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Someone alerted me to this photo they saw of me in the gossip column of ArtForum (better known as "Scene and Herd") and I thought I would use it to illustrate the magic of cropping:
There I am standing in front of that photograph at the opening of Walead Beshty's show at Wallspace just on the other side of that wall that cuts into the left of the picture…
Psych, actually I'm standing behind that other more important looking guy (happens to be the Director of White Columns) at the edge of the photograph.
I found this mildly entertaining in the context of conceptual photography, a popular brand in which Beshty always has one foot.   This show where I happened to be "scene" follows two veins of Beshty's work, although I imagine they are meant to be taken together as a record of the process. The first is the prominently featured abstract photograms. These large sheets of color photo paper are somehow folded or rolled in the exposure process. This is only gleaned from looking at them, so I'm not sure what the process is actually, but it seems sufficient to take away that these colors and shapes are not chosen but rather arbitrarily arrived at through a photographic process. In the other works — black and white portraits of the people, places, and machines that have helped Besthy along the way to producing his work — he likewise lets his process do all the decision making. Notice here the photogram that actually hangs off of the center wall.
This placement was arrived at again by some system of finding the center of walls… I don't think the point is actually to understand the system in place, but rather to see that there is a system, and recognize it as arbitrarily imposed… After all I think that is the underlying critique even found in this rhyming press release:
Whatever Marxist schadenfreude might be gleaned from black-and-white
Effectively reclaims the found object as a multivalent political site
Of the show's relaxed attitude toward lines of demarcation
which, sexy as it sounded, felt like little more than rhetorical lubrication
Among the most special is Walead Beshty's photo-slide meditation
Here flashy surface need not come at the cost of art historical, conceptual, and
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After my brush with the art world paparazzi I've decided to lay low, but I will be venturing out tonight to see two openings that look promising. First, "It's You. Not me" at Andrew Kreps in Chelsea. Second, and honestly more exciting, is the first solo show in four years for the painter Richard Phillips at Gagosian uptown. I'll leave you with some enticing words from Phillips himself and follow up later with my conclusions on the show:
"At its core, this show is the conflict between capitalism, fascism, and communism. It looks into the nature of representation, propaganda, and misinformation, and how they redirect the ideologies of institutions."
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Remember the days of the email love letter? I do. They were lovely–you could secretly compose long screeds to your beloved while at work and pretend it was just business. I'll bet a lot of you kids are nodding your heads right now and saying, well, yeah…but for me textual flirtation was all about instant messaging. Perish the thought, I say. A proper love letter should be lengthy, sometimes even ridiculously so, filling pages of loose-leaf paper, scrolls of screen, however long it takes to come even an iota closer to capturing in words that ineffable feeling that you're shyly, determinedly, bursting to convey.
To me, writing about art is a lot like writing a love letter. I'm sure many of you are snorting with derision at that statement, but I don't care; I really mean it. Why else would those of us who still bother to write about art keep doing it, if not for the sheer stupid pleasure of using exorbitant language to capture that which words can never adequately convey?
That's why I'm kind of aghast at the rise of Twitter and Facebook as a growing forum for art criticism these days. Now, I totally get the social aspects and benefits of these applications, and to the way they provide increased and enriched opportunities for argument and back-talk, along with a gossipy sort of zing to art discourse in general, I say right on. But I mourn the passage of long-form art criticism (can we please just call it art writing? The term 'criticism' always feels much too, well, critical to me). The blogosphere still allows people to write about an artwork or a show at some length, but even that is changing: some bloggers who've held their fingers to the wind for far longer than I are noting (in decidedly hopeful tones, I should add) the drastic streamlining of the blog form, or even, as Deanna Isaacs surmised a few weeks ago in the Reader, the death of text itself.
Art, like any object of affection, deserves extravagant prose devoted to it, damn the word count. Even work that may not be all that great is worthy of elaboration in my book. Do we really want Peter Schjeldahl and the museum curators to be the only ones given the space and opportunity to write about art at length? Personally, I think that would be a fucking shame.
That being said, I'm not against Twittering art reviews at Bad At Sports–IÂ think we should try it. I'm well aware that blogs are not the place to try and resuscitate long-form criticism, and I'm continually fascinated with the different ways people use words to grapple with art. The — what is it — 140 words? — that Twitter allows can provide a good exercise in summing up a work of art or an exhibition concisely and with, as the genre seems to require, just the right amount of deadpan irony. I myself possess none of the pith required to Twitter well, but I genuinely look forward to seeing what those who have a knack for it will do with this emerging form.
