man sailing and cancer
Dates: 4/21/04,6:35 PM through 4/22/04,3:40 PM (4 postings)
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FROM: Nicole Marcucilli <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/21/04, 6:35 PM
Nicole Marcuccilli, YA Librarian
Glenview Public Library
FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 4/22/04, 10:28 AM
Library Journal Review: In Sailing , a married
couple grapples with an ominous cancer that
threatens to wrench them apart. As Phil and Sara
Boyd reflect on their years together, they
realize how much they have adjusted to the
demands imposed by Phil's illness. Sara speaks of
``the invisible cord tugging between them,'' and
the text illustrates this connection beautifully.
As a distraction, Sara teaches Phil to sail, and
the pastime becomes an obsession. His interest
increases with her anxiety, indicating his
vulnerability and her fear of losing him. Kenney
displays an impressive knowledge of sailing and a
depth of sensitivity about human relations in
this, her second novel about the Boyds (the first
was In Another Country , LJ 6/1/84). A warm and
moving story about people struggling to live and
love.
--- Nicole Marcucilli
<[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us> wrote:
> Help! I have a patron who is looking for the
> title of a specific book,
> she does not know the author either. The plot
> is as follows: a man who
> loves sailing also has cancer. He plans to
> commit suicide once he becomes
> severe out in the middle of the ocean and sail
> away that way, but in the
> end realizes that he cannot do that to his
> beloved family. Any ideas?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Nicole Marcuccilli, YA Librarian
> Glenview Public Library
>
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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 4/22/04, 3:29 PM
FROM: Molly Williams <[removed]@waterborolibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/22/04, 3:40 PM
We have a profile on her here:
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/maineaut/km.htm#kenney
Her Colby info is here: http://www.colby.edu/~smkenney/ (she's on
sabbatical this year)
~ Molly Wms.
--
Molly Williams, Volunteer Web-Tender,
Waterboro Public Library (Maine): http://www.waterborolibrary.org/
... WPL Weblog: http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm
[removed]@aol.com wrote:
>Sailing (1987) This is definitely the book, one of my favorites. Can anyone from Maine tell me; A. if Susan Kenney still teaches at Colby,B. Is she still alive and C. IS there anything she's written since 1990.
>Thanks
>
>
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