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5 comments about Kidnapping of Suzie Q., The.

1. I give this book 5 stars because of the details Martin Waddell put into it. I finished it in two days because it made me want to read more and more. You should definantly read this book!



2. I love mysterys most of the ones I read are more like thrillers I didn't know what to epect when I picked up Suzie Q all I know is that I couldn't put it down. It's a great book



3. I really enjoy this book it kept me on the egde of my seat the whole time I was reading it. I really thaught that Suzie Q. was ganna escape on Gerards motorcycle. I think that she could have gottin' away on his motorcycle. I like the way the book ended with her getting rescued and Dodie going to jail. I hope you enjoyed my review



4. One wouldn't suppose that a kidnapping tale could be funny. Well, it wasn't a roll on the floor laugh-fest, but this novel did offer plenty of head-nods to irony. Suzie Q, the luckless kidnapping victim is fresh and clever and has a wry sense of humor about her. While gagged, tied up, and freezing to death she still has plenty of Irish pluck. Suspenseful and interesting, ironic and frightening, this book is wonderfully done and a pleasure to read!



5. When I read the back of this book in the library, I thought it seemed great. When I started reading I quickly realized that no matter how good the plot was, the writing was going to make it a boring read. It was. Alot of fist person books only describes what is going on right then. This book tells both what is going on then, and little details that the character doesnt know yet at the time it is happening. For example, she says once what the kidnappers name is, but she adds that of course she didn't know that then. It just takes the excitement away.

5 comments about Since All is Passing.

1. Once you pick up this book, you won't be able to put it down until you've read it cover to cover. Ms. Delisi maintains the suspense from first page to last. Excellent!



2. Very suspenseful, exciting, and thoroughly enjoyable. And the pacing...wow, eight pages into the book the main character has lost her husband and unborn child, and then watched a little girl get kidnapped...and that kind of tension is sustained until the end! You've got a vicious villain, a sympathetic heroine, and plenty of genuine thrills...don't miss it!



3. If you're looking for a fast-paced read that will engage your heart as much as your mind, then Elizabeth Delisi's Since All Is Passing is the book for you! Marie is a heroine to cry for, cheer for, and bite your nails to the quick for. Rebecca, the little girl whose kidnapping hurtles the story into overdrive, seizes your heart and won't let go. As for the kidnapper, he is terrible in the very banality of his villainy. Unlike so many of the overblown and poorly motivated bad guys that appear in thrillers today, this monster is both understandable and all too human. And that makes him all the more terrifying.

   Since All Is Passing is an exciting and emotionally-satisfying read.




4. Don't you just hate that term? Well, I do too, but it applies to this book, in the sense that that is what you find yourself saying over and over again as you read. A non stop, can't put it down great read! I warn you, don't start this book unless you have the time to devote to doing just that. If you don't set the time aside, you will go crazy with suspense!



5. I finished this book in 2 sittings; I found it riveting and touching without being the least bit maudlin or far-fetched. The heroine, Marie, still subjected to the torturous memories of her past, has the chance to make a difference in the life of a young child; her determined actions force the plot to move as rapid and dangerously as whitewater and simultaneously flood hope into her own life and that of an interested young police officer. Quite good!
   
   Reserve this one for an otherwise quiet evening!

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1 comments about Stranger Danger: How to Keep Your Child Safe.

1. As a parent of a sexually abused child, I found this book greatly informative. I wish every parent could read this book, so that what happened to my child would never have to happen again. I also appreciated the section on laws, and how we, as parents, can get involved. I've read a lot of books on this subject, and this one is by far the best.

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5 comments about On Her Way Home: a novel.

1. I just finished it-sadly-because there were no more pages to turn. It's wonderful. The characters are true-I really cared about them - not so easy to do in some novels. What strength and courage those pioneers had! I don't think that I would have been able to survive such conditions. Also - what deeply impresses me was the love Frieda had for Ida - what sisters should and rarely do, feel for one another.



2. This is a book with the marvelous flavor and texture of the 1880's Arizona Territory--a mix of not only the pleasure of cooking and good food but the ethnic stew of the place and time. The plot: Frieda, the leading character, is a flawed but admirable woman of passionate loyalties and a sense of mission that pushes her on a dangerous and self-sacrificing quest to save her younger sister. The characters are special, with perils aplenty. There is a point at which the book really catches fire and races ahead excitingingly, and I finished it at a gallop. Ms.Rochlin's writing is a gift not only to anyone interested in the Old West as it really was, but to anyone who appreciates the ring of an honest voice in fiction.



3. This fascinating story gives us a dark view of pioneer life in the form of the criminal justice system and its distructive effect on women who are caught up in it. Women do not count. Unless the woman is Frieda Goldson whose ferocious will takes her far from home to the side of her abducted and abused younger sister. When the girl is falsely jailed for murder Frieda pits herself against a primitive justice system that shows little mercy. Author Harriet Rochlin once again gives us the experience, superbly rich in the details of sight, sounds, taste and smells, of living in an earlier, harsher time. Excellent writing.



4. "On Her Way Home," the third novel in the Desert Dweller's Trilogy, deomonstrates Harriet Rochlin's uncanny ability to enter the hearts and minds of her 1880s characters. A wonderful, rollicking read, the book is as contemporary in its psychological insights as it is historically accurate. I highly recommend this book to all those interested in reading a good story about interesting people living in a vivid, vital slice of time.



5. Harriet Rochlin has given us a gift: three stories about feisty Freida Goldson and her ambitious husband, Benny, as they settle and struggle in Arizona during the 1880s. Readers of Rachel Calof's story by Jacob Calof and the Diary of Mattie Spencer by Sandra Dallas will be equally intrigued by Rochlin's Desert Dwellers Trilogy. On Her Way Home can stand on its own, but to really appreciate Frieda's strength--and Rochlin's achievement-- read The Reformer's Apprentice and The First Lady of Dos Cacahuantes in sequence. The stories are wonderful for book clubs, for readers who like historical fiction, and for anyone who appreciates how much women had to overcome to reach their present equality. Frieda is Jewish so her story reveals little known information about the Jewish experience in the West. Rochlin's research is outstanding.