dancing at the harvest moon is a 2002 cbs television film starring jacqueline bisset , valerie harper and eric mabius .

directed by bobby roth , it is based on k.c. mckinnon 's novel of the same name .

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back to nature and bokujō monogatari : harvest moon for girl were both later ported to the playstation portable as harvest moon : boy and girl in japan and north america .
the song sung at the end of the movie is
harvest moon
by neil young . it was produced on his album in 1992 .
many characters are from harvest moon 64 , however , doctor , pastor carter and won ( not counting the harvest sprites ) are the only unique characters .
at the end of the three year time period , mayor thomas will come and view your progress , similar to how the player ' s father evaluated pete at the end of the third year in harvest moon 64 . if the farm ' s condition is acceptable at the end of the third year , the player will be able to keep playing .
i absolutely loved this book ! i really love books where strong female characters reinvent themselves &
dancing at the harvest moon
is definitely one of those novels . i really want to read more books by k . c . mckinnon . what a wonderful read !
in dancing at the harvest moon , a story of first love rekindled , 46 - year - old maggie mcintyre has just lost her husband to another woman and sees no reason to remain in kansas city . she decides to return to the harvest moon , the dance hall where she worked in college . so we go there with her , back to the beautiful canadian town on little bear lake , where maggie faces all of
this is one of the few harvest moon games to allow players to give more than one gift per day to increase the npc ' s friendship and love points .
dancing at the harvest moon is another lovely , little gem of a book . it is one of the best used books that i ' ve picked up at the library . i really related to the story of the older woman in a transitional phase of her life . even though my transitional issues are different , i loved the way the main character bravely set out and moved forward in her life . . . making decisions that were
outside of the box
and not always what others thought she should do . the simple story and illustrations were very
set two will feature the musicians and open dancing . band members include : ozzie andrews , tony pace , andrew sigworth , brian williams .
at forty - five , maggie mcintyre has been abandoned by her husband for a much younger woman . but some old letters in the attic from the first love in her life remind her of the precious summers she spent at the harvest moon dance hall so many years ago . now she is returning to little bear lake , to the peace of the northern wilderness , hoping to recapture the woman she once wasand the woman she knows she could be again . but time has changed the place she knew . until a second chance at love makes an unexpected appearance . . . .
in dancing at the harvest moon , a story of first love rekindled , 46 - year - old maggie mcintyre has just lost her husband to another woman and sees no reason to remain in kansas city . she decides to return to the harvest moon , the dance hall where she worked in college . so we go there with her , back to the beautiful canadian town on little bear lake , where maggie faces all of those juicy yet unanswered questions : will true love find her ? will rob , her first love , finally forgive her ? is she prepared to face the demons that have for so long kept real passion at bay ? author k . c . mckinnon is actually
respected literary novelist
( as she is described on the dust jacket
though many of the characters are taken from harvest moon 64 , they have somewhat different personalities , families , and occupations , which led to minor controversy among fans as these altercations were carried over to harvest moon : ds and ultimately became the final canon of said characters . unlike any other game that takes place in mineral town , it applies more 3d graphics and many features that can ' t be found in the game boy versions .
the song that was playing while they were dancing at the dance . it went this ain ' t love but it ' s close enough i ' m thinking years from now . . . it was a country song i need to know the name of it . please help
dancing at the harvest moon is another lovely , little gem of a book . it is one of the best used books that i ' ve picked up at the library . i really related to the story of the older woman in a transitional phase of her life . even though my transitional issues are different , i loved the way the main character bravely set out and moved forward in her life . . . making decisions that were
outside of the box
and not always what others thought she should do . the simple story and illustrations were very appealing to me . the drawings of the north country reminded me that it is one of my favorite places to be . altogether , i found the total package to be a sweet read !
thank you for your reply . the song i am looking for is in the scene in which they go to the dance ( not at the end ) and the characters are line dancing . it ' s an upbeat song with the lyrics
i think i ' m thinking too much
in it . can ' t find it anywhere .
in spring , the harvest sprites have a tea party but you can make them work for you by talking to them five times .
karen - she lives with her parents , jeff and sasha , behind the supermarket . rick has been her childhood friend since they were little kids . her hobbies include dancing , singing , and hanging out at the bar and drinking . she has expensive tastes such as wine , sashimi , and truffles .
it is your goal to work the land and care for livestock , just as in any other harvest moon games . at first , you are given a hoe , a sickle , a hammer , and an axe in order to clear up and work the debris - cluttered land . later on , you can upgrade your tools and obtain more in order to do tasks more efficiently .
three things disappointed me about
dancing at the harvest moon :
1 . the book i was reading has the question marks upside down . it was startling and distracting . also made me focus on how many questions were asked in this book . 2 . the cathie pelletier ( k . c . mckinnon is a pseudonym ) humor was not there . 3 . i believe you cannot go back . life is a journey forward . and , really , can a relationship with 20 year ago difference work ? and why isn ' t eliot angry about maggie breaking his dad ' s heart ?
as typical of many of the harvest moon titles , you come to inherit a farm after your grandfather ' s passing . however , in this game , it has been decided by the residents of mineral town that you can only inherit the farm if you restore it to its former glory and fit in with the townsfolk within three years .
maggie decides to purchase the dance hall and restore it in time to have the ball to celebrate the annual harvest moon as a tribute to the fond memories of her idyllic romantic summers at the lake . as maggie and her friend , claire , are figuring out a way to rebuild the dance hall , maggie meets john , the charming son of her first love . she accepts john ' s offer to help reconstruct the hall and when he and maggie develop intense feelings for each other , she must decide if her passion is for john or the lingering memory of his father .
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maggie has gone through a divorce . she finds a remnant from her former single life from long ago and rushes to canada to find her lost love . maggie works hard to make the harvest moon dance hall a reality . this is a very lovely but tempestuous story of romance . the plot is rather thin but the 1960 ' s music they talk about and dance to , reminded me of my own fond memories . bear lake and the loons brought back happy times at saranac lake in the adirondacks ; with the the haunting calls of those maje
maggie , a 46 - yr - old woman is left by her husband for a younger woman after almost 25 yrs of marriage - - she retursn to canada whre she worked summers at the harvest moon . she buys it , reopens it . she has come to recapture her feelings she had for her 1st love , robert flaubert . he has died but she falls in love w / his son eliot .
harvest moon looks like a good one with jessy & jessie ! love jessy schram as cinderella on ouat . she ' s a breath of fresh air . i know i ' ve seen her in lots of stuff , but has she been in anything else on hallmark ?
after maggie ' s husband of 20 years leaves her , she returns home to canada . she is determined to reopen the harvest moon , a local club . maggie also meets up with robbie , her old flame and befriend claire . i wish that k . c . mckinnon would write more books !
maggie has gone through a divorce . she finds a remnant from her former single life from long ago and rushes to canada to find her lost love . maggie works hard to make the harvest moon dance hall a reality . this is a very lovely but tempestuous story of romance . the plot is rather thin but the 1960 ' s music they talk about and dance to , reminded me of my own fond memories . bear lake and the loons brought back happy times at saranac lake in the adirondacks ; with the the haunting calls of those majestic birds . to reminisce is a pleasant experience .
this was an older woman , younger man story that i thought would give me the heebie jeebies . maggie ' s husband leaves her for a girl 20 years younger . after almost a year she comes across old love letters from her beau before she met her husband while she worked a summer job in canada at the harvest moon . she decides to go on sabbatical and check out the place maybe reconnecting with her old love . she learns he died a few years back . his son lives there and is the spitting image of his dad . the so
enjoy a short performance to original music by americana - band cold tone harvest in set one , then have a chance to experience a fun , informal dance workshop with the performers .
the story of a woman in her forties who gets a second chance at life and romance when she returns to the beautiful lakeside town where , as a teenager , she met her first love .
despite the transparent efficiency of substituting the love interest ' s son for the originaland despite the truly shameless level of sentimentality and bathosmckinnon may have hit the jackpot .
maggie ' s first love took place in 1967 and so did mine so guess i enjoyed this book for that reason . we never really forget our
first love
and after maggie ' s 20 year marriage ends , she heads back to little bear lake to find the life she left behind . her best friend is there , the harvest moon is for sale and thus begins her tale .
