A Gift Upon the Shore
by M. K. Wren
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Author: M. K. WrenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11-01
ISBN: 0595143415
Number of pages: 388
Publisher: iUniverse
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Book Review: A Woman's perspective of "The End"
Summary: 5 Stars
First, let me say that this is a slow paced book, and not riven through with violence, though there is enough. If your looking for Post Apocalyptic Fiction such as the Stand or Swan Song (both of which are proudly on my shelf) this is not for you. There's no Mad Max Thunderdome. Instead, there is a quiet, almost Quakerish view of a very small part of a world gone terribly bad.
This wonderful book has earned a permanent place in my collection of Post Apocalyptic Fiction, along with Jack McDevitt's Eternity Road and Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz. Why? Because not only does the book observe The End through the eyes of a woman, which is quite unique, it shows the constant human need for knowledge, the quest for lost knowledge, and best of all, the complete love of books that inhabits these three novels.
I've been on a Post Apocalyptic kick, lately, working my way through books never before read and those read and nearly forgotten. It has left me, surprisingly, with some hope for us, for our future.
This book will quietly haunt you, you will remember it, you will pass it along to a friend, you may reread it. I think you will never forget it.
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