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Ahab's Wife is one of those rare books that makes one regret having finished reading it. It's not that the ending disappoints -- not at all! It's that the sheer pleasure of reading such a well-written, engrossing saga has ended. I wanted the book to go on and on. A masterpiece.
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What a great read! This is one of Kingsolver's earlier works, but it still has the complex characters and culture clashes for which she's well known. This one's not quite as "heavy" as The Poisonwood Bible, but it's equally as satisfying and enlightening. Pigs in Heaven made me wonder about some of my own deeply imbedded cultural imperatives.
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Ahab's Wife (P.S.) by Sena Jeter Naslund
Lynn Cox, January 2, 2010
Ahab's Wife is one of those rare books that makes one regret having finished reading it. It's not that the ending disappoints -- not at all! It's that the sheer pleasure of reading such a well-written, engrossing saga has ended. I wanted the book to go on and on. A masterpiece.(2 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
Lynn Cox, November 30, 2006
What a great read! This is one of Kingsolver's earlier works, but it still has the complex characters and culture clashes for which she's well known. This one's not quite as "heavy" as The Poisonwood Bible, but it's equally as satisfying and enlightening. Pigs in Heaven made me wonder about some of my own deeply imbedded cultural imperatives.(2 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)