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ann - she works at the inn along with her father . once cliff comes to town , she ends up doing her best to befriend him . give her spa - boiled eggs .
after finding out about her husband ' s affair , maggie ( jacqueline bisset ) goes back to her home town of harvest moon hoping to meet her childhood sweetheart . instead she finds his son ( eric mabius ) - - young , handsome and ready for fun . . . controversy follows in this simple , sentimental , soapy little film about healing and romance .
i opened up this book by k . c . mckinnon ( the penname of writer catherine pelletier ) thinking it ' s a short read , should be a good , chill break from the more politically themed books i ' ve been tearing through recently . harvest moon is the story of maggie mcintyre , a forty - something whose husband does the mid - life crisis and runs off with his assistant . about to be a divorcee , maggie herself runs off to re - start her life in the small canadian town where she spent summers as a teenage girl . she hopes
me too , i ' m looking for it , so . if anyone can at least give us the name of the singer , it would be great ! ! ! i searched for it through lyrics but it got me nowhere t - t
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this was an older woman , younger man story that i thought would give me the heebie jeebies . maggie ' s husband leaves her for a girl 20 years younger . after almost a year she comes across old love letters from her beau before she met her husband while she worked a summer job in canada at the harvest moon . she decides to go on sabbatical and check out the place maybe reconnecting with her old love . she learns he died a few years back . his son lives there and is the spitting image of his dad . the son has been reading for five years her old love letters to his dad and has fallen in love with her . now maggie has to figure out whether she ' s really attracted to the son for himself or because of what she felt for the dad . i loved the book up to the ending . it seemed a little rushed to me , but then again this is a pretty short book . first time reading this author .
yes , she was in the hallmark hall of fame movie
a smile as big as the moon
, with john corbett . she portrayed a teacher , who helped to take special needs students to nasa . she seemed very gentle and sweet in that movie , a great character for her .
does anyone know the name of the song in the dance scene ? i think the lyrics are something like
i think i ' m thinking too much .
thanks !
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elli - she ' s the nurse at the local clinic , and she has an upbeat , kind personality . a few years ago , her parents died , and she ' s been raising her little brother and caring for her grandmother ever since . right from the start of the game , she has a crush on her boss , the doctor . as far as gifts go , she loves receiving all sorts of flowers .
where can i find the song
sweet
. . . not by jhonny douglas ! ! ! . . . . but exactly the same from the movie . . the new aransemen
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interestingly , the farm was once known to be a great farm , where many chickens were shown in flashback . however , when the player acquires the farm , none of the barns are upgraded .
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gray - as a former city dweller , gray initially does not take to the idea of living in the
boondocks
. after meeting mary , he looks at things a bit more optimistically , though he still struggles with his grandfather , the blacksmith saibara . he is his grandfather ' s apprentice , though he complains that his grandfather never praises him for anything he does .
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i ' ve heard about pixl in the past , and noticed that quite a few of the movies air there first , before going to hallmark . also , some of them have the different titles , as mentioned by anonymous above . i wasn ' t aware that there were any movies premiering on pixl that didn ' t end up airing on hallmark ( or maybe up or ion ) at some point . if that ' s the case , i will definitely check out the pixl youtube channel !
cliff - a young vagrant who ' s recently found himself in mineral town . he usually stays in one place for a while until he runs out of money , and then heads to the next place . however , you can get him a job at the winery , thus getting him to stay in town . his love interest is ann .
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[ i also must applaud the author for being ballsy enough to go through with the in love with the dead ex ' s son plot line . ( hide spoiler ) ]
maggie spends her summer working at the little dance hall where her aunt got her a job , while being a best friend and great lover . together rob , clair , and maggie are the
three musketeers
spending there summers having fun , and just living . and the rest is just too good to tell . this story is about love found , and lost , innocence , friends , and goodtimes . i recommend highly .
when maggie ' s husband abruptly leaves her after 20 years of marriage , she struggles to find a way to overcome the loss and move on with her life . remembering the blissful summers at a lake resort nearly 30 years earlier , maggie returns to the romantic spot of her first love to recapture the spirit and happiness of those carefree days . as she heads to the lake , maggie daydreams of finding her old love and rekindling their romance , but upon arriving she quickly discovers he has passed away and the lovely dance hall where they spent their summer evenings has closed and is in a state of disrepair .
rick - interestingly enough , rick is the only one of your rivals who is native to mineral town . along with his mother , he tends chickens at the poultry farm . he is an extremely high strung but hard - working young man who is faced with the responsiblity of being the man of the house in his father ' s absence . often , he has conflicts with his younger sister , popuri , though he tries his best to be a good older brother to her . he feels she should not be dating kai . his love interest is karen .
the red mail box located between the supermarket and hospital serves no purpose and acts as a decoration . however , unlike other decoration in the game , the mailbox can be interacted with the text
mother and father ? ” it is unknown what its purpose is , but it is believed it was planned for an event .
maggie , a woman in the midst of a life crisis returns to the lake where she spent romantic summers as a teen and falls into a passionate affair with the son of her first love .
mary - runs the town library , even though it ' s rare that she gets visitors . however , gray has come to enjoy reading at the library , something mary ' s happy for . though she is shy and soft - spoken , she ' ll open up to you with interesting things to say . she enjoys writing , and some of her favorite gifts to receive are poisonous mushrooms and bamboo shoots .
one of the best novels i ever read ! the perfect love story . an american woman who teaches at college finds out that her husband of many years is in love with a younger woman and wants a divorce . she returns to canada to a lake where she fell in love for the first time . the tv movie is with jacqueline bisset . there is another novel by k . c . mckinnon ,
candles on bay street
, it ' s also a very good read ! this is a great book for a deserted island . . .
the club again—with the help of a young urltoken carpenter / woodworker , john ( mabius ) , who turns out to be patrick ' s son . soon the attraction between john and maggie . . . .
i decided to read this book after stumbling upon the movie . i ' ve watched the movie three times and will watch it again that many more . i loved the book as well . i recommend this book for the hopeless romantic who perhaps has given up on love .
i had this book some years back , loved the story and shared it at my office and didn ' t see it again for over a month , one lady after the other shared it with someone else . somewhere i still have my first copy but i decided to get another since i could only find one available on amazon . i plan to share it with my current co - workers who will love it also i know .
i found this book at the bottom of my book shelf . not sure when i got it ; possibly when i worked for a big book wholesaler a decade ago . i don ' t know why it took so long to read it but i ' m glad i did because i really liked it . this is definitely chick - lit but not a romance novel . yes , it has a lot of romance , in fact it is obsessed with it , but not in the romance genre kind of way . so why you may ask did i finally read this book ? the back cover enticed me with the following :
for some people , the
i saw this one in a book drop off where people leave the books they no longer want for others to take and i ' m glad i took it . i really enjoyed this book ; one of the best i ' ve read in a while after a line of ' meh ' books - - perhaps i ' m just growing out of ya ? i loved the imagery and the poetry of this one , it was very pretty . the story line really spoke to me ; it reminded me of my summer days when i would go to my grandmother ' s for my summer job - - right down to the lake and the forest . everything about how little bear lake brought maggie memories of the best summer of her life reminded me of my fondness of that place i loved when i was younger . and the
she ' d always imagined that the moon would wait for her , would encase itself in a gauzy cocoon of memories and wait .
quote really hit home . alongside the memories and the relateablility , this book gave me some serious wanderlust . i love a book that can make me homesick for the places i ' ve never been . i loved each of the characters as well ; none of them were foolish or did anything stupid and abrupt . maggie put thought into things before making decisions . and eliot put just as much in for her as she did for him . good book , i highly recommend it .
around the time this game was released , a famous rumor occurred where if all the bachelorettes were married , a girl named elizabeth would move into town .
