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Holly Christine

Holly Christine

About

Holly Christine is the author of The Nine Lives of Clemenza, a spiritual novel, and Retail Ready, a novel about one hellacious work-week in retail. She majored in English and Philosophy at Washington & Jefferson College and enjoys writing, reading and watching Lost. She resides in Pittsburgh with her husband and dog, Clemenza. See her blog at www.hollychristineonline.com

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

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"What makes it similiar to C.S. Lewis...

🔗 http://www.selfpublishingreview.com/2009/04/25/the-nine-lives-of-clemenza-by-holly-christine/

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"I loved the way this book made me think...

🔗 http://www.kopek-publishing.com/blog_review/?p=361#more-361

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"This novel teaches valuable lessons about life...

🔗 http://liametal.tripod.com/id8.html

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Reviewer's Choice, Midwest Book Review June 2009

🔗 http://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/jun_09.htm#rc

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Reviews

<font face="Verdana">In her stories the author highlights the importance of love, compassion and selflessness; she teaches people to transform into better human beings, to help others and try to become less selfish. A useful read by all means! <em>~Liana Metal</em><br /></font><br />Holly Christine is a clearly spirited and inventive writer and she finds unique ways to describe her subject.~ Henry Baum<br /><br />...while Clemenza’s story <strong>is </strong>one of enlightenment, it is full of actions and consequences that could be applicable in most people’s lives. ~Phil Owens