book. It is on your wishlist. I am sending it as a very early birthday present, along with another wishlist book. Why early? Well in January this year, they changed the already rip-off expensive Dutch postal services and now we only have one, more expensive option to send packets. I just cannot afford it. So I decided to send your pressie whilst I am actually in the UK!!
The book has arrived safely. I love Alice Hoffman and am really looking forward to reading this. Thank you so much!!
