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Sun, 13 Feb 2005 The Mundane and the Vital Here is a tale of an alien holiday from an exotic foreign land - and yet the emotional current it evokes rings true across all of humankind. Sometimes the most vital things in life are also the most mundane. The note of wistful resignation expressed by the author for the slow loss of her personal heritage should serve as a wakeup call to all of us: with tradition, it's truely a "use it or lose it" situation. It's a scary thought that when I'm gone, my family's traditions will disappear with me (link) [The Straits Times (Singapore)] Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:00 /Asatru | 0 writebacks | permanent link The Merrybegot Note to self: buy this book! "A Merrybegot", says a shoutline on the cover of this novel, "is a child conceived on May morning believed to have powers of witchcraft." Julie Hearn has written an absorbing story in which several plot strands wind over and under one another like ribbons on a maypole to create an intricately braided narrative. (link) [The Guardian] Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:00 /Asatru | 0 writebacks | permanent link |
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