Becoming the member of the week of an internet support
group I belong http://tinyurl.com/mqo65sj afforded me the opportunity to choose a book written
by another member from a list of books. Amd as a Book Reviewer I prefer to read
REAL BOOKS especially when they’ve been signed, which is why I’ve chosen “Mystic
Tea” for my next book to read/review. The following review is my honest opinion
for this book.
While not being a Catholic has prevented me from
knowing what nuns are really supposed to be like. On one hand, for me, the nuns
in this book seems to me to be juxtaposition from what I’ve have been led to
believe in the dramatic movies, etc., I’ve seen. On the other hand I can’t help
but wonder whether the Sally Field character in “The Flying Nun”, Sister
Bertrille; or Whoopi Goldberg’s character in “Sister Act”, Sister Mary
Clarance, had any influence in Ms. Martin’s writing of this book.
“Mystic Tea” is a wonderful conglomeration of mixed-match
women/nuns with each one seeking empowerment in their daily existence as the
threat of possibly losing their home, the monastery, looms over their heads.
The empowerment they find comes from within themselves as each discovers who
they truly are, as well as from each other. The diversity for each character to
each other aids in making their interaction quite interesting, and adds to the
beauty for the book as a whole. This is especially true when it came to dealing
with a relatively large change in their lives as I’ve just mentioned.
By naming each of her chapters in a somewhat
helter-skelter random manner with one of her character’s name, seems to add to
the realization of their differences while at the same time seeing how complex
their relationship. And depending to what extend you’ve read this book, you
might be able to see a collection of stories, one for each character which have
been skillfully merged to give you this 5 STAR book.
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