There's some good stuff happening in my 'hood this weekend, starting with tonight's opening for Michael Stickrod's project over at Pamela Fraser and Randall Szott's space He Said/She Said, in Oak Park.
A quick blurb on Stickrod, from the He Said/She Said website and via The New Museum:
"Michael Stickrod addresses the psychology of human ties by cutting to the center of his familial circle. He uses scanned photographs and found audio to create nearly abstract sequences embedded between incising confessions and footage of his family. The videos on view take his mother and father as his subject matter, painting a landscape of Middle America that oscillates between bleak and hopeful†(New Museum website).
Stickrod will screen films, play sound works, and show related objects. The opening is from 6-9, with the film screening at 8pm. On Sunday afternoon from 2-4pm, The Suburban opens its exhibitions of Cameron Martin and Dave Hullfish Bailey. Of Martin, The New York Times has said,
"Formally, Cameron Martin's sleekly distilled, medium-large landscapes have a flattened, hard-edged cyber-Pop snap. The young Brooklynite's satiny smooth, subtly hued paintings of placid, reflective water; snaky, slightly rounded trees mottled black and white; or seashore rocks surrounded by metallic fields are not descriptions of perceptual experience — not like the paintings of Alex Katz or Neil Welliver. They are, rather, what the professors call cultural signifiers, contemporary icons that stand for deep-running collective urges, like the fantasy of an intimate connection with nature."
Critic Michael Darling says of Bailey,
"Just as theologians attempt to read scripture every which way in order to discern the intentions and directives of religious tracts, Bailey homes in on relatively innocuous words that when prodded and pulled, prove to be extraordinarily supple. Not averse to strategic mis-readings, or at the very least, possessed of an openness to explore interpretive avenues that don't readily spring from looking at words in their most familiar context, the artist has generated fascinating strands of discourse just by examining common language in a different light."
Martin and Bailey will be in attendance, and as usual you can pick up a free copy of X-TRA. Hey, if you go, come on over and say hi to me. I'll be the one standing in the corner by myself, as is my wont at these sorts of things.
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There's been some commentary on other art and culture blogs about this, so maybe we should get into it too: The Art Institute has raised its price of admission by 50%. Now, the general public will pay $18, seniors and students pay $12, up from the $7 it was previously.
There have been a few good pieces on this issue written elsewhere over the past couple of days; in particular I liked Tyler Green's post over at Modern Art Notes, Museum cannibalism: pricing out visitors. Green points out that Chicago museums are more reliant on admissions revenue than are institutions in other cities, but nevertheless decisions like this make it much harder for average folks, especially younger demographics, to make museum-going a regular thing. Salient quote:
"Museums could do lots of things to avoid pricing out visitors. Trustees could give more. Foundations could give more. Museums could cut more staff. But the last thing they should do is raise admissions charges and inhibit public access to art at a time when we need it most."
Green then followed up with this post about the Seattle Art Museum's "pay if you can" admissions policy, with accompanying grey-skies ad campaign. What think you?
EDITED TO ADD: Someone rightly pointed out that there's more to the admissions story: free days! Here they are, straight from the Art Institute's web site:
- One late evening per week (Thursdays after 5:00 p.m.) throughout the year
- Two late evenings per week (Thursdays and Fridays after 5:00 p.m.) during the summer (May 31 to August 31)
- The entire month of February
- The week of the opening of the Modern Wing, from May 16 to May 22, 2009
Go directly to the Art Institute's visitor page for even more details. Plus, children under 12 will continue to get in free of charge, and there will no longer be a charge for special exhibitions or coat check.
Chicago Public Library Poster Design Competition
March 12, 2009 · Print This Article
Those of you who were inspired by Mike Benedetto's interview with Steve Walters and Jay Ryan last week — the Chicago Public Library has announced that it's holding a poster design competition inspired by the library and using the URL chipublib.org. The idea is to "bring attention to a hip, shortened version of the library's official website address."
Ryan is one of the esteemed judges for this event, along with award-winning photographer Brian Willette, Creative Director at All Terrain/Chicago, and Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey. The winners will be announced at a free public event on April 23, 2009, at the Harold Washington Library Center in downtown Chicago.
