Sentences with phrase «lyrical prose make»
The sweeping historical frame proves ideal for Burke's elegiac style, and his fusillades of moving, lyrical prose make us feel the beating hearts of all his demon - wracked characters.
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She also writes my favorite kind of book club books: They have lyrical prose, with characters and situations that make you think.
As with Dave Robicheaux, Burke's more famous series hero, Hackberry's demons occasionally weigh down the reader, too, but just when we feel ourselves losing patience with Hack and his colossally self - destructive violent outbursts, Burke wins us over yet again with another fusillade of lyrical, deeply moving prose that makes us feel the beating hearts of all his characters, demon - wracked though they may be.
An excellent portrayal of African American culture, gorgeous lyrical prose, strong characters, and societal critique make Tamani's debut a must - read.
With breathtaking imagery and lyrical prose, Diffenbaugh makes Letty's growth from a troubled young mother to a responsible woman who learns to put her children first, but also allows herself the possibility of love, entirely believable; hers is a hard - won victory you will cheer even as you wish this graceful, moving book would never end.»
Written in lyrical prose, If I Forget You is at once a great love story, a novel of marriage, manners, and family, a meditation on the nature of art, a moving elegy to what it means to love and to lose, and how the choices we make can change our lives forever.