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mail
sprite is seen . this may reinforce that the red mail box may have originally had a role in the game .
in order to get married , you have to expand your home twice , raise her heart level to red , and purchase a blue feather ( either from jeff ' s shop or from won at a ridiculous price ) . then you can propose , and if you ' re lucky , you ' ll be married after a week .
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i ' m about 80 or so pages in , and have two observations so far . one , i am not sure why the author feels it necessary to mention a song from the 60 ' s on practically every page , and two , why do i have the feeling this is going to get weirdly creepy in the romance department ? ( i can ' t say any more than that for fear of giving away something in the plot . ) * * * * * * * * done the book , and i was right about the creep factor . ★
this book was alright . i found myself a little disturbed by the story line - - the main character falls in love with her ( now deceased ) ex - lover ' s son . i just thought that the plot was a little weird .
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maggie , a woman in the midst of a life crisis returns to the lake where she spent romantic summers as a teen and falls into a passionate affair with the son of her first love . < p > when maggie ' s husband abruptly leaves her after 20 years of marriage , she struggles to find a way to overcome the loss and
very enjoyable book , leaning into the romance category , but well - written . this was a great quick - read with vividly beautiful word pictures . i could actually hear the loons calling on the lake and feel the early morning mists . easily relatable characters for me with a story about my generation and its music & poetry . lovely escape fiction !
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ok , i ' m not one for cheesy romance novels , but i liked this one . the author does get a bit wrapped up in describing scenery every now and then , but i just sped up my reading through those parts to get to the meat of the story . it ' s a pretty quick read and it doesn ' t have all the
filler
that a lot of novels have just to increase the number of pages . i recommend it if you are in the mood for a story about second chances for love .
if you have ever romanticised about what might have happened had you not let youthful love go then this book will hold your attention and your heart . its beautiful imagery will transport you from any city to enjoy the fullness of the beauty of the landscape enjoyed by our main character .
if you plan on checking out the pixl youtube channel only pay for it for a month or two . otherwise its a waste of money . on because i always see complaints on the pixl facebook page about people paying monthly yet it takes 2 or 3 months before a new movie is added and not all the ones that air on the tv channel are available on youtube .
i saw this one in a book drop off where people leave the books they no longer want for others to take and i ' m glad i took it . i really enjoyed this book ; one of the best i ' ve read in a while after a line of ' meh ' books - - perhaps i ' m just growing out of ya ? i loved the imagery and the poetry of this one , it was very pretty . the story line really spoke to me ; it reminded me of my summer days when i would go to my grandmother ' s for my summer job - - right down to the lake and the forest . everything abo
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aside from farming , you are also expected to interact with the townsfolk and have a family . talk to villagers , give them gifts they like ( especially on their birthdays ) , and learn more about them with the myriad of events you can come across during the course of the game . there are several events that need to be witnessed with bachelorettes in order to marry them as well .
kai - he knows how to charm the ladies , yet he always seems to rub men the wrong way . every summer , he visits mineral town and runs a snack stand ( the seaside lounge ) . the rest of the year , he goes down south since he ' s not a fan of cold weather . he often faces off against rick , who in turn can ' t stand him . after a while , he will take up an interest in rick ' s younger sister , popuri .
besides restoring your farm to its former glory , you should get married sometime during the game as well . out of the five young ladies in town , you can eventually find one you want to marry .
series to be released on the playstation . the game is rated
e
by the esrb , and is further rated as depicting use of alcohol . it was released on december 16 , 1999 in japan , on november 20 , 2000 in north america , and on january 26 , 2001 for pal regions .
christina sears , the 2016 touchstone dance educator of the year , leads movement activities for all ages and skill levels . company members aisha darnell , amanda stanger - read , cathy taister and rebecca zahm form performance core .
a betrayed wife ( jacqueline bisset ) , whose husband leaves her after 25 years , returns to the lake where she first fell in love and begins an affair with the son ( eric mabius ) of her first love .
after about a season of marriage , the player ' s wife will mention that she is not feeling well . take her to clinic . once there , the protagonist will find out that she is pregnant . after another two seasons , their son will be born . however , the son will stop growing when it starts to walk .
i cant find the last song they slow danced to .
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any suggestions ?
when her family goes bankrupt , privileged city girl jen stone travels to the country to try and fix up a struggling pumpkin farm that her father bought as an investment to get her money back . not everyone is on board with her changes , least of all brett , the farm ' s handsome manager . by working with what she knows best , she discovers the magic of pumpkin skincare and turns the struggling farm around while also falling in love .
synopsis : maggie is feeling kind of lost : her husband of 20 years has left her for a younger woman and her children are out on their own . feeling let down , she comes across some love letters from her first love , and decides to buy the old dance hall where she was working when she met her love . when she gets there , she finds out that her love had married and then died . she comes across someone who she thinks is a ghost at first , because he looks like her first love . instead , it is his son , and he
maggie is feeling kind of lost : her husband of 20 years has left her for a younger woman and her children are out on their own . feeling let down , she comes across some love letters from her first love , and decides to buy the old dance hall where she was working when she met her love . when she gets there , she finds out that her love had married and then died . she comes across someone who she thinks is a ghost at first , because he looks like her first love . instead , it is his son , and he agrees to help get the dance hall ready to open . he acts like he doesn ' t know who maggie is , but
i read this several years ago and rated it a 6 out of 10 . it is a story about a divorced woman in her forties who decides to go back to visit the lake in canada where she met her first love and eventually
broke his heart
. this time she buys the old inn where she had worked , and meets the son of her old flame . i can ' t remember the details about why i gave it a 6 / 10 ; it could have been the style , or maybe it just didn ' t ring true . i should have written it down .
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this song was written by carey moore and sang by my brother , josh rush . i believe the producer was brian hitt .
bachelorettes in order to woo a girl , you must give her gifts that she likes . her heart level , represented by the heart underneath the portrait you see of her while she ' s speaking , ranges from black ( acquaintances ) to red ( love ) .
this may - december romance could ' ve been better told . the romance between maggie and elliot took a bit too long to develop . we learn quite a bit about maggie and the torch she ' d carried all these years for robert , elliot ' s father . but we learned very little about elliot and his emotional path towards this love for maggie , the woman who was his father ' s first love . it ' s still a good and easy read , but it lacked the depth in character and emotion that i was hoping for .
i never really felt engaged by this story . in fact , my mind often wandered while reading it . for me , the character development was lacking . especially in regards to the character of eliot . all we get of eliot is that he could be his father ' s twin - - same looks , mannerisms , interests . we really don ' t get anything of his personality or why maggie falls in love with him other than he reminds her of his father . due to the lack of depth , i found myslef skimming my way to the end .
