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A Voice Of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson (2009)

by Barbara Dana(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0060287047 (ISBN13: 9780060287047)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

HarperTeen

review 1: This book is very well done. I would have given it a higher rating except that I'm not into this kind of book.If you like Dickensian (Charles) literature (long sections of descriptive text), or like long sections of 1st person narrative, this is the book for you. Much of this book explores how Emily D. would have seen the world. And the author is very effective in her writing. I, however, skipped much of the text because my mind was wandering.
review 2: Reviewed by Cat for TeensReadToo.comDespite a huge body of work and lifetime's worth of correspondence she left behind, Emily Dickinson remains an enigma in many people's minds. Why was she so preoccupied with death? Why did she choose to not marry in an era when most women did so to the exclusion of all other p... moreursuits? What drove her to write more than one thousand poems, yet never seek publication for her work?By immersing herself in Emily's poetry, prose, surroundings, and numerous biographies, Barbara Dana seeks to answer these questions in a first-person, fictional narrative of Emily's life from age eleven to twenty-four.A VOICE OF HER OWN portrays Emily as a vivid, social, intelligent child; spending days and nights with family and friends, tramping about the idyllic town of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite numerous bouts of illness, anxiety attacks, depressions, and the frequent loss of loved ones, Emily always retained a passion for the natural world, not to mention a fierce drive to improve both academically and as a poet.It took a long time to read this novel, not because I didn't enjoy it; quite the opposite in fact, because A VOICE OF HER OWN became my daily treat of Godiva chocolates. Whenever I wanted a quiet moment to savor the beauty of nature, or revel in contemplation of a slower-paced way of life, I'd pull out Barbara Dana's book and dip into the possibilities surrounding Emily Dickinson's formative years.Ms. Dana did a superb job of capturing Emily's voice and spirit, making this novel a truly joyful read and definitely one for the keeper shelf. less

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