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This photo of Escherichia coli being attacked by bacteriophages highlights rapidly developing technologies for using phages to treat antibiotic resistant infections without destroying normal resident bacteria, and without side effects. Phages are also being used to detect and remove pathogens from our food supplies, both plant and animal. Also exciting is the use of phages as vehicles to delivery DNA vaccines, often directly to mammalian immune system cells. Recent work also suggests possible antitumor effects of phages. We stand on the edge of a whole new world of exploration and applications of microbiology.
For over 20 years, and through five editions, Black's Microbiology: Principles and Explorations has captured students' imaginations. Her enthusiasm, passion, and knack for memorable stories and anecdotes bring the study of microbiology to life in a way few other texts can match.
Now updated to reflect the latest topics in the field (e.g., SARS, bioterrorism, GMO's, geomicrobiology) and accompanied by state-of-the-art animations of key concepts, this new edition is sure to help inspire a new generation of enthusiasts for the dynamic science of microbiology.
Critical Acclaim
"I continue to find Black's text an excellent contribution to undergraduate Microbiology education." --Karen Messley, Rock Valley College
"I like the conversational and informal style Black adopts throughout the book. This is a book, which could very well engage even the most reluctant student. It is comprehensive, nicely detailed, and incorporates many aids to teaching and learning..."--Iris Cook, Westchester CC
"[The text] is a wonderful introduction into the world of microorganisms for students from a wide variety of backgrounds."--Jeff G. Leid, Northern Arizona University
"...I have found it [the book] accurate to a fault, brilliant at getting students motivated and interested in microbiology, and a great practical training book."--Gerard O'Donovan, University of North Texas
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Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology, 2nd Edition
Robert A. Pollack, et al.
ISBN: 0-471-42082-4, 264 pages, paper, (c)2005
Written specifically for allied health students, this lab manual presents a variety of highly engaging activities and experiments that convey the basic concepts of microbiology.
Customer Reviews:
It's ok.......2006-02-19
It's an okay book. I needed it for a class. There are several mistakes on the diagrams (our professor noted which ones).
Lots of typos and missing info........2006-01-07
Good study guide when the answers were in the back. Sometimes the answers were off by one or non existent. If you can get past that, it does help, but jeez don't they employ a proofreader? For thirty bucks, I was kind of disappointed. The textbook is great.
Wonderfully Informative Book!!!.......2005-12-12
WOW! I love this book. Every time I read part of it I learn so much stuff that I never knew before. It is fairly advanced information but it is written in a very understandable way. I am in high school and I like it because it teaches in the same format as my school's biology text books. I use this book because I like to read about this stuff. It is so facinating. If you are in a high school biology class, read this and you will be light years ahead of every one else!
Great book for teachers and students.......2005-09-17
This text explains some very complex information in a very reader-friendly way. The photos, charts and practical examples of how microbiology impacts everyone's life make it very readable. I would recommend it for teachers and students!
Micro Made Easy.......2005-09-14
This is one of the best text books I have ever used. The information is clear, concise, and interesting. It gives examples throughout the book of how microbiology is being used now to help us.
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1996: The horror of losing a child is somehow made worse when the case goes unsolved for nearly a decade, reports Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard in this searing first novel. In it, 3-year-old Ben Cappadora is kidnapped from a hotel lobby where his mother is checking into her 15th high school reunion. His disappearance tears the family apart and invokes separate experiences of anguish, denial, and self-blame. Marital problems and delinquency in Ben's older brother (in charge of him the day of his kidnapping) ensue. Mitchard depicts the family's friction and torment--along with many gritty realities of family life--with the candor of a journalist and compassion of someone who has seemingly been there. International publishing and movie rights sold fast on this one: It's a blockbuster.
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A #1 New York Times bestseller, Mitchard's suspenseful and moving novel is now available in trade paperback
Few first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story--a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah's Book Club. Both highly suspenseful and deeply moving, The Deep End of the Ocean imagines every mother's worst nightmare--the disappearance of a child--as it explores a family's struggle to endure, even against extraordinary odds. Filled with compassion, humor, and brilliant observations about the texture of real life, here is a story of rare power, one that will touch readers' hearts and make them celebrate the emotions that make us all one.
