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| Original Title: | Still Waters |
| ISBN: | 0349115133 (ISBN13: 9780349115139) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Oregon Book Award Nominee for Nonfiction (Finalist) (2002) |
Jennifer Lauck
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.97 | 2216 Users | 188 Reviews
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| Title | : | Still Waters |
| Author | : | Jennifer Lauck |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | February 6th 2003 by Time Warner Books UK (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography. Biography Memoir |
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Separated from her brother Bryan, and passed from caretaker to caretaker, Jenny discovers - as she rebels her way through high school and into adulthood - that the past can never be truly locked away forever. She survived the stunning traumas of a lost childhood, but survival may not be a way of life. Now the secrets, lies and loneliness that once imprisoned her are brought into sharp focus, where an adult Jenny can make her peace at last. But one more mystery demands her attention: the quiet troubled soul of Bryan, who, lacking the inner strength of the survivor, chooses a sad and sorrowful destiny. And Jenny must dig deep to find the one bond that held them through the years, and the one reason any of us have for enduring: love.Rating Appertaining To Books Still Waters
Ratings: 3.97 From 2216 Users | 188 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books Still Waters
Interesting to read the other reviews. I actually liked Still Waters better than Blackbird. Both were very engaging and I read through them quickly. But the first book was more disturbing to me than the second. The first was so dark and tragic. Still Waters definitely had dark and tragics parts too but it also had a deeply reflective quality. Maybe because there is more satisfaction for the reader to see the author finally attain adulthood and some control over her life. I found her search forWow! I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up at a book sale and glad I did. I will see if I can find another of her books.It is sad and dysfunctional at times in her story. I think every family has some distinction in their family. A must read.
SO sad, I read her trio of biographical books in anticipation of meeting the author and hearing her speak on her life's awakening. This book {Blackbird} was my first by Jennifer Lauck and left me wanting more - which was immediately sated by her next book Still Waters, a less turbulent time in her life but still marred with her deep familial scars. Her last book , Show me the Way, was an ending of sorts, but I still have many questions. Jennifer's wilingness to open her soul to us amazes me; her
Second part of Jennifer Lauck's memoir...gut wrenching and heart breaking. She is a real survivor...thank god but why, why did she have to suffer so at the hands of so many who were "family"? Humans...so amazing and so terrible.
This is ostensibly a sequel to Lauck's Blackbird, although Lauck has written another book, Found that she calls "the real sequel", which I think is a bit off-putting. I mean, if people bought your book, isn't it kind of rude to write another book ten years later and say "Wait, never mind, THIS is the REAL sequel"? Anyway. I liked this book a bit better than I liked Blackbird, if only because I believed that she remembered things accurately, not something I believed of a 6-year-old narrator in
The sequel to Birdsong. Jennifer's story continues from age 12 through adulthood. When she is able to escape her adopted family and be on her own, she begins a journey to explore her childhood and come to terms with her family's death. True stories are always more powerful than fictional.
And now to Still Waters. This is the British edition but of course, there are American versions. Still Waters was, first and foremost, a rushed production. After the surprising and intense success of Blackbird, it was expected that I create a "satisfying" sequel NOW. Being a hardworking, diligent sort (and a people pleaser), I went to work. Still Waters rushed to press with typos and a even a misplaced chapter. Dreadful. And then it was released a month after 9-11. Another disaster. I am one of
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