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Sing to Me of Dreams [Mass Market Paperback]

Kathryn Lynn Davis (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)


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Book Description

January 1, 1992

In the grand tradition of The Far Pavilions, The Thorn Birds, and Kathryn Lynn Davis's own magnificent New York Times bestseller, Too Deep for Tears, Sing to Me of Dreams is a rich, sensuous, deeply imagined novel filled with the intimate yearnings and passions of a turbulent family, their lovers and friends, and the extraordinary woman who entered their lives.

There is a future I do not seek, but which will come to be, just the same....With these words echoing in her heart, Saylah, born of a white father and Indian mother, set off on a journey that would take her through all the mysteries of the human heart.

As a child, she came to know the bounty of the earth and sea, the clear streams, and she guarded the secret wisdom of her close-knit Indian people. But when tragedy devastated her loved ones, Saylah was forced to leave her home and enter the world of the Ivys, an English-born family whose European traditions were as strange to her as her spirit world was to them. The Ivys had come to the lush, fertile Pacific Northwest in pursuit of a dream -- to build a paradise of prosperity and freedom. Until Saylah came to them, their dream had been denied.

Julian Ivy had a dream of his own. An impatient young man in whom refinement and rage were intertwined, he was drawn to Saylah's healing power and disturbing beauty. Through heartbreak and joy, Julian and Saylah would discover the richness of love...but no one could resolve for her the conflicts of her heritage. Heeding the call of her destiny, she would finally make the most wrenching choice of all....


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From Publishers Weekly

The author of Too Deep for Tears presents the romantic and spiritual journey of a gifted woman from an Indian childhood filled with ritual and visionary dreams to her life with a troubled family of patrician British immigrants. Born on Vancouver Island in the late 19th century, beautiful, green-eyed Tanu is the daughter of a Salish tribeswoman and one of the itinerant whites who seized the island's bounty. Chosen from birth for the lonely but revered role of shaman, Tanu refuses to honor a devoted suitor with marriage, for her dreams portend a life beyond the forest. Schooled by missionaries and renamed Saylah (Sarah), she is assigned as housegirl to the family of Julian Ivy, a recluse haunted by his own dark dreams of failure and the desertion of his elegant wife. Saylah's sacred stones and healing arts, her Indian ways--and innocence of conventional modesty--enchant the Ivy heir, handsome, sultry Julian, but his advances force the conflicted Saylah to flee to the forest seeking dream approval of her white suitor. Though at times Saylah's mysticism and her inner struggle to bridge two cultures are overdrawn, this is a graceful, if lushly romanticized portrait of a woman's odyssey. Doubleday Book Club selection; major ad/promo.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Long beloved and revered as Tanu, queen of her people, half-breed Saylah is exalted as their healer until an outbreak of scarlet fever destroys their belief in her and her faith in herself. Forced into exile in the other part of her world--that of the white settlers in British Columbia--she manages to care for and comfort those around her even in this very different culture. Wherever she goes, the burden of caring sets her apart, but eventually all the concern she has lavished on others is returned to her; she is freed from her past and allowed to become an ordinary woman. Lush prose from the author of Too Deep for Tears (Pocket Bks., 1989) captures the beauty of Saylah's world, but the novel's psychological intensity, while moving, can also be exhausting.
- Cynthia Johnson Whealler, Cary Memorial Lib., Lexington, Mass.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket (January 1, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671683144
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671683146
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 3.9 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelieveable !!! Amazing!!!, June 26, 2002
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Anne (Riverside, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sing to Me of Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first book I have read by Kathryn Lynn Davis. I was very impressed. The writing was exceptional . I didn't get bored at all in any part of the book. The book came alive for me when I read it. I took my time to enjoy the book since I read like super fast . This is one of the Few Books I would keep forever and read over and over and over and feel like i am reading again for the first time . I m going to look for it in hardback . If she does come out with a sequel i will be the first to buy it. This story is so good , Its about love and trust and belief in yourself . I could go on and on forever about this book . But they only allow a 1,000 words and thats not enough space. This book is wonderful if you can get any copy anywhere grab it !! I got mine of ebay for like 50 cents. WOW BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER BOUGHT . !!!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Book That Truly Touches Your Soul!, February 25, 2000
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This review is from: Sing to Me of Dreams (Mass Market Paperback)
How do you convey to others the depths to which one book has touched your soul, your very essence? Ms. Davis delved deep within herself and pulled forth a novel that has the ability to not only be a highly engrossing tale of a young woman who is at once interesting, mysterious and indomitable yet on certain levels innocent and fragile but it also has the ability to make the reader take a closer look at what makes them who they are. The characters in this book come alive and make you want to know them personally. It is creative, fresh and in no way formulaic. I have read and reread the book and listened to the Audio version too often to count. Anyone who has the opportunity to read this rich, extremely well written novel and passes it up has truly missed out! I, as well as everyone I have ever come across who has encountered this book, avidly await it's sequel!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A story for the ages..., September 18, 2002
This review is from: Sing to Me of Dreams (Hardcover)
I am lucky enough to have met Kathryn Lynn Davis back in 1985 when her equally talented husband Michael was our wedding photographer. I had never read any of her books, nor did I even know her name, avid reader though I am. Intrigued by her intelligence and heart, I started reading, and I became a fan. Her tales are never shallow, but are deeply human and compelling, with eloquence that draws you into every emotion. Sing to Me of Dreams is every bit such a tale. Saylah's struggles and the lessons she learns are woven beautifully in the historical setting, and yet they are timeless and valuable to all of us, and we can easily share her feelings. I've gone through three copies so far, and now protect my current copy as irreplaceable treasure.

By the way, just a little note on the name. I was deeply honored when Kathy told me that she liked my nickname, Selah, so much that she had used it, with spelling changes, in her book. If only I could be more like my semi-namesake at times. *Sigh*

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