"Riveting . . . twists that will spin you around." --Newsweek
"A drama with the tension of a thriller that moves deeply into the emotional territory of family ties." --People
"Take a deep breath. . . . This riveting story won't let you come up for air." --US magazine
Customer Reviews:
An entertaining book, but it loses momentum halfway through.......2007-07-11
In "The Deep End of the Ocean," the Cappadora family experiences an unspeakable tragedy when three-year-old Ben is kidnapped in the hotel lobby where his mother's high school reunion is being held. This book examines the effects of the kidnapping on Ben's parents, siblings, extended family, and friends. Years after the kidnapping, when the remaining family members finally begin to experience some sense of normalcy in their lives again, the unspeakable happens when the details of Ben's kidnapping finally emerge.
I really enjoyed this book, but I thought it dragged a bit in the second half. The plot twist involving Ben's actual whereabouts is fascinating and heartbreaking all at the same time. I enjoyed the way the book shifted back and forth from the points of view of Ben's mother, Beth, and his older brother, Vincent. However, I think the story would have been even more powerful if the reader got a glimpse of the situation from Sam's perspective, and also from that of Ben's father, Pat. Additionally, it was so hard for me to sympathize with Beth's character. Obviously, I felt for her when she lost her son. However, Beth's personality was so cold and selfish before the kidnapping ever took place, so it was difficult to make excuses for her in the latter half of the book and assume she was just acting out due to her overwhelming grief. Finally, I thought the last few pages of the book were a bit unrealistic. Yes, this whole story is pretty far out there (although crazy things like this do happen once in a while), but after everything Sam went through, I couldn't believe that he would up and change his mind again at the very end. What was up with that?
Despite its flaws, "The Deep End of the Ocean" captured my attention from beginning to end. Reading the book had the same effect on me as following one of those bizarre sensationalized crime stories in the news: the details are horrid and painful, but I just couldn't pull myself away. If you tend to gravitate toward that kind of media coverage, have a soft spot for those god-awful TV movies of the week that are based on true stories, or are just looking for something entertaining to read, this is definitely the book for you.
Not a good choice.......2007-05-26
The deep end of the ocean is where I wanted to chuck this book when I was done with it. It's unbelievably melodramatic and morose in the extreme. The main character (the mother who loses her child) is so unlikable that I was actually hoping the kid could stay with the family that abducted him. Oprah has chosen yet another stinker; have you read "The Road" yet? Oy! You'd think I'd wise up and start avoiding anything with her name on it. She has horrific taste.
Couldn't put it down.......2007-04-30
Mitchard brings every mother's nightmare to life. I read the book straight through without putting it down. A gripping story.
Worst book I have ever read.......2007-03-15
A girlfriend suggested I read this book, which I did from start to finish, and I found it to be very depressing. Other reviewers have given a synopsis of the story, so I'll not duplicate their efforts. While I understand the main characters are processing an event I pray no one in this world should have to deal with, I found no hope in the book at all. Even though it has a what most would consider a positive outcome, I sense the characters would not have survived much beyond the window of their lives that we saw.
I did not feel my life was any the better for reading it and suggest you search elsewhere for a good story to read.
The deep end of the ocean.......2007-02-22
A very well written book. A heart breaking, tragic tale, as you witness a seemingly strong and happy family crumble from within. Well worth reading.
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This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in gender studies. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading psychologists and other social commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Students will be exposed to a rich, exciting, and emotionally and politically charged body of theory, research, and practice. TAKING SIDES: GENDER, containing 20 issues organized into six parts, presents hotly debated issues in contemporary scholarly and public discourse. Students will actively develop critical thinking skills by analyzing opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments. The issues will challenge students to consider what is sex, what is gender, and when is either relevant, and why. They will discover that what might appear to be binary, biologically based distinction is so much more.
