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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Reading I just read the most wonderful story. Grayson by Lynne Cox tells her story of a workout swim in the ocean one morning when she is 17. The entire book encompasses less than five hours worth of time, and it takes even less time than that to read it. During her swim, Lynne meets a baby gray whale along with dozens of other sea creatures. Her descriptions of the water and the creatures and the sky are simple and wonderful. Her writing style is straightforward, direct, intelligent, and beautiful. This is the style of writing that I would strive for in this style of story. It's all just very nice. A couple of the Amazon reviewers knock the author for the feel-good positivisms that she spouts while swimming. I'm the first one to be cynical about the power of positive thinking, but I did not find her asides at all distracting. I found them to be very much in line with the feelings of wonder and awe that I have felt when deeply enmeshed with nature. Such a nice story. I'll definitely be grabbing her other book once I get through my next couple of reading assignments. |
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