Icy Sparks (Oprah's Book Club)
by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
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Author: Gwyn Hyman RubioEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03
ISBN: 0142000205
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: A Bit Lacking In "Real" Appalachia
Summary: 2 Stars
This story was very touching and warm. The writer does an excellent job of putting us in poor Icy's seat in the classroom and on our knees beside her in the cellar. However, I was disappointed in her inability to capture the real heart and language of rural Appalachia. The writer puts words in the mouths of these folk that could only come from an outsider. I realize that the dialect would be incredibly difficult to write (or read for that matter). Yet, the writing drifts in and out of the dialect in such a distracting way that it merits mention. The words, stories, expressions and characters of the natives of the rural Kentucky Appalachian Mountains are remarkably colorful and deserve equal attention as whatever story they are being used to tell.
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