Katharine G.Leis, Glimpses ( a 9/11 story)
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Glimpses
10 characters. And that is all. Glimpses
Characters that any true person can relate to. Characters who have dreams, who have hopes, who win and lose tiny little battles every day. Characters who likely have dropped toast to land freshly-buttered side down. Characters like all of us.
Characters about to share one event.
Yes, it takes place in New York City. Yes, it quickly becomes clear that September 11th is about to wipe the morning's toast disaster from each of their minds. Yes it's another 9-11 inspired piece of "art."
But it's done well.
This is not another ignorant country song to rally the nation against the bad-guys. This is a small and wonderful collection of normal moments, carefully crafted like a spider-web about to be blown away by an unseen force.
Included in this collection is an epilogue where Katharine herself becomes one of the characters and openly shares her account of the event without pretense or preachy opinions.
An enjoyable read.
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Glimpses is an in depth look inside the individual lives of
ten people. Page by page you journey with them through their day. Experiencing
first hand who they are, what they do, how they think and insight on their
individual goals in life. You'll enter their homes, work places and the minds of
these five women and five men. Their ages vary and each of them could resemble
someone you've met somewhere in time. Although, I've been known to start reading
a book and get easily distracted. Not so the case with Glimpses. I could not put
it down until I finished reading it in its entirety. Great piece of work from
this first time author and I'll be anxiously awaiting her next book. ... More:
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We all
have those moments when we sit back and think to ourselves, "Why am I not
anywhere near where I thought I would be at this stage in my life". Then we try
to think of what it was that went wrong. We attempt to pinpoint this life
changing decision we made somewhere along the line that put us where we are
today. Why do we do this? We are looking for someone to blame. The book Glimpses
by Katharine Leis is a wonderful reminder that we are in control of our own
lives even when it feels out of control. There is nobody to blame, but
ourselves, if we are not headed in the direction of where we want to be. Life is
too short to not be doing what we truly desire to do. We are reminded of this as
we read about the daily lives of the ten different characters Ms. Leis
descriptively describes and revealing their inner thoughts. Glimpses is not a
book that I will keep lined up on my bookshelf with the rest. I have decided to
pack it away with my Christmas/New Year's Eve decorations. This way I know I
will start every year by rereading it and bringing back the revitalizing feeling
that comes at the end of this book. Hopefully the feeling will last throughout
the year.