The contest runs from March 5th to April 9th, so if you're interested in participating, chop chop! For more info and rules, visit the library's website (you'll need to scroll down just a bit to get to the contest info).


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We slept in a little this morning after a fairly late night from the Halloween Party and subsequent makeup removing session. The Captain came on to say that the system that was in the Gulf had developed into a tropical Storm named Karen, and that we would see some impact from it in terms of weather. The forecast for the day was overcast with the chance of showers. Of course, this wasn't going to deter us from eating, so we decided to go back to Triton's for breakfast. I had the muesli and Scott had the Three Egg Omlette with a side of hashbrowns. Neither of us were blown away (ha, ha, pun intended), but then again, it was just muesli and an omlette.
At about 8:50 am and back in our stateroom, we checked the weather again and we were showing as just passing Key West.
Because the weather was obviously not going to cooperate today, we studied the Navigator and decided to go to the Art of Entertaining in Studio Sea. They were making Fyllo Wrapped Salmon (their spelling, not mine ) and we'd never done any of the cooking demonstrations before. It was just like on TV, where "magically" all the work is done and all the Chef has to do is assemble the ingredients. If only we all had someone to do the prep work!
They handed out samples and also a tasting of a white wine, I think it was Sauvignon Blanc but now I don't remember.
The chef with his creation.
We had a champagne tasting at Noon in the Cadillac Bar and so we had just enough time to squeeze in a 70's Music Trivia session in Diversions.
Scott did remarkably well, and I contributed very little to any successful answers. It was a lot of fun though and there are definitely some trivia buffs sailing on DCL!
From there we went straight into the Cadillac bar to start our tasting session.
Ross who is the sommelier in Palo was leading the class, and although he had a dry sense of humor to begin with, I thought he did an excellent job and we learned quite a bit about the history of champagne and lots of good tips about where to buy and what to buy.
These are the 5 that we tried. The first was not a champagne at all but a sparkling wine out of California called Chandon. It was delicious and a great "cheat" for the money. It is also readily available (at least here in Texas), which can't be said for all the others. We then had Veuve Cliquot (which sadly didn't taste as good as I remember it tasting after having the Chandon), Tattinger Rose, Rosa Regal - which again is not a champagne at all, but a DCL favorite. (I could guess this one right off the bat as I literally can't stand to drink it - way too sweet for my taste ) We wrapped it up with a Moet & Chandon Ice. We have had this once before when we were on the Fantasy and it is AWESOME I have tried to find it to buy in the Houston area but it's really hard to come across. Ross told us that we could buy it at any time to drink on the ship, and also buy up to two bottles to take home. We didn't take any home though.
We were very happy with the Champagne tasting, it was fun, informative and we felt it was one of the better ones we had ever attended.
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The Shepherd's Granddaughter
Amani longs to be a shepherd like her beloved grandfather Sido, who has tended his flock for generations, grazing sheep on their family's homestead near Hebron. Amani loves Sido's many stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos. But as outside forces begin to encroach upon this hotly contested land, Amani struggles to find suitable grazing for her fam ...more
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Published September 1st 2008 by Groundwood Books
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Apr 20, 2010 Madeline rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: assigned-reading, kids-and-young-adult
I consider myself a politically moderate person. I do not consider myself an intolerant anti-Semitic bigot. I definitely do not believe in excessive violence as a problem-solving tool. I've attended three bat mitzvahs in my life. I like Jews. I'm saying all of this so that you can fully understand the implications of the statement I'm about to make:
Reading this book made me want to go to Palestine and kill Israelis.
For those fine patriots reading this review and getting ready to break down my d ...more
Reading this book made me want to go to Palestine and kill Israelis.
For those fine patriots reading this review and getting ready to break down my d ...more
Jun 05, 2010 Shannon (Giraffe Days) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition
If you needed any more proof that banning - or trying to ban - a book will cause more people to read it than before, I am it. I first heard of this book just a few weeks ago, when it became a suddenly controversial issue in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and in the news. It is a book promoted by the Canadian Library Association and in grade 7 & 8 curriculum, but came under fire for being biased against Jews. Thankfully, it wasn't banned in the TDSB (or anywhere). But the furore cer ...more
Mar 12, 2010 Bob rated it 1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: Students of propaganda and other forms of manipulation
Shelves: anti-israeli-propaganda
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn't as simple as made out in this one-sided story. The author has taken every bad thing ever done by any settler, made up a few more, and inflicted them all on the hapless heroine and her family.