[ he has read the love letters that he sent to his father and quotes them
accidentally
quite often . ( hide spoiler ) ]
yes , thank you anonymous above ^ for sharing the great info on pixl . wish hallmark would eventually air all of these movies , too !
not what i expected from the author of a book which was made into a movie by hallmark ,
candles on bay street
reading about that movie , which i haven ' t seen , was what led me to investigate the author , and i decided to read this book before the other . i wasn ' t expecting fairly graphic sex scenes . not what i ' m interested in reading . won ' t be buying hers again .
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thank you for that information . i love all these romantic movie and i ' ve noticed they aren ' t always coming out on the hallmark channel .
the mayor of mineral town asks you to enter a name , a date of birth of the player ' s choice , and to name your dog and your farm . on your farm , you ' re allotted a sizable amount of land for planting crops , flowers , and / or grass . in addition , you have a coop for the chickens , a barn for cows and sheep , a horse stable , a fish pond and an apple tree in addition to your tiny farmhouse .
mckinnon , a literary author using a pseudonym for this romantic little fling , describes middle - aged maggie macintyre ' s search for the boy she jilted years ago .
after her marriage abruptly ends , a woman ( jacqueline bisset ) returns to a summer retreat and falls for the son ( eric mabius ) of her first love .
great and i can ' t wait to get a couple others of her books i personally know her and my husband and i from around the same area in maine .
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after her husband leaves her , maggie returns to little bear lake in search of a lost love and the woman she once was and wants to be again . there , a young man captures her heart . their passion for one another is undeniable . in the end maggie must make a choice between what other people think and following her heart .
what i liked : i liked that maggie found a purpose for herself and that she slowly gained confidence , even though the life that she had lead was nothing to be ashamed of . i also liked that maggie couldn ' t remember her last letter to her first love , especially the circumstances surrounding it , since time does tend to distort things .
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jessy schram also appeared in the jane doe movie series ( 2005 - 2008 ) on hallmark , as cathy davis / jane doe ' s ( portrayed by lea thompson ) daughter .
maggie ' s husband , joe , has a mid - life crisis and leaves maggie for a woman half his age . maggie reacts by trying to recapture her youth and her first love . when she finds out that that is not possible , she falls in
love
with a boy less than half her age , thus having her own mid - life crisis . okay , here are my issues with this book : first : maggie is 46 and the barely - adult she falls for is 21 . ew . second : this boy ( really ) is the son of her first love . ew . third : as a college professor ( as am i ) , maggie deals with young men who are approximately 21 on a regular basis ( as do i ) . even the thought of my having a relationship with someone the same age as one of my students is gross . ew . i speed - read through the last couple of chapters . this book has been compared to the notebook and bridges of madison county . no . it ' s not even in their league .
doctor - the serious young man running the clinic . he ' s very much absorbed with his work , though he tries to do his best for everyone in town . however , he often feels that not many people like him . pastor carter is one of his only friends . even though elli has taken an interest in him , it takes him quite a while to notice this .
when maggie discovers that her husband of 25 years has been cheating on her , she leaves him to return to little bear lake , where she fell in love for the first time . she then starts an affair of her own with the son of her first flame ! is it lust or love for this woman scorned ? either way , it ' s fun to watch this sexy story !
popuri - she is a slightly childish yet perky girl . she often quarrels with her older brother rick about her responsibilities around the poultry farm and her interest in kai . she enjoys sweets and flowers .
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easy read , couldn ' t put it down . interesting turn of events . her insecurities were relatable even if the material wasn ' t . nice to see a woman do what men have been doing forever ! !
the main point of the book for me was
what do you think ? ? ? what do i think ? ? ?
as in a couple in a relationship or married . too often i think we do things our parents think we should , our family , our friends and this affects your relationship with your significant other . we need to step back and decide what as a couple we think and want and then do it : )
romantic drama starring jacqueline bisset and eric mabius . after splitting up from her husband , a middle - aged college professor takes a sabbatical to rebuild an old dancehall and falls in love with the son of her childhood sweetheart .
mckinnon ( a pseudonym for a
respected literary novelist
) baldly attempts to grab bridges of madison county ' s audience with this tale of a divorced woman ' s encounter with the handsome son of her first love .
wooing a girl is not exactly easy . every girl has another guy who ' s interested in them as well . if you don ' t marry any one of the girls , one of these guys will marry her instead .
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i have read this book four times already and i absolutely love it . it is a simple story about the unique path love can take sometimes . after getting a divorce maggie goes to canada where she had spent a couple of summers and found her first love . it was a time in her life when she was defining who she was . now , after losing her husband , her children all grown up , she feels that she needs to define herself all over again . she goes in search of the love she once turned away from but finds another
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maggie ' s husband , joe , has a mid - life crisis and leaves maggie for a woman half his age . maggie reacts by trying to recapture her youth and her first love . when she finds out that that is not possible , she falls in
love
with a boy less than half her age , thus having her own mid - life crisis . okay , here are my issues with this book : first : maggie is 46 and the barely - adult she falls for is 21 . ew . second : this boy ( really ) is the son of her first love . ew . third : as a college professor ( as am i ) , ma


pharaoh 's army is a 1995 american film directed , written and produced by robby henson , starring chris cooper , patricia clarkson and kris kristofferson .

the film takes place in kentucky during the american civil war and focuses on an uneasy encounter between a small squadron of union army soldiers that take up residence at the farm of a woman whose husband is fighting in the confederate states army .

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the film ' s title was drawn from a spiritual ,
mary don ' t you weep ,
that mentions the drowning of pharaoh ' s army in the red sea .
like ken burns ' pbs documentary ,
the civil war ,
robby henson ' s engrossing new civil war drama
pharaoh ' s army
was inspired by shelby foote ' s books about the war between the north and south .
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written with the all of the concision and clarity that he brings to his fiction ,
in pharaoh ' s army
ascertains wolff ' s ability to turn life experiences into dynamic storytelling . wolff ' s first memoir - and his most famous book -
this boy ' s life
recounts wolff ' s childhood with his itinerate mother and doltishly abusive step - father . and
in pharaoh ' s army
reads as a continuation of
this boy ' s life
; wolff ' s feelings of inadequecy and fraudulence appear in their grownup forms in this story as
this study guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries , quotes , character analysis , themes , and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of in pharaoh ' s army .
if you want a civil war film with a small
c ,
which examines the bitter , bone - chilling hatred of a people divided , then
pharaoh ' s army
is the movie for you .
i ' ve never heard of wolff ' s in pharaoh ' s army before . when a friend recommended the book ( right after he binged read it ) i was interested , but doubtful . however , once i started reading i was pulled into the strong , reminiscent story about the experiences of war . in pharaoh ' s army reads like a collection of short stories , each one with value . a collection of memories of a young officer ' s experiences in vietnam , working as an adviser in the delta . each story diverts into a secondary path , then wind
in a cameo as a southern sympathizing preacher , kris kristofferson has the line that explains the film ' s curious yet not entirely prophetic title :
the pharaoh sent his army to fight israel , and they drowned in the red sea .
for the record los angeles times monday april 8 , 1996 home edition calendar part f page 11 entertainment desk 1 inches ; 21 words type of material : correction composers - - in friday ' s review of
pharaoh ' s army ,
the composers of the film ' s score were misidentified . they are vince emmett and charles emmett . for the record los angeles times wednesday april 10 , 1996 home edition calendar part f page 2 entertainment desk 1 inches ; 24 words type of material : correction ' pharaoh ' s army ' rating - - incorrect information was given about the film ' s mpaa rating in friday ' s calendar . the film is rated pg - 13 for brief violence and sexual content .