An Instructor's Manual accompanies the book. For each issue, the following have been provided: a synopsis of each author's position on the issue, teaching suggestions, and multiple-choice and essay questions. The teaching hints consist of suggestions for generating class discussion around the themes raised by the clashing essays.
Customer Reviews:
I'm Hooked.......2007-10-14
A great beginning for what I can see will be an interesting series. Since others have given an overview of the plot, I'll just say I found many interesting characters that I'm sure will have their own stories. Jacob and Bella lit up the page with their banter and wit. Both overcame obvious barriers with respect and love. Bella had a wonderful blend of sweetness and fierce tenacity. Jacob struggled believably with his animal nature without losing his newly found romantic streak. The love scenes, although well written, did drag on a bit long for my taste. I look forward to the rest of the series which I hope introduce more of the Nightwalkers.
Jacob- The Defender.......2007-09-26
This was a great start for a new series for readers that love paranormal romances. Any readers that enjoy Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, or Angela Knight- here is a book worth reading. It tells of the Demon race- also slowly dwindling in population- needing a hero/heroine to save them. It is found in the arms and forbidden romance of their Enforcer Jacob and a human woman, Isabella, who surprises them with unknown magical gifts of her own. While this enchanted romance blossoms- they must fight the unseen forces that brings them together, as well as necromancers that continue to destroy the race of demons and other nightwalkers alike. I encourage reading it to find out what happens to them all!
It's Good to be a Demon!.......2007-09-19
Having been a fan of paranormal romance for quite sometime, it is always good to find a new series that can peek my interest. In the book "Jacob", the first in the "Nightwalkers" series, Jacquelyn Frank does just that. The world she creates for her charaters is one that draws the reader in. Frank's style is fairly common for the genre, but she twists the story in a way that makes it well worth the time and money spent.
FRANKly Fanstastic.......2007-09-16
If you enjoy paranormal romance you will *love* this book. Jacob is the first in Jacquelyn Frank's series The Nightwalkers, which centers around Demons (powerful elemental beings) and also incorporates vampires and lycanthropes (shapeshifters/were-animals). The character Jacob is The Enforcer of the Demons, a sort of policeman for his race (except there is only one of him). One of his duties in this role is to keep other Demons from attempting to mate with humans- a race seemingly fragile to them. Jacob becomes seriously conflicted when he becomes powerfully drawn to a human himself. Fortunately for Jacob (and the rest of the Demons) there is more to his Isabella than meets the eye.
Jaquelyn Frank amazingly manages to write a serious paranormal romantic tale (versus the tongue-in-cheek variety such as MaryJanice Davidson's Undead series) without becoming too dark, too depressing, or too disturbing. She also manages to write within an increasingly popular genre without creating material that feels recycled or leaves the reader feeling like they have "been there, done that."
Really cool paranormal romance!.......2007-09-04
Ms. Frank has started this Nightwalker series with Jacob. I already can't wait for the rest. This book is engrossing, interesting, heart-wrenching, and charming. Her alternate "species" The Nightwalkers, are not necessarily anything new but she writes their story with cleverness and appeal. She allows you to understand their world without getting bogged down in metaphysical detail that saps the fun out of a story. You want to like these people, you want to know them....and after some of the scenes, you want to love them! It's pure fantasy with (to quote from the book) "disgustingly good-looking" characters, schmaltzy but infinitely likeable (and hot) romance, suspense, and humor. Read this book for fun and escape. You will not be disappointed.
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Dynamically illustrated in full color, Pathophysiology is a comprehensive exploration of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and treatment of disease. Organized by body system, each unit opens with an illustrated review of anatomy and normal physiology, then follows with the disease processes and abnormalities that can occur. The text includes the influence of behavioral factors, life-style choices, and environmental factors on the cause and progression of disease, and covers the most current advances in genetic research and treatment modalities.
Customer Reviews:
Okay.......2006-11-05
This book has great content, but uses words and terms without defining making it very hard to follow.
Excellent resource.......2006-08-27
The book, its study guide and the cd make to study the material so easy.