In real life, the Israelis haven't built a new settlement in ten years. The govt in the area where this family lives (near hebron) is the Palestinian Authority.
If settlers were encroaching on their lands, the Palestinians would have appealed to the Israeli courts (whi ...more
In real life, the Israelis haven't built a new settlement in ten years. The govt in the area where this family lives (near hebron) is the Palestinian Authority.
If settlers were encroaching on their lands, the Palestinians would have appealed to the Israeli courts (whi ...more
Apr 06, 2010 Jonathan rated it 1 of 5 stars
Nonsense. Pure nonsense. If I could give this book not a single star, believe me, I would. If an author is going to select to write about such a complex, intricate topic, she should be sure that she actually puts in some research and doesn't fill the story with imagined nonsense just to provoke some emotion from the reader. Stories this biased and untrue should not even be permitted to possess a space on a library shelf as they have the ability to give readers completely false ideas and instigat ...more
Jul 28, 2011 Steve Cran rated it 5 of 5 stars
Palestinian life under Israeli occupation. Seedo the grandfaather in a Palestinian extended family thaat has has had afamily shepherd for thoousands of years passes on thee responsibility to his granddaughter even over the objections of the rest of thee faamily member. Amani is the young girl who chooses shepherding over school. She enjoyes sheperding until something traumatic happens Israeli settler from AMerica take part of her land for settlement building. It becomes unsafe for her to take th ...more
Oct 05, 2008 Ryan rated it 4 of 5 stars
This is an important book that should be read by everyone because it brings Palestine to life through Amani's world. It is good book on its own, but I read "The Boy who Dared" at the same time and the experience made it even more powerful.
Helmuth spoke out against what a majority of people now believe was an evil regime, Hitler and the Nazis. This makes him a freedom fighter, a hero. As I read of Amani's life, I began to question my own government's support of Israel, a country that exists large ...more
Helmuth spoke out against what a majority of people now believe was an evil regime, Hitler and the Nazis. This makes him a freedom fighter, a hero. As I read of Amani's life, I began to question my own government's support of Israel, a country that exists large ...more
Feb 22, 2010 Teri Weaver rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: mid-east-jewish
This author expertly crafts a story that juxtapositions the ancient with the modern, the shepherd and the cell phone. Amani, known as "sheep girl" to some, is a young girl who desires to follow in her grandfather's footsteps as a shepherd. This is more difficult that she imagined because Israelis occupy the land and are turning it into settlements. Living in a world of her ancestors', Amani practices the traditional, Muslim law. The muezzin alerts the prayer times and her family responds. She is ...more
May 13, 2010 Staci rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: Those who are against Censorship
Shelves: 2010-reads
When I finished this book I couldn't for the life of me understand why anyone would want to remove it from libraries. This book does not make Israeli's out to be evil people, but it does bring to light some of the issues that Palestinian's live with on a daily basis. I feel that this book is important because it gives notice to both sides of the story and portrays each side in favorable and unfavorable lights. Yes, Israeli's are portrayed, at times, as tyrants pushing their way into the lands oc ...more
Jul 09, 2011 Christina G rated it 4 of 5 stars
Shelves: canadian, kidstuff, multicultural
Considering the topic is one of the most hot button political issues in North America, I'm not at all surprised that people have tried to ban this book from school libraries. But as with many book challenges, it sounds like many of the challengers haven't actually read it. If they had (with an open mind), they would see that it's a balanced exploration of the Palestinian side, and that the story calls for nonviolent responses to the complicated conflict. This interview gives a little more inform ...more
Nov 14, 2011 Melissa Sommer rated it 4 of 5 stars
This book tells the story of a Palestine girl, Amani, who lives with her family. Amani's family has a vineyard, olive grove, and a herd of sheep. The shepheards grandfather, Seedo, teaches Amani while she is being homeschooled. However, trouble breaks lose when Seedo dies and terrible things start happening to the farm, where Amani and her family are living. I thought this book started off slow, but then once I got into it I couldn't put it down. It had a lot of information about the Palestine a ...more
Apr 27, 2014 Jaycie Shearer added it
Shelves: fiction, multicultural-literature, chapter-book
This story addresses Palestine culture, giving good lessons, stories, and cultural awareness to young readers. Family is a lesson throughout the book, as the girl longs to herd sheep like her grandfather; when he passes away, the young girl pursues her passion. Although the longing to herd sheep may not be easy to relate, there are ways to find relatable qualities in the story. Elementary schools do not normally mention the countries in the book (Israel and Palestine). This book gives students i ...more
Jul 22, 2010 Kate Hannigan rated it 5 of 5 stars
Kudos to Anne Carter for taking on a challenging topic -- perhaps THE most challenging topic in today's political climate. She gives voice to a population never heard from in American literature, let alone children's lit. She may be criticized for the perspective she takes in "Granddaughter," but the call to ban this book is ridiculous. It is a great launching point for discussion and nothing to be shied away from.
