Crook, Elizabeth. The night journal.CROOK, Elizabeth. The night journal. Read by Kimberly Farr. 15 cds. 17 hrs. Books on Tape. 2006. 1-4159-2928-9. $99.00. Vinyl; plot notes. SA This fascinating multi-generational saga explores a woman's coming to terms with her own life by developing an understanding of her roots. This is also an intriguing story set against a history of the frontier West, Mexican-American tensions, early railroading rail·road·ing n. The construction or operation of railroads. Noun 1. railroading - the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads rail technology , and the place of women on the frontier On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Two Acts, by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the third and last play in the Auden-Isherwood collaboration, first published in 1938. . At 37, Meg Mabry remains devoted to Dr. Claudia Bass ("Bassie"), her elderly grandmother, in spite of the fact that she is a cantankerous can·tan·ker·ous adj. 1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord. 2. , highly critical tyrant tyrant, in ancient history, ruler who gained power by usurping the legal authority. The word is perhaps of Lydian origin and carried with it no connotation of moral censure. . Bassie, a well-known authority on early New Mexican New Mexico Abbr. NM or N.M. or N.Mex. A state of the southwest United States on the Mexican border. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912. history, published the set of journals recorded by her mother, Hannah Bass, at the turn of the century. When Bassie announces that she is flying to New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). to take possession of the bones of her mother's dogs, which are buried in an area slated for development, Meg agrees to go if only to run interference with the local authorities there. Meg is drawn into her family's history by the unfolding mystery surrounding the death of Hannah's husband; the relationship between Hannah and her lover, Vicente Morales; and, finally, the discovery of Hannah's "noctuary," or night journal, unknown to Bassie, which holds the truth about Hannah's life. Farr's fully voiced reading captures the many personalities. Susan Allison, Libn. (retired), Lewiston, ME S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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