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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping, as promised, October 7, 2009
This review is from: Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town (Paperback)
"Isadore's Secret" is one of those rare reads that occupies the mind long after the last paragraph has been devoured and the story has ended. While, like other reviewers I am a Michigan resident, I'd never heard of this case. Link not only brings to light this murder, she tells the story in such a way I could simply not put the book down. As a book junkie, member of two book clubs, and recent grad school student (English major) I am a fussy fussy reader with a short attention span. Normally I have several books going at the same time, but once I started this book on Saturday afternoon (and finished it Sunday) I was not interested in picking up anything else to read.
The only down fall is this: after such a great read, I'm left with the thought, "WHAT am I going to read now?" Sadly, this kind of book--one that grabs the attention and doesn't let go--comes few and far between. If it isn't painfully obvious: I highly recommend Link's latest work.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating account, September 19, 2009
This review is from: Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town (Paperback)
As a former Michigan resident, I had heard of the Sister Mary Janina murder through another account. Mardi Link does a wonderful job of bringing the old case to life, together with accounts of the Polish immigrant community life in the Leelanau Peninsula. This is an excellent account of a long-forgotten murder.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a Read!, September 12, 2009
This review is from: Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town (Paperback)
This book took me back to days gone by. I was raised in the Polish Catholic community of Cedar and attended Holy Rosary Church and school until 8th grade. This was in the 1950's and the stories that swirled around about the grissley murder were somewhat of what we referred to as an urban legend. When I opened this book and started reading this book all of my senses were peaked. Down to the feel of the heavy wool brown fabric of the habits the Felician nuns wore. I would many times help out after school while waiting for my bus and work with the nuns arranging and cleaning in the basement of the convent and church. I actually felt like I could remember the smell of the incense and candles while reading this. I am so familiar with the area that Mardi Link writes about it is like a picture in my head when I read the pages. I had no idea that there was any kind of anti-Polish sentiment in this community at any time although I did risk belittling as a "Polack" when I attended high school in nearby Traverse City. I would highly recommend this book and say to anyone who has never visited Leelanau County that you are missing an experience of a lifetime..especially because the beauty of the landscape and water are unmatched for me anywhere.
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