Not for medical students..........2006-03-20
I bought this book recently and opened it, full of enthusiasm, ready to read. However I found that it's more a pathology than pathophysiology book. It tries to mix the two subjects and as a result it does not cover sufficiently either of the two. It is nicely organized though and may be good for other health sciences, but NOT for medical students!
Many of its pictures are "borrowed" from Robbin's Basic Pathology 7th ed. by Kumar, Cotran et al.
The best book for pathophysiology. Hands down........2006-02-20
We used this book in patho in my nursing program.
Wonderfully arranged. Easy to read. A little long but that's patho for you. ;)
A very well put together text book!.......2002-06-14
I purchased this book to study for a CLEP-type exam and found it to be an excellent reference not only for my studies, but also for general research and review of various diseases that I encounter in my job. When we have a critically ill patient, I now turn to this text to help understand exactly what is going on. I feel that the book is very well organized and includes several subjects not always encountered in this subject, such as behavioral disorders. I strongly recommend this book for all who are interested in learning about the wide world of diseases and for those who may need an occassional review.
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12-year-old Veronica Swan's idyllic life in a close-knit Mormon community is shattered when her two younger sisters are brutally murdered. Although her parents find the strength to forgive the deranged killer, Scott Early, Veronica cannot do the same. Years later, she sets out alone to avenge her sisters' deaths, dropping her identity and severing ties in the process. As she closes in on Early, Veronica will discover the true meaning of sin and compassion, before she makes a decision that will change her and her family's lives forever.
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fan.......2007-10-06
each book is great. i look forward to seeing mitchards name at the bookstore
HAD POTENTIAL TO BE A GREAT READ, BUT..............2007-10-01
When I started reading this book, I was immediately taken with the Swan family. I grieved with them, etc., and could not put this book down. Somewhere around page 200, this author lost her momentum. The last part of this book became, for this reader, somewhat boring. I'm rather surprised that all of the seemingly erudite people Mitchard "acknowledges" did not provide her with better guidance/information. The beginning of this book had all of the elements for a really great read. [A lovely family -- really nice people, a terrible tragedy, trauma, forgiveness, etc.] Plus, the writing was really good!! Then she seemed to lose it! Things occurred that would ordinarily would not -- I don't want to give anything away. In my opinion, Scot Early would not become what he had become [I have years of experience in this field] -- again, I don't want to spoil this read for anyone. It became sloppy after or on about page 200. I would recommend this with caution. It is not what I call "great." Perhaps, a gripping read that simply does not sustain itself -- what a pity!!
Excellent book!.......2007-09-08
This was one of those books I didn't want to end. Ronnie was a great character. The book really sucked you in and made you feel what Ronnie felt having her two little sisters murdered and all the grief and anguish she felt. the author really made you root for this character and made you still think about her and the story long after the last page was read. I highly recommend this book. I didn't think I would like the religious part of it, but I don't feel the author overdid that part of it at all. I think it was there to explain how everyone was dealing with the grief.
I was moved by its simplicity.......2007-08-13
I find myself drawn to books narrated by young people. Maybe it is the innocence, the feeling that their lives are continually developing that makes their voice so intriguing. The narrator of this story is Ronnie Swan, a Mormon teen whose two younger sisters were brutally murdered by a schizophrenic neighbor. It follows her family's grief, the relationship between Ronnie and her parents as they handle the deaths in a vastly different manner. Some are capable of forgiving so easily, while for others that day may never come. Mitchard's writing is smooth and sure as she weaves the tale of how Ronnie navigates through her life, the people she meets, the feelings she fights, all the while grappling with the idea of revenge. It is a beautiful story of love and redemption, one that I would highly recommend.
Not bad but ..........2007-07-02
The story is definitely a downer: two little girls murdered by a man who should be on medication, the reactions of their parents, and mostly, the reaction of their older sister. The story flowed well, but the dialogue between the sister and her parents didn't ring true to me. The book is thought-provoking.
