Pam Houston
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.01 | 1529 Users | 145 Reviews
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| Title | : | Waltzing the Cat |
| Author | : | Pam Houston |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | April 6th 2000 by Little Brown and Company (first published October 17th 1998) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Book Club |
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Now, in eleven linked fictions featuring a peripatetic photographer named Lucy O'Rourke, author Pam Houston once again serves up her charismatic blend of relationships and adventure. This is the story of one woman's struggle for balance in a world that keeps pitching and rolling under her feet. Dislocated geographically and spiritually, Lucy is prone to the wrong decisions at all the critical times; what's more, natural disasters just seem to find her: an accident on a rafting trip in Cataract Canyon, a grand cayman attack in the Amazon, a hurricane in the Gulf Stream--not to mention a few natural disasters in the form of men. A surprise encounter with Carlos Castenada convinces her that she isn't living the right life, and his cryptic message sends her back to her beloved Rocky Mountains. There, on a ranch, she takes comfort in animals, the jagged landscape of Colorado, and the sage advice of female friends; she even gives a man a try. Most importantly, for the first time she reconnects with parts of herself she didn't remember losing.Details Books Concering Waltzing the Cat
| Original Title: | Waltzing the Cat |
| ISBN: | 1860497896 (ISBN13: 9781860497896) |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 1529 Users | 145 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books Waltzing the Cat
If I could choose any book to have written myself, I would choose this one. It's a collection of short stories, superior to the more popular collection of short stories that make up Cowboys Are My Weakness. I often had to stop reading and stare at the ceiling, which is what I do when I read a sentence that so moves me by the way it NAILS a moment or an image or an experience that I just have to stop for a moment to enjoy it a little longer. I want to be Pam Houston's best friend.I don't read women authors much. I've tried but most never hit the chord. Pam is different. She captivates me in a way similar to Harrison, Steinbeck, McGuane. She writes beautifully of dogs, the outdoors, water, landscapes, wildlife - as she frames her stories.Highlands ~ Bob Dylan'She says "You don't read women authors do ya?"At least that's what I think I hear her sayWell I say "How would you know, and what would it matter anyway?"Well she says "Ya just don't seem like ya do"I said "You're
Years and years since I read Cowboys Are My Weakness. Glad I came back around to Pam Houston's stories. They make me feel like I'm breathing crisp Colorado air except when I feel like I'm choking on a big mouth full of river water. Guess there's something to be said for both.
What to say about this "shnovel" by the woman who, if my sources are accurate, coined that most excellent term? It's somewhat of an oddity. I'm sure there are many books about a female narrator's tragicomic inability to find lasting relationships and worthwhile connections with men that I would hate. But Lucy's lovelorn life unfolds all over the world, in story-chapters set everywhere from the heart of a hurricane to the Amazon Basin, and threaten her with drowning, angry mama carnivores and
When I read this book it was totally mind-blowing and transformative. I was convinced it was my favorite book EVER. It's still one of the best books I've ever read.
Love this author,loved this book.
This is written as several short stories, but all about the same woman and all in a loosely chronological trajectory. I really like that take on short stories--the effect is of having read a novel, but episodically, tangentially. Awesome.I also like that the main character is a smart, fearless, outdoorsy woman, even if she doesn't seem that way at the beginning. Honestly, I may have enjoyed the book so much because of how it made me feel about my own life and connections to nature, not for any
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