Journal Entry 1 by itpdx from Portland, Oregon USA on Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Beautiful. Mesmerizing. In the book Ondaatje describes a church with a spiral steeple. The story sometimes follows the spine of the spiral and sometimes moves up and down along the edges, but always explores family and the transition from child to adult.
"we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives" 

Journal Entry 2 by itpdx at Mailed, Book Relay - reverse wish list -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Released 2 yrs ago (4/28/2010 UTC) at Mailed, Book Relay - reverse wish list -- Controlled Releases

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This is on its way to indygo88 as part of the Reverse Wishlist Relay on BookObsessed. 

Journal Entry 3 by indygo88 from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, May 07, 2010

I meant to journal this when I got it a couple days ago. I JUST saw that you had offered to send me this on the relay board the day before it came, so it was an almost total surprise. Either way, thanks so much for letting me be the lucky recipient! Woo-hoo! :') 

Journal Entry 4 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, December 31, 2011

I've been trying to thin out my shelves & I'm going to make this available, ONLY because I managed to get my hands on an audio copy as well. Still very anxious to read it!