Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Clock Of Heaven
So, I've had my nose stuck in a book. I found it in a little neighborhood bookstore, a local author. "The Clock of Heaven" by Dian Day. The book seller seemed underwhelmed by it, but something about it intrigued me. It's about a women with a sad past and a precarious future, who is searching for a "safe haven" and is surprised when she finds kindness amongst strangers. The author must be a poet, every line was beautiful. It's a short book but the story seems complete, and in the short time it took me to finish it, it made me sad, happy, surprised and totally enamored. I wept at a certain point and really couldn't remember when I had last read a book that evoked such emotion in me. Not many books can do that in 400 pages, this book is 210 pages. I think a book without a lot of fluff is so much more powerful, it lets you think, imagine, and grow with the characters as they develop on the page. If it's weighed down with too much stuff, the essence of the story gets lost. I recommend it to everyone.
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