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    Caturday Reads: A dog with a special gift transforms a man's life in The Dog that Whispered

    December 17, 2016

    The Dog That Whispered

    A Novel

    by Jim Kraus

    FaithWords / Center Street

    FaithWords

    Pub Date 07 Jun 2016 

    Review

    Christian fiction is not usually my thing. Often it is badly written and overly pedantic.  (I am for religion but against bad writing of any kind) I made an exception for The Dog that Whispered, and I am glad I did.  Thurman, the dog central to the plot, is quite a charmer, and it is a pleasure to see how his good nature and guidance transforms Wilson Steele's life. 

    We often forget or outright ignore the suffering our vets go through.  Even those without physical injuries have to endure the memories of the horrors they observed or and were forced to enact.  Wilson Steele is existing, teaching classes and going through the motions, but he doesn't really come alive until his aging mother forces Thurman upon him. Religion does play a large role in The Dog that Whispered, but it isn't as exaggerated a presence as in some Christian fiction.  It fits the story and the subject.

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    A Play within a Play Worthy of the Bard Himself

    December 9, 2016

    Hag-Seed

    by Margaret Atwood

    Crown Publishing

    Hogarth

    Literary Fiction

    Pub Date 11 Oct 2016

    Review

    Readers can always expect something exceptional when they open a book by Margaret Atwood.   Like her previous novel , Hag-seed has imprisonment both voluntary and involuntary as a central concept.  Ingeniously, Atwood reworks Shakespeare's The Tempest, making Felix's reality mirror Prospero's long before he enacts his revenge through his production of The Tempest.  Once a cutting edge theater director, Felix has been forced out into obscurity, living in exile with only his imagined daughter for company.  Redemption and opportunity come in the form of the local prison's literacy through literature program.   Here, Felix introduces Shakespeare, creating vivid productions featuring the inmates taking his classes.  Fortune eventually smiles, granting Felix the opportunity to have his revenge on those who wronged him and produce his greatest work, an innovative retelling of The Tempest....

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