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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
"We were not living a lie, we were living a life.",
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This review is from: Trumpet: A Novel (Hardcover)
No one should be surprised that Jackie Kay is an awarding winning poet. The language of this book will caress and coddle many. The lyricism is amazing as characterized by the spirit of Joss Moody and his wife Millie. Kay fails short in that she is not able to make this work for the other characters. The peripheral characters lack flow and dimension. Jackie Kay has written a gem of book but it seems that she expanded her scope too wide and lost some focus. The story in itself is not original in that Billy Tipton, a jazz musician from the Midwest lived as a man for over 50 years and married 5 times. If interested try reading Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton by Diane Wood Middlebrook. In order to really appreciate this book, one must move beyond the carnal and the sensationalism of an interracial-married-trumpet playing transvestite. Once we move on, we come to realize that Joss Moody used the agency of love and music for transcendence. For Joss Moody this transcendence did not place him outside of reality. It enabled him to temporally amass the past, present and future as a tribute to his father, his gender, the love for his wife and son, and as a spiritual survivor of the Diaspora. The story of Joss and his family is a phenomenal microcosm of life and love and TRUTH. Yes, truth. There was no deception on the part of Joss and Millie. The truth is Joss lived many lives as we all do. The deception is in one's own perception of who we are at any given moment. I look forward to reading more from Ms. Kay. She has a nascent talent that I am sure will place her among the great literary writers in time to come.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't have the right words to describe this good book!!,
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This review is from: Trumpet: A Novel (Paperback)
Once in a lifetime there comes a book/s that make/s u think..they make u feel something...pose so many questions only to show that still waters run deep and Trumpet by Jackie Kay is one such book...I picked this book with great trepidation knowing whether or not I would like it. But as the case goes and I am glad that all my apprehensions were gone with the wind once I began this tiny jewel. Trumpet begins on death. Joss moody the famous trumpet player has passed on leaving a legacy of great music and a terrible secret: He was a woman. This is the crux of the book: Was this deception right or wrong? Narrated through the voices of his wife Minnie Moody ( who knew it all from the very beginning and accepted him as the way he was), their adopted son Joss Moody - who is angry at his father, the band members, his friends, and of course the media hungry journalist Sophie Stones who wishes to write a book on his life. What struck me most about this book was: Here is a woman born in the thities..wishes to become a trumpet player in the 50's - when most women were not allowed to enter men professions', here was a woman to break and bend all rules.... Absolutely amazing!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure poetry,
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This review is from: Trumpet: A Novel (Paperback)
It was not a surprise to me to read, after finishing the book, that the author is a poet. This book moved with beautiful flow, so easy to read, and engaging. As another reviewer mentioned, the book is based, loosely, on the story of Billy Tipton. "Suits Me" is interesting, but it is an incredibly slow and arduous read and, in return, does not provide much insight into Billy Tipton and his journey. However, "Trumpet" does provide insight and the reader can't help but understand all the of the characters, their struggles and their joys. This is an amazing story and beautifully written.
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