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Lisa-Marya

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Working counsellor, English teacher (retired, thank goodness), interested in space, time, drama, gardening, conversation, disability issues, IT, learning Hebrew...
June '09 - I'm not around so much now, regretfully in many ways but Authonomy-addiction has loosened its hold and other matters need attention. I shall remain grateful for much help and encouragement.

marygould@yahoo.com

favourite books

Umberto Eco's 'Name of the Rose'
A.A.Milne: 'Winnie the Pooh'
Ahdaf Souief: 'The Map of Love'.
Salley Vickers: 'Miss Garnet's Angel'.
Julian May: 'Saga of The Exile'
Robin Hobb: The Farseer Series

plus many, many others from Jane Austen to Laurie King ... ...

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Paper Boats

Mary E. Gould

Autobiography describing and reflecting on interactions between physical limitations from severe paralysis and the gift of abundant and fulfilling life.


I was 19 and a university student when I caught polio, landing in a respirator and expected to die. As a senior citizen I have felt a continuous pressure to write my story and reflect on it because it seems to me astonishing. Despite much prayer I was never miraculously healed in the spectacular way of walking away from my wheelchair but I've experienced a fulfilment and joy in life which seem to me a chronic miracle, one that extends through time.

 

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Sharon.v.o. wrote 14 days ago

Hello, can I interest you in my new paranormal thriller “Lykaia”? ....

bene20 wrote 20 days ago

my name is Benedicta,i saw your profile today and i became interested....

Davidmauriceware wrote 29 days ago

I would love to have you read , rate and if you like it , back my boo....

AndrewStevens wrote 29 days ago

Your very welcome, Mary. It's a terrifically involving read. I think ....

AndrewStevens wrote 29 days ago

Thanks so much for taking the time to have a look at The Poet, Mary. ....

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I wrote 29 days ago

Andrew - Superb prose (of course!). Graphic adjects and imagery - "painted itself". Powerful mysterious violence. Iu ch.2 I wondered if boy's thoughts was a mite too long. view book

I wrote 730 days ago

Mark - good start with the contrast between a 'tour' bus being prison transport. Graphic detail. Beware weak phrases: eg ' But how?' is strong; 'He didn't know' is weak. view book

I wrote 811 days ago

Steve - thanks for your message. In view of your eminence, I hesitate to strike a note of criticism! But - I feel your narrative style verges dangerously close to being monotonous. It's to do with the sentence structure. e.g. At the start of Chap.2, out of 18 sentences only 3 don't run as Subject, ... view book

I wrote 874 days ago

I'm not sure about this, inventive and funny though it is. For me, it falls uneasily between adults and children. Re style: beware over-repetition of proper names, particularly Mary. Join up paras. view book

I wrote 995 days ago

Lynn - thank you so much for your comment on 'Paper Boats'. I've just started 'Deadly Nevergreen' - super title - and can see you've got a good plot starting. But I'm concerned about your style, P&G, - boring but vital! Pierre and others detail very well so I won't repeat but will say ; edit conti... view book

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