Jan 26, 2009 Susie rated it 2 of 5 stars
Shelves: teen
This was an interesting book to get the Palestinian point of view. It was slow paced - I think to reflect the kind of life these people led. Israelis are definitely the bad guys in the book. The ending leaves you hanging and was disappointing.
May 02, 2010 Scarlett Sims rated it 2 of 5 stars
Shelves: children-s, for-school, multicultural, political, non-fic, ya
My biggest problem with this book is really my own fault.
I don't know anything about the situation with Israel and Palestine, other than the fact that there is a conflict. But when I read this book, I could really tell I was basically being preached to and that this author had an agenda. The book tells the Palestinian side of the story, which from what I understand would be the side most Americans would never hear. That makes this book important. But I didn't like this being my first introductio ...more
I don't know anything about the situation with Israel and Palestine, other than the fact that there is a conflict. But when I read this book, I could really tell I was basically being preached to and that this author had an agenda. The book tells the Palestinian side of the story, which from what I understand would be the side most Americans would never hear. That makes this book important. But I didn't like this being my first introductio ...more
Apr 02, 2013 Canadian Children's Book Centre added it
Shelves: books-news-reviews
Amani comes from a long line of shepherds and has always dreamt of becoming a shepherd like her grandfather. For generations, the family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of their homestead near Hebron, but now the land is being threatened by Jewish settlements and the construction of a new highway. Then Amani meets Jonathan, an American boy visiting his father who is one of the settlers, and away from the biases and pressures of their families, they discover that despite their differences ...more
Apr 25, 2010 Tara rated it 2 of 5 stars
Shelves: mc-literature, realistic-fiction, rll-595
I struggled to get into this book, the third person narration made me feel detached from the story. That being said, once I struggled through the first quarter of the book the story and struggles of Amani's family captured my attention and I continued to read straight through to the end.
I did enjoy the amount of modernization that was worked into the family's rural life: her father's cell phone, the internet cafe, and the recognition of 'changing times'. Not only does Amani's grandfather rule th ...more
I did enjoy the amount of modernization that was worked into the family's rural life: her father's cell phone, the internet cafe, and the recognition of 'changing times'. Not only does Amani's grandfather rule th ...more
Apr 11, 2011 mlb added it
Shelves: childrens-lit-course
This was a difficult book on a difficult subject--the land conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. I had not had much exposure to the Palestinian point of view, which is present in the book through the main character, a young sheep herding girl, and her family. The Israeli side is also presented somewhat indirectly through a boy the main character befriends, but he seems to reject many sides of his people's argument. The book does a wonderful job depicting the conflict as one that is not bla ...more
Apr 20, 2010 Donna rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shelves: award-winner, mc-literature
This is the story of Amani and her family who for generations have lived near Hebron keeping sheep. Armani wants to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and become a shepherd. Naturally every culture has it's ideas of the proper way to raise a girl and her parent's try to resist. The grandfather seems to endorse Amani becoming his apprentice so she quits school and spends her days with her grandfather learning how to care and raise the sheep. But this story is more than about Amani becoming a s ...more
Nov 27, 2013 Danielle Ducharme rated it 3 of 5 stars
This book was a definite immersion into the palestine culture. For young adults this book gives good lessons and stories along with cultural awareness. The lesson of family is very apparent in the girl's longing to herd sheep like her grandfather, When he passes she pursues her passion. Although this topic may be difficult to relate with because of the cultural differences, there are ways to find similarities between students lives and the life of the girl in the book. The countries involved, Is ...more
Jun 20, 2014 Scott Whitney rated it 4 of 5 stars
A very interesting novel about a Palestinian family and how their lives are turned upside down when an Israeli settlement is built on land which has been used by the family for generations. One side will call it outstanding while the other will call it propaganda. It is very well written and told from the perspective of a young shepherd girl who makes some very interesting friends.