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- Completely disappointed
- Giddy About Gideon
- Interesting premise
- Excellent, comparable to the Carpathians
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Gideon (The Nightwalkers, Book 2)
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Customer Reviews:
Completely disappointed.......2007-10-05
After reading Frank's "Jacob," and loving it, I was really looking forward to this one. But, I have to say I was extremely disappointed. I couldn't believe how difficult it was just to get through the first few chapters! What the hell happened? The writing in this one is so freaking heavy-handed!! In the first one, I loved the premise, loved the characters, and the writing was engaging. In this one I couldn't have cared less about either, had to read some passages over and over and had to fight to even continue reading. Again, a BIG disappointment for me. I don't know if I'll continue with the series now.
Giddy About Gideon.......2007-09-16
Gideon is Frank's second installment in her paranormal romance series The Nightwalkers. (For more on this series check out the first book, Jacob). The character Gideon is the oldest living Demon and highly repected within his race. He is also reluctantly but powerfully drawn to Legna, the young sister of the Demon King Noah. Vampires and lycanthropes become a more active part of the story in this book than in the first.
Gideon initially feels a little slower and less engaging than the first book (although still very enjoyable). However, the book gains momentum as it progesses and ends leaving you eagerly awaiting the next installment.
Interesting premise.......2007-09-11
I jumed in at book #2 with this series and am intrigued enough to go back and read #1. It's a nice detour from vampires and werewolves and I found the characters believable and well-developed, and the plot intriguing and well-written. I'd give it 3 3/4 stars if I could. I think it's worth the read.
Excellent, comparable to the Carpathians.......2007-08-31
Excellent read and excellent, wonderful and exciting characters. The build up was worth the wait. I liked this book way more than Jacob. Jacob did not live up to HIS reputation to me and I thought his heroinne was a little childish. But the series is awesome. I cannot wait until Elijah's book comes out in December, 2007.
one word?.......2007-08-15
Well actually I do have one word "EXCELLENT"! Run don't walk and get this book. I Personally loved this book and when book number 2 came out I was first in line. Personally can't wait for more books to come down the line.
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Freight brokerage is an easy-to-start, profitable business. It's even easier with these helpful hints on market research, choosing a location, financing, finding customers, hiring employees, and more. This edition includes updated information, additional resources, and current contact information.
Customer Reviews:
not that great.......2007-05-09
Good for someone how is starting their own business, if you deal with your own company, is more of what already you do.
Easy?.......2007-03-13
This book completely oversimplifies almost every aspect of brokering frieght. It has a few good tips, that's about it.
Average customer rating:
- Not as good as some of these reviews
- fun read, but....
- Beyond Good
- A path of deceit, confusion and, ultimately, the bitter truth.
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Now You See Her
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Hope has it all: brains, beauty, and acceptance at Starwood, a prestigious arts prep school. A mere sophomore, she has won the lead in Romeo and Juliet, beating out seniors for the role—seniors who have been in movies and on Broadway! And with handsome Logan as her Romeo onstage and off, her life couldn't be more perfect.
So why would this talented teen throw everything away? Why would she fake her own abduction? Hope wants to explain what really happened, and gradually the truth comes out: Maybe her life wasn't that perfect after all.
In her first novel for young adults, national bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard takes us into a world where appearance is everything, and nothing is exactly as it seems.
Customer Reviews:
Not as good as some of these reviews.......2007-09-04
This book starts to get good about halfway through. To be honest, if I had not read all the glowing reviews and bought the hardback book, I probably would not have finished it.
fun read, but...........2007-08-23
Hope or Bernadette or the next Gwennyth or whoever she is.....is definately a Jon Benet only almost all grown up. while the book is kind of forgettable and Hope isn't particularly likeable, the story raises many important issues in today's society. what happens when nutty stage mom's push their kids beyond reason? celebrity and fame obsessed teens turn into...what? and what happens in the 'after' when a teen who has delusions of grandure turns herself into a world spectacle?
teens will enjoy this book much more than i did, but hopefully they will ask themselves the same questions as a result.
Beyond Good.......2007-07-05
Expecting this to be a book I would want my teenage grandchild to read, I went into it thinking it would be fun, light and somewhat less than captivating. I was dead wrong. Took me about two days with a very busy schedule to finish because I was so committed to finding out about the true Hope Shay (Bernadette). Whole range of opinions from disgust to sympathy. Great good!!
