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Celebrate the Sun: A Love Story

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James Kavanaugh, author of CELEBRATE THE SUN is probably best known for his earliest (I think) book of poems, THERE ARE MEN TOO GENTLE TO LIVE AMONG WOLVES. CELEBRATE THE SUN filled a very pressing need at the time it was written. There was a very popular book about a bird who through sheer will and determination learned to fly higher, further, and faster than any of his contemporaries. On the positive side it emphasized excelling. But there was a negative side to it. It seemed to say that there was something wrong with accepting one's limitations and living within them.

It would seem that in CELEBRATE THE SUN, Kavanaugh is saying that it's really okay to be yourself and that you are loveable for what you are, not for what you accomplish. This book takes the stigma off of not flying higher, faster, and further than your fellows. You are still loveable and a success as a human being (or pelican, as the case may be.)

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Someone other than the author, editor and publisher must like this book although I don't understand why. This allegory is as subtle an elephant-sized brick.

Pelican pushes/is pushed to be the best - the highest, farthest, fastest etc. Pelican gains position of power and teaches the young to push/be pushed. Pelican has son die trying to be the best. Pelican has a change of heart; starts teaching the young to enjoy life. Pelican and buddy found new colony on new island. There is the manditory eco-politico-... comments about soft-shelled eggs and tainted fish.

I hereby solemnly swear I will give the book to the library in case someone would actually enjoy it and will never read it again.