playing a man of unusually strong moral fiber and capacity for reflection , cooper makes abston a most appealing and admirable man . taut and spare ,
pharaoh ' s army
has an authentic look and feel to it and has a restrained , evocative score by mark watters .
the best - known actor in the movie is kris kristofferson , who plays the supporting role of a southern preacher who uses the old testament to justify slavery . kristofferson ' s daughter , tracy , worked as the associate producer and got him involved . on the basis of their work in
pharaoh ' s army ,
john sayles cast cooper and kristofferson in his next film ,
lone star .
after pharaoh let the israelite people go , god led them by a pillar of cloud toward the red sea . but when they came to the wilderness , they turned and went down along the western side of the red sea and there made camp . when king pharaoh heard about this he thought that they were afraid to go into the wilderness . then he and his servants changed their minds once again and said ,
what have we done ? we have let the israelites go and have lost them as our slaves .
so pharaoh gathered his army with horses and chariots and started to follow the israelites .
this is the first book by tobias wolff that i ' ve read . as someone who has written about war , i found in pharaoh ' s army to be a confirmation of everything i know about the effects of a combat deployment on young , developing human beings . wolff is a wonderful writer . i look forward to reading more of his work .
henson admits that he was for a time attached to his original title
sinkhole .
but the new title , which is coincidentally close to the title of tobias wolff ' s vietnam memoir ,
in pharaoah ' s army ,
eventually prevailed .
i ' ve never heard of wolff ' s in pharaoh ' s army before . when a friend recommended the book ( right after he binged read it ) i was interested , but doubtful . however , once i started reading i was pulled into the strong , reminiscent story about the experiences of war . in pharaoh ' s army reads like a collection of short stories , each one with value . a collection of memories of a young officer ' s experiences in vietnam , working as an adviser in the delta . each story diverts into a secondary path , then winding back to the chapter ' s main point . many of the side routes ending in irony , sadness , or dark comedy . wolff ' s stories also hit home with my experiences in the army and in war . his chapter describing the tet offensive perfectly described the powerless feeling you frequently experience as a combat adviser . his glib , pithy attitude sounds negative , but reading between the lines , is not . a great , fast read that will hit close to home for many combat veterans . my only regret it not reading it sooner . it ' s now a core member of my professional reading list .
in pharaoh ' s army , memories of the lost war ,
by tobias wolff is an autobiographical account of the author ' s tour of duty in the vietnam war and the aftermath of his experience as he attempted to adjust to civilian life . the account also describes the contributing factors that led wolff to decide to serve his country , providing the insight that there are sometimes less than obvious reasons when one makes such a life - changing decision .
inspired by central italian battle designs , especially the equestrian conflict of leonardo ' s battle of anghiari , titian ' s submersion of pharaoh ' s army in the red sea , with its great sweep of figures around a central void , powerfully develops aspects of the venetian tradition . in the woodcut the sea itself , in a very real sense the major protagonist , appropriately dominates the center of the design ; for all its figural dynamics , the red sea is in effect a monumental stormy seascape - a pictorial theme of obvious interest in venice .
i kind of like the idea of an army getting sucked into a place where they ' re drowning ,
said henson .
one of the key ironies is that the captain had never killed a man , he joined the army to free the slaves , and yet the first man he kills is a slave .
drawing from a story passed down over the years in rural kentucky near the tennessee border , writer - director robby henson , in his beautifully articulated
pharaoh ' s army ,
brings war down to an agonizing personal level , where individuals , faced with people very much like themselves , are forced to make the toughest of moral choices . by concentrating on telling a story exceedingly well , henson creates far more impact than had he tried to send any obvious anti - war messages .
* note : this review also appears on my website * you don ' t have to get too far into in pharoah ' s army to realize this isn ' t your average vietnam kill pulp . the memoir of wolff ' s time as an army special forces officer in vietnam explores all the nooks and crannies of the wartime experience that have nothing to do with combat , saving the kinetic stuff for a kind of sort brief , violent salve . it ' s a remarkable book , the first war memoir i read before i knew
war memoir
was a thing . anyone who knows wo
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although the troopers in the detail eventually become anxious and restless in the stifling environment , the captain is reminded of his own farm which he was forced to leave when he joined the army .
a sequel of sorts to this boy ' s life , this memoir detail ' s wolff ' s service in south vietnam during the war . as usual well - written , and unsparing in portraying his often less than exemplary behavior . as to be expected in a vietnam memoir , some dark and disturbing humor .
i ' ve only read 2 of tobias wolff ' s works - - both memoirs : this boy ' s life and now in pharoah ' s army . these two works have left me with an impression of him as a writer that strikes me as similar to my impression of writers like jack london , john steinbeck , and ernest hemingway . similar , but not the same . in ways , he has that
man ' s man
thing about his writing that they have . in other ways , he is much more gut - wrenchingly honest and allows himself a vulnerability that i can ' t imagine someone lik
pharoah ' s army , based on a supposedly true kentucky legend , is a war movie without the war . for those who don ' t fight the battles but still have to take sides , the inner struggles can be as heartbreaking as the war itself . director robby henson ' s stark , unsentimental telling of the story has a powerful emotional impact . looking for enemies , a group of . . . read more
no frills or fancy camera work , but an effective and moving film none the less . pharaoh ' s army is an intimate look at the civil war and how on a small scale it was waged without being on a battlefield . yankee cavalry led by chris cooper stumble upon the kentucky farm of a confederate wife played by patricia clarkson . from the get go there is tension between the troops and clarkson and her son . an accident forces the soldiers to stay and a forced bond between cooper ' s character and the farm is forged . the film has very beautiful scenes of nature and farm life . the interaction between the main combatants is very well done , along with a strong script . the plot…
with director and writer robby henson on national public radio ' s
morning edition ,
april 5 , 1996 .
sometimes , it ' s all in the acting . cooper and clarkson . . . well , just settle in . they crackle with confused attraction as enemies in unfortunate circumstances . cooper ' s captain just wants to do the unpleasant necessary of raiding supplies and go on his way , but now he ' s in a hostage situation with no one to offer a ransom .
wolff continues in the self - critical vein he established in this boy ' s life , painting a picture of moral inadequacy as he went to vietnam and succeeded in staying alive , if little more . i think it ' s extremely well done .
i completely fell in love with shelby ' s three - book series ,
said henson by phone from new york .
during the american civil war , a union army captain leads his rag - tag cavalry troop up a misty creek to a remote farm to appropriate enemy ( confederate ) livestock . the farm is worked by . . . see full summary »
m * a * s * h m . a . s . h . è l’acronimo di mobile army surgical hospital , cioè ospedale militare chirurgico da campo . non c’entra nulla con questo bel memoir . tra l’altro , quelli ( il film , e la serie ) erano ambientati in corea , parlavano di quella guerra lì , anche se sono universalmente associati a quella del vietnam . la somiglianza però c’è : è nel tono , nell’ironia , nel piglio ( apparentemente ) cinico e ( apparentemente ) leggero . ma il libro di wolff non è un deliro di risate come m * a * s * h . i miei eroi : ell
tobias wolff has a knack for finding extraordinary truths in the mundanities and absurdities of everyday life . his 1989 memoir about his adolescent years , this boy’s life , still ranks as one of my all - time favorite reads . in this subsequent memoir of his years as an army officer in the vietnam war , wolff’s powers of perception are again on full display . i found it easier to think of each chapter in this book as a short story rather than as parts in a linear narrative . some stories resonated with
a gentleman goes to war . this boy ' s life by tobias wolff is a classic . in that book he does a brilliant job capturing the ugliness of class prejudice in america , and the twisted strategems people use to rise in class . unfortunately , this book is not so much about vietnam as it is about wolff ' s presence in vietnam - - in other words , what ' s really on display is not his courage or patriotism but his , shall we say , genteel powers of detachment . he ' s always saying ,
look , most of the grunts were low
during the american civil war , a union army captain ( chris cooper ) leads his ragtag cavalry troop up a misty creek to a remote farm to steal enemy livestock and supplies . the farm is owned by sarah anders ( patricia clarkson ) , whose husband is away fighting for the confederate army , and her young son . when an accident forces the patrol to stay , the captain and sarah find they have more in common than they want to admit . thrown together by destiny , the captain and sarah are forced to make choices beyond their control .
