Skeleton of a Bridge [Paperback]

Robert Mirabal (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Blinking Yellow Books (December 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188396802X
• ISBN-13: 978-1883968021
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,135,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Boys Will Boys, March 12, 2000

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Janet Goshtaiy "Janet G." (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skeleton of a Bridge (Paperback)

This is a charming and refreshing look into the mind of a poet, dreamer, and musician. Robert Mirabal is man for all people and this book is an interesting insight into the early workings of a song writer's mind and how he came to write those songs that so many of us love. He relates stories of his childhood in the Pueblo and you come to know that boys will be boys no matter where they live and grow up. But more than that, you come to know a bit more about the intensely caring man that is Robert Mirabal and how he came to be that way.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting look into the journeys of a young man, September 17, 1998

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This review is from: Skeleton of a Bridge (Paperback)

This book is an interesting look at the memories and tales of a young man. Mirabal allows us to enter into his life and shares with us his triumphs, dissappointments, pride, laughter and fears while growing up.This account shows how the experiences of ones life as a child shapes a person and the way one looks at the world as an adult.Some parts of the book had me laughing days after reading it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Robert Mirabal has broken my heart and healed it, November 29, 1999

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This review is from: Skeleton of a Bridge (Paperback)

Robert Mirabal's storytelling is disarmingly simple and straightforward; because of this, his insights are often devastatingly profound. I found myself reading and re-reading lines and paragraphs.

Sweetness, joy, pain and truth. These stories alternately warmed my heart and chilled my bones. To me, heartbroken will now be the sound of a glass jar breaking and the look of loneliness on an old man's face.

Mirabal's stories of family, friends and community span cultures and times. I read the collection in one sitting, and it's the kind of book I know I will keep close at hand so I can dip into it in the future.