Reviews for Dreaming water

The average rating for Dreaming water based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-10 00:00:00 Christine L Haakenson A very poignant story of courage and strength. When Hana an only child of Max and Cate comes down with Werner's syndrome, making her body grow old, when she actually is younger. Hana is a gift for each day she is with her mother, her friend Laura and her god-children.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-31 00:00:00 Michael Grommo This book is told in alternating voices: Hana, a 38 year old woman in the advanced stages of Werner's Disease (premature aging), Hana's widowed mother who is Hana's only care-giver and Josie, the 13 year old daughter of Hana's childhood friend. The book spans 36 hours in the life of these individuals. The premise intrigued me with the potential to explore issues of facing death at the prime of life, the tension between our desire for independence from our parents and the need to accept the care of a child, embarrassment, humiliation, fear, surrender, and the way all of these effects our relationships with those we love most, and much more. Unfortunately, the book never exploited the potential in the subject. All three alternating voices sounded identical, like that of an author of literary fiction. The bulk of the text is dedicated to recounting past events. I learned more about the interment of Japanese Americans during WWII (Hana's father is Japanese American), the discrimination Hana's parents experienced as a young inter-racial couple, and childhood visits to the doctor than about the emotional life of any character in the present.