Apr 10, 2014 Sarah Al-gadi rated it 3 of 5 stars
قصة أماني الطفلة التي أصبحت راعية للأغنام خلفًا لجدها الراعي، في أحد وديان فلسطين المحتلة. العديد من المغامرات والعلاقات الفريدة تعيشها أماني البنت مع الأغنام، وعائلتها والمدرسة والمستوطنون. تتعرف أماني على شاب من المستوطنين في مثل عمرها، يرفض ما يفعله أهله، لكنه لا يستطيع المساعدة عندما يهدمون بيتها ويقتلعون أشجار العائلة.
Jan 25, 2014 Emily added it
A story of injustice that pulls at your heart and causes you to cry out for action. Touching on the complexity of individual relations in the midst of a complicated conflict - not all Palestinians are violent, not all Jews are violent, The Shepherd's Granddaughter well-describes and communicates one story from one side of a much larger conflict. This book is a story worth reading on a cause worth becoming informed in.
Jun 01, 2014 Ali rated it 4 of 5 stars
A heartbreaking tale that will help educate the uninitiated about issues not contained in our immediate backyard. A beautiful tale about a young shepherdess who turns out to be very brave in the face of her enemies.
May 25, 2010 Danielle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition
Shelves: adolescent-literature
I was interested to read this book as I read that it had been censored in several Jewish schools. After reading it, I am not sure why it was censored as it simply presents a different angle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an honest and respectful manner and ultimately promotes a hopeful message of understanding. Yes, Israeli's are portrayed, at times, as tyrants pushing their way into the lands occupied by Palestinians. But then the author shows how some Palestinian's want to react with v ...more
Jan 04, 2009 LuAnn rated it 2 of 5 stars
Shelves: fiction
The story was fine, but definitely young adult or above in content. Why does every author think they have to describe the birth process in such explicit details? Yuck! Especially in the first chapter where we don't even know characters yet. Anyway, the story was interesting, although a little one-sided in political viewpoint. Of course, that's the problem Palestine and Israel seem to have in the real world as well. I never really felt the sense of place well enough to know that this book had to ...more
Aug 20, 2011 John added it
I wanted to read this book ever since hearing the controversy about its inclusion in the curriculum for grade 7 & 8 students in Toronto schools. There was an attempt to ban it, but the school board decided not to. I found the book a quick read, and while it certainly presented the viewpoint of the Palestinians, I did not feel it demonized Israelis. I also did not feel it advocated violence, though there are characters in the book who feel that is the only way to protest the Israeli policies. ...more
Jan 16, 2010 Yoonmee rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: fiction, middle-east, spirituality, children-s-books
Although I believe the content and subject matter are extremely important, I had trouble really "getting into" the book. I wanted to love this book so badly, but the writing prohibited me from truly empathizing with the main character, Amani. I'm giving the book 3 stars because I think it's definitely worth reading, gives voice to a very human look at a very difficult situation, and can certainly spur some great discussion in classrooms and book clubs, but, sadly, it wasn't everything I wanted i ...more
Aug 04, 2011 Clare rated it 3 of 5 stars
The Shepherd's Granddaughter is a short, efficient children's novel that strikes the right balance between story and social justice—Amani's life as a young shepherd is just as important as the part of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that's knocking down her front door. It's still definitely a book written for children, instead of being written for all ages, but it does what it means to do without beating the reader over the head. An interesting choice for a young reader.
Oct 13, 2009 Elaine Bearden rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: anyone who likes to read about the lives of youth in different countries
Really interesting modern day story from the perspective of a Palestinian girl who wants to follow in the steps of her grandfather and be a shepherd. The relationship between the girl - Amani - and her grandfather is lovingly portrayed. His death early on in the book leaves Amani to fight the encroachment of land for her sheep, alone. The narrative suffers from a sagging middle, but by the end, the reader has bonded with Amani in a way that make her losses palpable to the reader.
Anne was born in Don Mills in 1953. She's been a waitress, baker, store clerk, fruit picker and milked cows. Her all-time favourite job was being a school librarian. She often writes about experiences she, her siblings, her friends, her four children, even complete strangers had, or she imagines they had, and then embellishes. Liberally. She divides her year, writing and teaching, between Toronto ...moreMore about Anne Laurel Carter...
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