the troops are a little cartoonish , but huckleberry fox is as precious a lamb as he ever was by debra winger ' s bedside . will lucas plays clarkson ' s son with a competence that will make you look him up to see who he grew up to be . he never acted again .
as the days pass , the captain begins helping with the chores on sarah ' s run - down farm , particularly plowing the fields , which for him holds fond memories of home . a mutual and quiet respect develops between the two - - respect that is neither shared nor understood by the captain ' s troopers .
during the american civil war , a union army captain leads his rag - tag cavalry troop up a misty creek in the cumberland mountains of kentucky . they come across a small , remote farm worked by sarah anders , a proud and defiant woman whose husband fights for the confederates and whose daughter has been
cooper was henson ' s first choice for the part , partly because of his work in
matewan
and
thousand pieces of gold
:
i think chris plays 19th - century , morally conflicted characters rather well . once i decided who the characters were , the characters just wrote it for me . it was written so incredibly quick and easily . i ' m working on a script right now that ' s not nearly so easy - - it ' s contemporary .
clarkson can currently be seen on televison ' s
murder one ,
playing the key attorney ' s wife . cooper stars in another movie due this month ,
money train .
richard tyson , huckleberry fox and robert joy , who play union soldiers under his command , all have a long list of screen credits .
abston ( chris cooper ) , a union army captain , leads his civil war regiment to a kentucky farm run by sarah anders ( patricia clarkson ) , whose husband is off fighting for the confederates . although cordial respect develops between abston and sarah , war - related incidents cause mounting difficulties and shifting loyalties . sarah ' s young son draws the local preacher ( kris kristofferson ) into the situation , and , after a galvanizing sermon , a bloody confrontation is at hand .
“lose faith . pray anyway . persist . we are made to persist , to complete the whole tour . that ' s how we find out who we are . ”
in this extraordinary memoir of wolff’s vietnam experience , there is a haunting scene that reveals the major cultural differences between the american soldiers and vietnamese culture . wolff was a first lieutenant ( he was a special forces member ) assigned as an adviser to a south vietnamese unit . he had spent a year at language school in the united states and was fluent in vietnamese . he and some arvn ( army of the republic of vietnam ) soldiers are hanging out when two of the arvn find a small pup
when the israelites saw the egyptian army coming , they became afraid and cried out to the lord for help . they said to moses ,
why did you bring us out here into the wilderness to die ? is it because there weren ' t any graves in egypt ? it would have been better to stay as the egyptian ' s slaves than to die out here .
then moses said ,
don ' t be afraid . stand still , and see how god will save you .
a gentleman goes to war . this boy ' s life by tobias wolff is a classic . in that book he does a brilliant job capturing the ugliness of class prejudice in america , and the twisted strategems people use to rise in class . unfortunately , this book is not so much about vietnam as it is about wolff ' s presence in vietnam - - in other words , what ' s really on display is not his courage or patriotism but his , shall we say , genteel powers of detachment . he ' s always saying ,
look , most of the grunts were low class brutes , i was different . sensitive , perceptive - - i didn ' t really belong there at all !
it gets tiresome .
tobias wolff has a knack for finding extraordinary truths in the mundanities and absurdities of everyday life . his 1989 memoir about his adolescent years , this boy’s life , still ranks as one of my all - time favorite reads . in this subsequent memoir of his years as an army officer in the vietnam war , wolff’s powers of perception are again on full display . i found it easier to think of each chapter in this book as a short story rather than as parts in a linear narrative . some stories resonated with me more than others . in those , i found turns of phrase so potent that they were like gems . so sad and funny all at once . no one does the human condition like wolff .
wolff ' s leadership skills , intelligence , and abilities were noted by his commanders in recruit training , even though he did not see those same qualities in himself . he was tapped to join special forces and attend language school in washington , dc . he went on to officer ' s candidate school and parachute training and eventually was dispatched as a lieutenant to vietnam where the war was raging .
i ' ve read a lot of books about vietnam over the years , but i still enjoyed wolff ' s fresh perspective as a first lieutenant . his willingness to more or less describe himself as a coward in the face of danger and his attention to detail in describing his year in my tho in the mekong delta at the time of the tet offensive make this a good read regardless of how much you know about the vietnam - u . s . war . although best known as a short story writer , i ' m looking forward to reading his memoir a boy ' s li
i ' ve read a lot of books about vietnam over the years , but i still enjoyed wolff ' s fresh perspective as a first lieutenant . his willingness to more or less describe himself as a coward in the face of danger and his attention to detail in describing his year in my tho in the mekong delta at the time of the tet offensive make this a good read regardless of how much you know about the vietnam - u . s . war . although best known as a short story writer , i ' m looking forward to reading his memoir a boy ' s life next .
when i describe wolff ' s work to people , i say he ' s probably the most emulated short story writer in america . you have to read one of his stories and have read a lot of american creative writing work to know what i mean . and these are memoirs , which is pretty indicative of american fiction . he has the clarity of a baldwin , the structures of carver , and seems to have lived a life like hemingway . i don ' t recognize his tone , which is often a little cruel , so i ' ll say it ' s distinctly wolff . this is p
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talk about getting out of the frying pan and into the fire . tobias wolff joined the army because he thought it would be safer than ships . as an 18 - year - old , he was working on a survey vessel in the north atlantic when , one day , a red - haired mechanic tried to kill him . wolff was sleeping with his head on an idle propeller ; he heard a noise , woke with a start , and sat up just before the silver blades roared into life . they would have minced his head . he weighed up his chances of surviving a renewed assault , figured they were small , and signed up for the army on the grounds that most of the writers he admired - mailer , remarque , hemingway - had at one time been soldiers .
henson ' s script is based on a kentucky legend about a boy who killed a yankee soldier and buried him in a sinkhole . henson came across it while researching one of his documentaries about southern history and culture .
a man who abandoned his family callously returns with his new girlfriend to sign the divorce papers and see his daughter who ' s getting married . his arrival reawakens old family wounds and pushes his distraught wife to the brink of sanity .
tobias wolff provides us with a memoir that captures his experience of serving in the vietnam war . every human emotion , including the lack thereof , gets it ' s due . wolff captures that war as deftly as tim o ' brien .
when i describe wolff ' s work to people , i say he ' s probably the most emulated short story writer in america . you have to read one of his stories and have read a lot of american creative writing work to know what i mean . and these are memoirs , which is pretty indicative of american fiction . he has the clarity of a baldwin , the structures of carver , and seems to have lived a life like hemingway . i don ' t recognize his tone , which is often a little cruel , so i ' ll say it ' s distinctly wolff . this is probably his best collection of stories , overall - - but with nothing as perfect as ' bullet in the brain . '
i found this surprisingly compelling . it ' s competently acted and directed and it brings up some provocative ideas about the internal conflicts folks went through during a time when they had to turn on their own countrymen . i thought it was pretty good .
