Due to an uprising of their women in an ancient meso-American village, two jaguar priests find taboos broken and chaos rampant. The four of them rashly promise to return together in the future, reincarnated as the opposite sex. In the contemporary singles world of New Mexico, a Santa Fe channeler, a mysterious obsidian jaguar knife and synchronicity itself help the four reincarnates rediscover each other and become intimate, against a serious-but-playful background of self-help pop psychology, modern relationship issues, urban tension and spiritual healing in the New Mexico mountains. Two of them ultimately find a home in each other and continue their journey in partnership, while the other two are more haunted and unresolved and are finally resigned to their solitary quests. This novel carries a hopeful message; a channeler tells the lovers, "Fear is inappropriate at this time. Be prepared for love beyond your wildest dreams!"
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This is a character-driven novel, in which place is an important factor. The author interweaves the stories of four characters on spiritual quests which take place alternately in ancient meso-America and contemporary New Mexico.
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"I was flabbergasted by Miller Allen's uncanny novel. She manages to blend the farthest past with the anquished present." -- Isaac Chocr¢n, Venezuelan playwright and novelist
"Miller Allen's compelling novel of characters entwined with one another over time is provocative, imaginative, challenging and beautiful." -- Sharon Niederman, Albuquerque author and journalist
"Miller Allen's compelling novel of characters entwined with one another over time is provocative, imaginative, challenging and beautiful." -- Sharon Niederman, Albuquerque author and journalist
About the Author
In 1993 Michelle Miller Allen won the New Mexico Zia Best Book Award for her collection of fiction, "Hunger in the First Person Singular: Stories of Desire and Power." The book broke new ground in the areas of gender identity and relationships. This new full-length novel was penned from her home in the northern mountains of New Mexico. Miller Allen is also one of the editors of Christmas Blues: Behind the Holiday Mask, an anthology of mixed-genre writings about the down side of our year-end holidays.
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Journey Connects the way the Head Bone Connects to the Neck Bone,
This review is from: Journey from the Keep of Bones (Paperback)
You know the old song "The head bone is connected to the neck bone. The neck bone is connected to...' author Michelle Miller Allen builds her novel JOURNEY FROM THE KEEP OF BONES just like the song, making one connection after another and letting the reader put the whole visual picture together for him or herself. The result is a fascinating and quirky read that jumps between eras and across space, connecting people through psychic channeling, physical objects, and past lives. Two Mesoamerican jaguar priests and their mates promise to return together in a future life. That turns out to be in New Mexico. They don't know each other but each recognizes that he or she is supposed to meet the others, when the encounters occur. As they sort out who they are, Miller takes a look at modern life from angles ranging from spiritual, to saterical and everything in between. the book carries a thought provoking, but exciting message: Don't be scared. Go through life prepared for love beyond your wildest dreams.
Michelle Miller Allen has a poet's command of the English language, agood sense of humor, and a sense of the craft of writing that will keep your nose in JOURNEY FROM THE KEEP OF BONES. The story does take a while to put together. You need to be patient and hang in there with it for a while before it starts really making sense. But if you are willing to trust the author to take you some place neat, you'll have a joyful adventure.
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Being a cold, logical person, I was at first cynical about this book. But I found I had to read it again. Miller Allen has given us a tantalizing glimpse of something unknown to most of us.
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Journey From the Keep of Bones,
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This review is from: Journey from the Keep of Bones (Paperback)
This fascinating novel weaves an urban love story with a mythic tale of courage, honor, betrayal and commitment. In visions, dreams, "accidental" encounters, and spiritual searching, the characters fulfill an ancient pact through their very modern challenges. With wit and insight, Miller-Allen probes the deepest issues in relationship, creativity and spirituality while exploring how destiny and karma shape current passions and partnerships. Beautifully written, thoughtful and funny.
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