A college student finds herself locking herself in her room and searching for her father's identity as she struggles to find her own identity after several terrible confrontations with other students.
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Sage Taylor is having an identity crisis and has barricaded herself in her room. It's the first month of college for Sage, the youngest of five children born to a white woman and black man fighting for civil rights in Mississippi. By the time of Sage's birth, her father has left the family, and mother and light-skinned children are safely living in the Midwest's suburbs. Now on her own for the first time, Sage must decide who she is. The Black Student Union and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance have both recruited her. The first young man to take an interest in her seems to be stalking her. And Sage is slowly falling apart, reading and rereading recently discovered letters from her father, trying to figure out who he is and who she herself might be. Waters writes with a stark intensity that is at the same time full of compassion and humor. This is a novel to read in a single sitting; it should find a following among college students?and college-bound women.?Debbie Bogenschutz, Cincinnati Technical Coll.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Sage is the youngest sibling of five, the product of an interracial marriage. She has lived her life knowing that her parents separated while her mother was pregnant with her. Yet, she is the one who resembles her black father the most. Although the family is close, no one except brother Tobias really understands Sage. But understanding is not an issue until she attends college and immediately encounters fellow students that force her to consider how she wants to define herself in terms of race and sexuality. Most of this story unfolds in Sage's first-person narrative from the bed of her dorm room, where she has barricaded herself from a phantom stalker. After school officials contact Sage's family, the point of view alternates. The family effort is both a reunion and a rescue. This story of near madness holds a little glimmer for all of the characters to get to know their little sister, but, more important, to really get to know themselves. Lillian Lewis
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The REAL Review: "Glimmer",
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This review is from: Glimmer (Hardcover)
While this book was fast reading--finished in two days, actually--it was hardly worth my time. The idea is compelling and the descriptions have the potential to be fascinating. However, truth be told, I thought the book was horrible in every writing and literature sense. The language style was boring and tedious, as well as poorly configured. The author seemed to have a lack-luster methodology which clearly showed through in her work. It seems to cater to the drama queen. As a humble suggestion: find a different book.
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A book that takes you to the very soul of one woman,
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This review is from: Glimmer (Paperback)
Compared to this book,, every other book I've read seems really superficial. I've never read a book that took such a naked and close look at a young woman whose led a troubled life. You wonder if this is really a work of fiction, the author writes it so well. I'm kind of young to read a book like this but since it was in our libraries young adult section, I checked it out. And I thought it was amazing. The story took you into the soul of the woman and her family. Annie Waters is a fabulous writer. I truly praise her for this wonderful work of art.
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A thought-provoking narrative -- loved it!,
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This review is from: Glimmer (Paperback)
In Glimmer, Annie Waters tells us the frighteningly realistic story of a young woman just starting college who refuses to define herself -- racially, socially, sexually, and even personally. Sage is a chameleon, adapting to whatever demands are placed on her, both by "society" and her family, while at the same time, accepting no personal standards or definition. This dissociation eventually leads to her mental breakdown. Annie Waters skillfully illustrates the fine line where societal standards meet an individual's perception of him or herself without taking sides or moralizing.
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