so this woman ' s acting career isn ' t really going as planned or whatever . she finally gets a role on this heart break hospital soap opera because this movie is so meta har har har . then she . . . see full summary »
i really like memoir , and this was no exception . vietnam era stuff sometimes gets to me because of my dad ' s experience and the resulting psychological trauma , but this was really well done . wolff is an honest storyteller who didn ' t shy away from painting himself in a less than stellar light . this isn ' t really a
front lines of battle
kind of war memoir , though clearly we get some of that . it ' s more about the situation he found himself in , constant struggle he felt throughout , his platoon , frien
it stars chris cooper ( matewan , lonesome dove ) as a union army captain who leads his rag - tag cavalry up a misty creek on a foraging mission . they come upon the small , remote farm of sarah anders , played by patricia clarkson ( the untouchables , the dead pool ) . anders is a proud , defiant woman whose husband is away fighting for the confederacy . she also harbors an intense and justified hatred : yankees dug the body of her infant daughter out of the community graveyard for being part of a confederate family .
whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the tet offensive , the theatrics of his fellow americans , or the unraveling of his own illusions , wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail , pitiless candor and mordant wit that made this boy ' s life a modern classic .
war stories are really my brother ' s forte , but i thoroughly enjoyed this book . it ' s a memoir of vietnam , and because i read it for a creative non - fiction class , i ' m left wondering whether a few things actually happened . is truth crazier than fiction ? i also really loved the interjections of writerly advice within the narrative , and wish wolff would have given us more . a young man overseas , always with a novel in the back of his head . in many ways , i related . in many ways , i found truth within his
i really like memoir , and this was no exception . vietnam era stuff sometimes gets to me because of my dad ' s experience and the resulting psychological trauma , but this was really well done . wolff is an honest storyteller who didn ' t shy away from painting himself in a less than stellar light . this isn ' t really a
front lines of battle
kind of war memoir , though clearly we get some of that . it ' s more about the situation he found himself in , constant struggle he felt throughout , his platoon , friends , family and personal growth . highly recommend .
burns used it as a bible for his series . i did , too . i tried to make the language as historically accurate as the events . for instance , the phrase ' meeting the elephant ' was a term that came from shelby . it means going into a day ' s battle .
in the finished film , the boy , played by newcomer will lucas , stays mostly in the background . the murdered yankee is an injured soldier , the boy ' s mother ( patricia clarkson ) is defiantly anti - union , and the union captain ( chris cooper ) who takes over their farm is a reluctant leader .
a lot of people in kentucky have this background ,
he said .
everyone assumes if you ' re from kentucky , you fought for the south , but that ' s not necessarily true . i only realized it when i was doing research . many of us don ' t even know where our ancestors fought in the war .
: by the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground , for out of it we was taken . dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . heavenly father , pick this child up on heaven ' s side . put the grave behind for the promise on the other side , that she might live and abide with you .
a good , not great book . there is a lot of introspection of tobias wolff ' s time in vietnam without a lot of stories . mostly about his life before , in training and after . i read this because of a reference to it in
the road not taken : edward lansdale and the american tragedy in vietnam
, and i happened to have the book .
the book is only incidentally a portrait of the war , which is perhaps just as well : there is no shortage of those . but wolff is a high , clear writer - one of the best - and this is , in effect , volume two of the autobiography he began in this boy ' s life . even under fire , wolff was self - consciously having an experience , giving himself something to write about one day . and quite a large part of what is only a small book is taken up with memories of the author ' s father , an ex - convict whose indisciplined life fostered in wolff the desire for order . so far as combat goes , we are offered , in clean and suggestive lines , a choice sequence of pregnant incidents .
a lot of my past nonfiction work has dealt with how you never know what the facts really are ,
he said .
this is based on oral history . who knows what the actual history was ? harry caudill told me this story . the rest of the script is imagined fiction . it ' s a pretty barebones little legend that we spun into a story .
this was on a list of movies i made years ago after reading a book about the civil war in film . it ' s a nice overlooked movie , but does get slow in places . gives a good look at how the war affects those behind the front lines , and how hard it is to be civil and neighborly in a land where it literally was neighbor against neighbor . 3 .
then moses lifted up his stick over the sea and god made a path dry up through the middle of the sea . the water stood up in walls on both sides and a wind made the ground dry . that night the israelites walked through the sea on dry ground to the other side . in the early morning before sunrise when the cloud lifted , the egyptians started to follow the israelites through the sea . but god made the chariot wheels fall off . so the egyptians said ,
let ' s get out of here ! jehovah is fighting for the israelites .
then when the sun came up , god told moses ,
lift up your stick again over the sea .
when moses did so , the walls of water fell down and the sea returned to its place . all the egyptians drowned , and the israelites saw the dead egyptians on the seashore . then they feared and believed in god . and the israelites sang a song praising god . miriam , the sister of moses and aaron , led the israelite women in singing and dancing for joy . that day god had saved the israelite people from the egyptian army .
good book but not long enough to go as deeply as i would have liked . while chronicling a year ' s military tour in vietnam , wolff renders that hazardous and appalling situation in as clear a way as i have ever read , offering up with stark clarity the dehumanizing aspects of war , the terrible compromises that must be made , and the sacrifices of conscience that go along with being a soldier .
way too many rewards from reading this book to even mention . his sentences , both in fiction and non fiction , are some of the best i ' ve ever read . it ' s like listening to a smarter person than you ' ve ever known , speak with a poetic frankness absolutely void of sanctimony . and there are several passages / lines in this one that ' ll keep you thinking for days .
original story took place at meshack ' s creek , kentucky , in 1862 ; the town no longer exists . tompkinsville is the nearest town officially recognized by the us postal service , roughly 6 miles to the west of the creek . the general area ( cumberland gap ) , during the civil war , experienced some of the most brutal clashes of the war ; not only battles , but brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor .
it ' s a film about people who are always reacting to events . they ' re fully realized , they have their own agendas , but pretty soon they ' re drawn towards this point . the mother reminds me a lot of people who grow up in that area . she has a stubborn scots - irish sternness , she has a chance to melt but she really doesn ' t . you see a hardening of her attitudes .
known for his expressive brushwork , brilliant color , and hazy , atmospheric effects , renaissance painter tiziano vecelli , called titian , along with giorgione , was the founder of arte moderna , a nuanced style characterized by dynamic asymmetry and non - hierarchical compositions that broke from the work of his master , giovanni bellini . after giorgione and bellini died , titian introduced many innovations and was the considered the master of venetian painting . titian ' s 1548 painting equestrian portrait of charles v established equestrian portraiture as a new genre that referenced both the roman tradition of equestrian sculpture and the medieval representations of christian knights . one of titian’s most famous paintings is the rape of europa ( 1562 ) , which introduced a powerful diagonal structure—almost baroque in its blurred lines , swirling color , and vibrant brushwork . after a very successful career with many prestigious commissions , titian died of the plague that swept venice in 1576 .
inspired by a true story of union soldiers that are headed south during the civil war ( 1862 ) with captain john hull abston played by chris cooper they stumble upon a home while traveling up a creek in southern kentucky . that home happens to inhabit the wife and son of a confederate soldier that ' s gone to war himself . a really good cast with a solid story , some shotty camera work that is expected in some indie films . overall worth a watch .
