Post Tagged with: "mary demuth"

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  [book review] the muir house: a novel

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  I’ve had the pleasure of reading Mary DeMuth’s work in the past, but only her memoir, Thin Places, which I found soul-bare in its honesty and strikingly poignant in its delivery.  I hadn’t yet been exposed to Mary’s fiction before reading The Muir House. This novel tells the story of [...]
   
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  on storytelling [an interview with @marydemuth]

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  Like many other bloggers, I’m still learning the art of telling great stories. And like many bloggers, my heart is to connect with other people online. I know that I have a story to tell, but what are the most important things for me to consider as I begin to [...]
   
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  about the muir house characters [an interview with @marydemuth]

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  One of the most crucial parts of any novel is how the characters develop. In part two of my interview with Mary DeMuth, I ask about how the characters for The Muir House came together. What I found interesting about Mary’s response was how attached she gets to the characters [...]
   
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  about the muir house [an interview with @marydemuth]

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  I don’t read nearly enough fiction. There’s just something about good stories that stirs the heart and mind in ways that other reading can’t do. So to know a good storyteller is a true gift. I recently had the opportunity to talk with one of those storytellers. Mary DeMuth is the [...]
   
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  book review: daisy chain by mary demuth

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  by Julie Gillies Daisy Chain is not an easy read. In fact, several times I literally set the book down and thought, “I cannot read this.” The trauma, tension and turmoil felt almost oppressive. Yet in spite of the heavy subject matters (a missing girl, an abusive husband/father, a woman [...]