Rate this book

Just Shy Of Paradise (2011)

by Carole Thayne Warburton(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1935217917 (ISBN13: 9781935217916)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Walnut Springs Press

review 1: In Just Shy of Paradise, fly fishing is like a river, connecting themes, events and people. Living in Paradise is not easy for beautiful Lily. There seems to be so much expected of her since her life was saved by an angel when she fell into the Little Bear River as a child. Trapped by her anxiety disorder, she dropped out of school, and too often entered faulty relationships with men. Now just as her twenties are passing her by, she is regaining her confidence, finishing up her schooling, and she finds herself involved with two men: The friend who finally confesses his love, and the stranger who fishes on the river near her home. Sky, a Native American Shoshone, is fresh from a painful divorce, trying to keep his business thriving, and determined to be part of his son’s ... morelife. His own father died when he was young, and the loss has severely affected him. He has few memories, and fewer keepsakes to remind him of his father, so when he comes across one of the split bamboo fly fishing poles crafted by his father, he is willing to do almost anything to have it. But Paradise comes at a price. First he faces prejudice, injustice, a beating, and misunderstanding. Just when life falls apart completely, Sky is reconnected with the haunting history of his people, the great desire for peace of an ancestor, and with the father he barely remembers.Most cultures are shaped through generations of living, surviving, loving, and hating. Sometimes they are shaped by great injustice, sometimes, great joy. The stories of our ancestors flow through us like a river, helping us learn who we are.When Paradise seems most elusive, we can find it by opening our hearts and allowing the river of their lives to flow through.
review 2: This book is about Lily a woman with anxiety disorder who is feeling unhappy about her life, and Sky, a Native American man who struggles with his identity and the things that have happened to his people. Sky has dreams of the Bear River Massacre and the unspeakable things that happened to the Native Americans there, and he feels the emotion of his ancestor, Chief Sagwitch. The emotion of these scenes is really well done and it is easy to feel the depth of Sky’s anguish. Sky is such a three-dimensional character who really grows in the book and comes to find the path for himself by the end. He was definitely my favorite character.Lily is trying to work through her anxiety disorder and the fact that she feels she wasn’t worthy of having her life saved by an angel when she was little. She feels like everyone looks at her because of this and that certainly doesn’t help her anxieties. She finds an old fishing pole among her family’s things and that starts her down a path of self-discovery that leads her in directions she never thought she’d take. less

Download links for: Just Shy of Paradise

Advertising