tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post1410631372274629236..comments2024-03-28T07:20:26.335-04:00Comments on Carol Baldwin's Blog: The Good Braider: A Review and a GiveawayCarol Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-91912811978370568542014-06-03T16:12:24.294-04:002014-06-03T16:12:24.294-04:00Thanks Kim. It is tricky business to write about h...Thanks Kim. It is tricky business to write about horrific issues and still give hope. Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-58728887795526046892014-06-02T22:18:39.344-04:002014-06-02T22:18:39.344-04:00Looks like a fascinating book. I read Sold, a book...Looks like a fascinating book. I read Sold, a book written in free verse by Patricia McCormick about a Nepalese girl given away by a despicable lazy stepfather in order to pay his gambling debts. The stepdaughter ends up working in a brothel, another casualty in the human trafficking network. Despite the horror of her story, the book is awash in colorful descriptions and hope. I loved it.Kim Van Sicklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957877837203134260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-83543024634874749942014-05-29T11:42:13.782-04:002014-05-29T11:42:13.782-04:00Thanks, Joy. With your love for poetry, you would ...Thanks, Joy. With your love for poetry, you would love this book. I will add your name to the list!Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-75656258677437514302014-05-29T11:02:50.744-04:002014-05-29T11:02:50.744-04:00Carol,
This is a great episode on your blog. Than...Carol,<br />This is a great episode on your blog. Thank you for bringing this book to my attention. It definitely will be put on my reading list. <br />I've met several Sudanese young men in my travels, so this will provide an opportunity to hear the women's voices. Such brave people.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01825251724115541708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-60503987408551057892014-05-28T11:11:58.965-04:002014-05-28T11:11:58.965-04:00Thanks, Linda, you are kind. I added your name to ...Thanks, Linda, you are kind. I added your name to the list!Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-87283054993370112912014-05-28T10:50:37.007-04:002014-05-28T10:50:37.007-04:00Carol,
This was a great review of "The Good B...Carol,<br />This was a great review of "The Good Braider." Loved it! I definitely want to read it. I always enjoy your posts very much!<br /><br />I look forward to the day yours is being reviewed!Linda A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16517546647672781332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-11451137050170565892014-05-28T10:37:50.643-04:002014-05-28T10:37:50.643-04:00thanks Sheri and Ann, for commenting on this post....thanks Sheri and Ann, for commenting on this post. I had a hard time selecting the passages- there were many to choose from. Your names are in the hat!Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-58363123436327585562014-05-28T09:49:44.047-04:002014-05-28T09:49:44.047-04:00Thanks Carol, for sharing this emotional, and lovi...Thanks Carol, for sharing this emotional, and loving story. Great job sharing the plot. I've had many children in my classes that couldn't speak our language and our culture was so new and frightening. It sounds like a story I'd like to read!!sheri levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044105588939751015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-49186587527239141022014-05-28T09:39:55.106-04:002014-05-28T09:39:55.106-04:00" I hold it to me and breathe
as if I cou..." I hold it to me and breathe<br /> as if I could breathe life back into us all. "<br />How lovely a metaphor for all who have lost pieces of their lives in so many different ways... This story will both enlighten and enrich each of us. Thank you, Carol, for following Tracey's advice, and for reading and sharing this story with us.Ann Eisensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582750605756195380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-85441738363977924132014-05-28T08:12:44.149-04:002014-05-28T08:12:44.149-04:00Vida- thank you for your kind comment. You would l...Vida- thank you for your kind comment. You would love and appreciate this book on many levels-- as a poet and as someone who has survived a war torn country. I'll add your name to the list!Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-624221595772246912014-05-27T22:30:45.481-04:002014-05-27T22:30:45.481-04:00Carol, Thank you for this exceptional review. I LO...Carol, Thank you for this exceptional review. I LOVE the parts you picked to illustrate your words. Especially this:<br /> "I wish I could see my grandmother’s bright eyes.<br /> I have been here less than a year,<br /> yet I do not think I can be all Sudanese, all the time.<br /> Already, am I part American?<br /> I don’t feel like any one thing." <br />Powerful words! <br vezenimosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18354435414528851774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-10226525015010156322014-05-27T21:34:02.194-04:002014-05-27T21:34:02.194-04:00Thanks, Linda, for the reminder about "Inside...Thanks, Linda, for the reminder about "Inside OUt and Back Again." I need to read that too!Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-15257523289033254342014-05-27T20:58:42.009-04:002014-05-27T20:58:42.009-04:00Thanks for this great review. I loved this book a...Thanks for this great review. I loved this book and found parallels between it and Thanhha Lai's book Inside Out and Back Again, where she describes her escape from Saigon and adjustment to living in America. Both books make me mindful of how much we take for granted as Americans. Linda Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838197966070322540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-32622172100203412252014-05-27T20:28:59.595-04:002014-05-27T20:28:59.595-04:00This sounds like an amazing story. Please let some...This sounds like an amazing story. Please let someone else win, though. I am way, way behind on my reading.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-13204329263814880962014-05-27T17:20:54.389-04:002014-05-27T17:20:54.389-04:00You will love this book, JOyce. So if you don'...You will love this book, JOyce. So if you don't win it on my blog, you have to get it from the library!Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-90751254201892411952014-05-27T16:44:22.746-04:002014-05-27T16:44:22.746-04:00Carol, this is a terrific intro. Thank you! And ...Carol, this is a terrific intro. Thank you! And please do enter me. I would love to listen to this.Joyce Moyer Hostetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153114928220349251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-35500793244843295912014-05-27T11:31:58.730-04:002014-05-27T11:31:58.730-04:00Leah, it really is. I just entered your name for t...Leah, it really is. I just entered your name for the giveaway. Carol Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444182118975929045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581277174023785317.post-73991298184680087482014-05-27T10:29:52.168-04:002014-05-27T10:29:52.168-04:00This is a stunningly beautiful story. Thank you fo...This is a stunningly beautiful story. Thank you for sharing this review.Leah Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02784439589442766600noreply@blogger.com