A path of deceit, confusion and, ultimately, the bitter truth........2007-06-01
To Hope Shay (real name: Bernadette Romano, which just won't cut it in Hollywood), Romeo and Juliet is more than just a school production. It's life. Only a sophomore, Hope has scored the part of Juliet, a role that makes her the envy of all the upperclassmen. And why shouldn't she be envied? She has a special talent for acting, a way to make characters come to life. Her talent is what got her into the famed Starwood Academy, a prep school for fine arts students, and it's what makes a film actor named Logan Rose fall in love with her.
Hope's mother calls it The Gift. The Gift is what gets Hope the lead in a production of Annie and some spots in TV commercials. It makes Hope different from other kids --- more mature, more ambitious --- but a side effect of this difference is that she has no friends. At Starwood, she believes, people will be more like her. Instead of thinking she's stuck-up for having an agent, they'll admire her and talk acting with her. Or so she hopes.
What a tangled web we weave, when we first practice to deceive.
Life imitates art as Hope tells a story of falling in love with her (onstage and real-life) Romeo, Logan. They have to keep their romance a secret for many reasons, so Hope becomes consumed with their clandestine meetings. Together, they make what Hope calls The Plan. They'll move to L.A. or New York, waiting tables and auditioning for the roles that will make them stars, and then get married. The Plan, however, starts to crumble when Logan asks the question that engenders The Idea: "What would you say your parents think you're worth?"
The Idea is for Logan and Hope to fake Hope's kidnapping and get about $20,000 in ransom money from Hope's parents, enough for them to start on The Plan. Logan will "find" Hope and be considered a hero. But when Hope goes through with The Plan, staging her own kidnapping without Logan, we begin to see that all is not right in Hope's mind. Is she really in love with Logan, or is it more an unrequited obsession? Where do her lies begin and end?
Hope's journal is a passionate, frightening look at the destructive power of mental illness. In her story, she is both the heroine and the victim, while everyone else is the villain. Since we readers only see Hope's side of the story, we are led to believe that Hope is the stage star with the perfect boyfriend --- the person she not only wants to be, but would like everyone else to believe she already is. As in Chris Lynch's INEXCUSABLE and Gail Giles's DEAD GIRLS DON'T WRITE LETTERS, we have no choice but to follow an unreliable narrator down a path of deceit, confusion and, ultimately, the bitter truth.
--- Reviewed by Carlie Webber
Now You See Her.......2007-04-21
Now You See Her, written by Jacquelyn Mitchard, is the tragic story of Hope Shay. Hope is an incredibly commited actor, and always was. The older she became the more she pushed herself. She lived life upon the stage, and off the stage she didn't have one. Hope trained her to be the best, and she was. She was talented, and she and her mother knew it. Once off at new school for teens like herself- the kind that are destined for fame; Hope is pushed too far, too hard, too long. And when a teen is pushed farther than they can go.... it can end painfully. Mitchard does a wonderful job of writing as a fifteen year old.
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Guest Reviewer: Jodi Picoult
From the provocative and gut-wrenching The Pact, to the brilliant genre-bending The Tenth Circle, to Nineteen Minutes, her most recent novel about a high-school shooting, Jodi Picoult's riveting novels center on family and relationships, and bring to light questions and issues that remain with a reader long after the last page is turned.
In one of my novels, I describe life as what happens when the what-if's don't. In Jacquelyn Mitchard's book, Still Summer, we lucky readers get tumbled into a world where extraordinary things happen to ordinary women; where the what-if's don't only become a reality, but a nightmare that truly puts into perspective what's important in life, and who we truly are.
