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Post by liasmom on Feb 8, 2007 22:55:27 GMT -5
OK- I am late to read this one but WOW!. I cried at the beginning and end. It is really good and what a twist at the end. I started reading it while walking on the treadmill and had to stop to get kleenex. For anyone whose child has had leukemia or any life-threatening illness- this one will hit home. It is good, sad and happy. And hard to put down. nancy
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Post by laurasmom on Feb 10, 2007 7:46:10 GMT -5
I really, really liked this book. Boy, she kept you going until the end.
I have liked all the books of her I have read. Right now I have just started reading Mercy.
Sharon
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Post by ALLISA on Feb 10, 2007 20:51:24 GMT -5
I finished Mercy a little while ago....and JUST finished Vanishing Acts.....she is a good writer....usually captures me by the end of first chapter......
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Post by lespring on Feb 13, 2007 0:41:03 GMT -5
This was an AWESOME "Hallmark" movie a couple years ago. I loved it. Rosie Odonell played the sister who was disabled. I really liked the job she did, HOWEVER, I also felt like she mimicked Sean Penn's portrayal in "I Am Sam". Still, it was a good movie. I could SOOoooo see Angela in a couple of the scenes. Like not letting go of a subject that was irritating her non-disabled sister. Angela loves to push buttons like that. Or doing something a certain way, or going to a certain place at a certain time because thats the way you've been doing it for however many years...DO NOT mess with the system or there will be a price to pay!!!!
My other favorite movie is "The Other Sister". If you haven't seen it, you can find it on netflix. This movie is an awesome portrayal of all the family dynamics. From siblings, to parents (both of them very different in their attitudes about independence) the realities of our children growing up. Just everything. There isn't one thing in the movie I didn't like. BUT...it's kind of hard to watch too. Because I know these situations are coming, and I don't want to go through them.
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Post by Debbie on Feb 13, 2007 19:59:24 GMT -5
I have seen both movies. I perfered "The Other Sister" though. It is a favorite. I watched it again a while back ago on TV.
I thought Rosie did a good job but I have to admit, I liked the book better. Rosie likes to read and I am sure she liked the book so well that she wanted to see it made into a movie for TV with her as the part. The book was better though. I couldn't put it down it was that good! I was able to hear the writer speak at the National Down Syndrome Society convention.
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Post by ALLISA on Feb 14, 2007 15:09:39 GMT -5
LOL I think we are talking of two differnet books/ movies ? Hallmark movie was "riding the bus with my sister" and Sister's keeper......the book is about 2 siblings....one has cancer and the other was concieved so that the stem cells could be used to help cure the first sister and donates bone marrow etc for later years. But for the recored......I saw both the movies you were talking about....and yes they were good and very worthy of discusion ! I recommend Sister's Keeper.....but be sure you have a box of Kleenex while you read !
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Post by lespring on Feb 14, 2007 22:32:44 GMT -5
OMG!!! Do I feel dumb!! In my mind I'm thinking one name and seeing another movie! LOL I see the time stamp on my post. Perhaps I should have been sleeping instead?
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Post by ALLISA on Feb 15, 2007 0:56:46 GMT -5
LOL...never fell dumb here !! They are VERY similar in name.....I have meant to read Riding bus with my sister.....becasue I heard that it was better than the movie....I don't know if I could watch Sister Keeper in a movie...may be too overwhelming for me. I read the book Angela's Ashes....but could never watch the movie.....I KNEW it would be too much for me !
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Post by Kristin on Feb 19, 2007 20:17:17 GMT -5
I just finished this book. It took me a little longer...about a week, which is really fast for me. I get about 1 book, for pleasure, read each month. Even though the book is emotional, it was outstanding. I thought the writing was excellent. It really had me thinking about my younger daughter, without DS, and how she is effected by her sister's needs. Definately worth reading. I'm going to add it to my book club's list for this next year.
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