this is one of those rare books ; a memoir written with unflinching honesty . in turns funny , brutal and melancholic , i found this an altogether different take on the vietnam experience . wolff ' s initial description of his entry into the military and subsequent deployment to vietnam was quite amusing to read however it is the misery of command that he endures that held my attention . he finds cruelty , misogyny and distrust everywhere he turns and struggles with his conscience as he attempts to come to
the vietnam war memoir has been harder than expected to find . tim o ' brien is probably the famous name of the genre , but as it turns out , he is writing fictionalizations . guns up ! is strong and full - throated in its one way . enter tobias wolff . at first echoing will manchester ' s ( ww2 vet ) seemingly distant / dissociated / even perverse confrontation with the absurdities and hollowness of war , wolff quickly gets involved in a slightly mournful but at times mordant dissection of military realities . he
although always keenly aware of dürer ' s example , titan forged for himself a new kind of graphic vocabulary . he seems to have drawn across the entire surface himself , either in a full - size cartoon or , more probably , on the block itself , this is most clearly suggested by the great pen strokes of which the cloud is constructed . his use of cross - hatching , literally fluid in in its effects in the rendering of rippling waves , achieves an extraordinarily abstract richness in the synthetic structures of the great rock .
anders understandably is the most unwilling of hostesses , but abston is an uncommonly decent man who joined the union forces specifically to free the slaves . a farmer himself , he is soon plowing anders ' field and chopping her wood . although anders remains wary , she and abston find themselves relating to each other like human beings rather than enemies . indeed , abston , three years a widower , is clearly longing for a wife and his home , so like anders ' place . inevitably , abston ' s kindness to
the enemy
is not going to sit well with all his men , and suspense develops as to just how long this brief time out from war will last and how it will play out .
so much of the life - and - death part was just luck , though . wolff explains how swiftly the military certainties dissolved . ' despite the promise implicit in our training - if you do everything right , you ' ll make it home - you couldn ' t help but notice that the good troops were getting killed right along with the slackers and shitbirds . ' he describes his close calls - a hand grenade under his truck that by some miracle didn ' t explode , a howitzer that fell from a helicopter , a fateful hand that fell on another man ' s shoulder - and winces . there just isn ' t a way to make them mean anything , apart from that he was lucky , and the others weren ' t .
as a child , i sometimes watched the news , at least when passing the old television with the big antenna atop the house which picked up two stations - - the nbc and cbs affiliates . almost every night , at least from the age i remembered anything i saw , we heard news stories from some strange place with jungles where a lot of americans engaged in war . the place , of course , was vietnam . tobias wolff provides a first - hand look at his experience as an officer both before and during his being stationed there . the majority deals with time spent in the my tho region . i enjoyed his sincere narrative which showed his development as an individual and as a soldier . he offers keen observations on both the vietnamese and american forces . i want to read more of wolff ' s work in the future .
but the chaos of war was not the first time that wolff was forced to deal with the challenge of uncertainty in his life . he did not do well in school and his home life was in shatters . he had a supportive mother but his father was a liar and a con man and was serving time in prison when wolff was in the process of deciding what to do with his life . after having dropped out of high school , wolff was working as a crew mate on a coast and geodetic survey ship . a night of too much partying caused him to miss his ship ' s departure . since he had disappointed his mother too many times in the past , he decided he had to do something to make her proud and prove his worth . those feelings and the fact that many writers he admired—especially ernest hemingway—had served in the military , led him to enlist .
this is one of those rare books ; a memoir written with unflinching honesty . in turns funny , brutal and melancholic , i found this an altogether different take on the vietnam experience . wolff ' s initial description of his entry into the military and subsequent deployment to vietnam was quite amusing to read however it is the misery of command that he endures that held my attention . he finds cruelty , misogyny and distrust everywhere he turns and struggles with his conscience as he attempts to come to terms with not having the courage to change things . a particularly nasty act in the bush forces him to stand his ground and halt the activity . just as he is coming to terms with this minor success , he is completely downcast when rather than thanks , the victim willingly returns to the perpetrators . this scene , to my eyes , was a microcosm of the whole book . very few little victories and even then , usually a price to pay . this is a short book but a riveting read and will particularly appeal to anyone interested in the realities of command during conflict .
if you ' re looking for a civil war film with a capital
c ,
featuring the panoramic battle sequences of a nation divided , rent
gettysburg
or
glory .
the film - - the first feature - length film by robby henson - - is set in the remote cumberland mountains of kentucky . here , loyalties vary from homestead to homestead and the war is fought by roving bands of marauders interested not in lofty ideals , but food and shelter .
as the riders approach , sarah and her young son ( will lucas ) attempt to hide their meager belongings , particularly a musket , a milk cow , and a photograph of the absent husband and father dressed in confederate gray .
the yankee detail finds it all anyway , but before they can leave , the youngest soldier , newt ( huckleberry fox ) falls on a hay fork and is critically wounded . the detail decides to hole up at the farm until newt is well enough to be moved .
the close quarters of the farmhouse force sarah and the captain to interact as they care for the injured man . slowly they begin to speak not as enemies , but as people . the capain eventually reveals that the war has taken on of his family members as well - - his wife .
the conflict between the rebel - hating troopers and the relationship between sarah and the captain , played out on a backtgrop of hunger and desperation , illustrates the personal wars that were fought away from the battlefield .
the sullen beauty of the cumberland mountains - - brooding sky , barren trees and muddy farm yard - - provides a haunting backdrop for the personal conflicts . henson , a native kentuckian , shows an understanding not only of the civil war , but of the physical and emotional terrain upon which it was fought .
cooper and clarkson give their characters the depth they deserve , the ensemble cast of union troopers lend authenticity to the mission , and a cameo by kris kristofferson gives this small film a little extra star power .
on march 22 it will be screened in three areas of north carolina ; raleigh , durham , and chapel hill . other play dates will be booked through april .
but the best chance to see the film will be on video . it is scheduled to be released on cassette in may .
a kentucky native who got his filmmking education at new york university , henson has ancestors who fought on both sides of the war , though he wasn ' t aware of this past until he started doing documentary research .
the movie was shot quickly in the rainy spring of 1994 , on a budget of less than $ 500 , 000 , about half of it provided by government grants that no longer exist for filmmakers .
i relied on having grown up around that countryside , so there were short cuts in finding locations ,
he said .
we picked a location that had the perfect creek , pasture and hillside , but there was no cabin or barn , so we had to bring those in . we relocated an existing log cabin , an authentic 200 - year - old cabin .
we really had a tremendous cast for a film that cost this little ,
said henson .
i ' ve got robert joy as the fourth or fifth lead in my cheap movie ! but actors will do something for love if the script is sufficiently character - driven .
if you grow up around them , sinkholes are mysterious places ,
he said .
i liked that title . but everyone outside of kentucky would look completely glassy - eyed if you mentioned it .
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mogul
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no , it was not good . i like chris cooper very much , he is great in the patriot , he can do a great job , but here the whole film is so plodding , so gooey and so slow that yawns creep in almost immediately . i understand the intent of the director , but he failed . the tedious , slow , ineptly weak drama drags almost seemingly endlessly for 90 minutes , and even some shooting at the end does not revive this tomb of nature . bleak , vapid , bland and sepia - tinted tonality is miserable , the performance is at times basic of almost all other actors , and the whole thing is very very dull . i watched this film by force and self - discipline . it never helped , and even the very reality of the whole plot did not help to make this work a bit livelier . no , this one does not work , i am sorry , but this is my impression