Mitchard has always excelled at capturing the details of a fictional character with such a finely drawn hand that it's easy to believe you know the people who inhabit her books--that you may have had coffee with them, or passed them on the street. Sometimes her characters are so real to me I have to close the book to cry; or I find myself yelling at them out loud. The ladies of Still Summer--a band of high-school friends who have long since grown up--base their connection to each other on the past, when they were tough-talking Catholic schoolgirls called the Godmothers. But where Tracy, Holly, and Janis went on to marry and live quiet suburban lives, Olivia became an Italian countess, living the kind of life the others could only dream about. Reunited for a Caribbean sailing voyage after Olivia's husband's death, we watch the women come to terms with the fact that our memories of the past are often colored by nostalgia; that friends who fit together seamlessly years ago might, with the passing of time, find it harder to align.
The book begins in familiar territory--women whose lives that are peppered with recalcitrant kids, clueless husbands, the double-handed shuffle of home and career. At the last minute, Janis begs out of the trip to tend to an ailing husband--leaving Tracy's daughter, Cammie, to take her place--in spite of the fact that the relationship between mother and daughter is rocky and cavernous. And then, just as suddenly as a rogue wind, the book takes a shocking turn--leaving these women in a crisis situation that leaves them not only fighting for their lives, but revising their own understanding of friendship, family, and loyalty.
What is it about a Mitchard novel that rises so far above others? The realism, the grace of the characters who people it, and the heartbreaking truths that sneak up on a reader when we least expect it. Still Summer reminds us that sometimes it takes a tragedy to learn what's beautiful about ordinary life; that sometimes we have to travel great distances to figure out how we define "home"; and perhaps most importantly, that we do not know anyone as well as we think--not our daughters, not our friends, and not even ourselves. --Jodi Picoult
Book Description
Mitchard's 'Still Summer' plunges into terrorBy Carol Memmott, USA TODAYSecure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget.Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when TheDeep End of the Ocean was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written six other novels, but none matches the suspenseful pitch of Still Summer.It's a tale of terror on the high seas, but this is no Pirates of the Caribbean wannabe.Readers know something terrible is going to happen, but Mitchard ratchets up the suspense by allowing her story to unfold at a leisurely pace. She painstakingly fleshes out her characters, because as readers will discover, their temperaments and personalities are as crucial to the story as the mounting disasters.Tracy Kyle, Holly Solvig and Olivia Montefalco, lifelong friends in their early 40s, charter a yacht and two-man crew for a sailing vacation that will take them from St. Thomas to Grenada.The trip starts out as an innocent adventure in paradise until two accidents in quick succession strand the women without their crew. What else can go wrong? In a word, everything. The engine conks out, the sails are torn, lack of electricity spoils their food and limits their drinking water - and then there's the injury to Holly's leg.Nature's fury, murderous drug dealers and, possibly most deadly of all, their own frailties and secrets are added to the list.Readers will wring their hands with frustration, weep with sadness and second-guess the choices these women make. But since characters must do the bidding of the authors who create them, we can only sit back - or sit on the edge of our seats - and let Mitchard's terror-filled tale wash over us.
Customer Reviews:
It Stayed With Me.......2007-10-14
I thought this was a well written, great story. The characters were diverse, which kept it interesting, and the story was suspenseful and taught. After I finished reading it, I found myself thinking about it for days. I will add this to my favorites list.
Contrived suspense.......2007-10-12
This book is one of the most contrived, superficial and silly "suspense" books I've ever read. All males in the book are idiots, criminals, selfish, threatening or just plain non-human, and all the females are thoughtful, caring, conflicted, confused and/or threatened. The narration is choppy switching from the story line to background, back to the story and sometimes involving two characters in one paragraph! The amazing thing is after numerous pages telling you who these people are, you really don't care. When the one semi-human male gets killed, you think, "Oh, well." and go on to the next chapter. A waste of time to read this thing.
Good not great.......2007-10-08
This was a fun summer novel to read on vacation. However, I wouldn't say it was a great suspense novel.
Great Book.......2007-10-03
This was a great book. I couldn't wait to read it each day. I think some of the critiques here are quite picky. So the editor missed that the word cinnamon was spelled wrong. The plot is interesting and suspenseful. Enjoy it.
This was dreadful.......2007-10-01
I can't believe this was written by the same person who wrote "Deep End of the Ocean." The plot was preposterous and silly at the same time. When I finished it I wondered why I bothered.
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