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Winner of the 2009 Bakeless Fiction Prize, a confident debut collection about life on and around the Mattaponi Indian Reservation
Set on the Mattaponi Indian Reservation and in its surrounding counties, the stories in this linked collection detail the lives of rural men and women with stark realism and plainspoken humor. A young military couple faces a future shadowed by injury and untold secrets. A dying alcoholic attempts to reconcile with his estranged children. And an elderly woman's nurse weathers life with her irascible charge by making payments on a decrepit houseboat—the Mattaponi Queen. The land is parceled into lots, work opportunities are few, and the remaining inhabitants must choose between desire and necessity as they navigate the murky stream of possession, love, and everything in between.
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Jonathan Todd
reviewed Mattaponi Queen on July 02, 2010
Mattaponi Queen
I loved this book. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it was very simply written. There are some writers who craft sentences in such a way that you have to read them several times. This book did not have a lot of those kinds of sentences but the writer DID catch the nuance in human interaction in a very fetching way.
Part of the attraction of this book was the simplicity of the writing as well. It was part of the character of the book itself. The characters were all very well-crafted and drew the reader to their cause, whether the cause be for good or ill. These characters were all realistic in that they embodied the good and ill that we all carry inside of us.
The best thing about this book was that it was a good read for anyone who wants to write. I found myself pulling ideas from her writing and thinking, "Oh, that's how I should do that." She made me want to write. That is one of the greatest compliments that I can give a writer -- "S/He made me want to write."
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