Sep 26 2008
From Hurry Down Sunshine to Bee Movies
Again, scooping the Times Book Review (delusions of grandeur being half the fun of blogging), Michael Greenberg’s Hurry Down Sunshine is reviewed this week. The following is an excerpt:
“On July 5, 1996, my daughter was struck mad. She was fifteen and her crack-up marked a turning point in both our lives. ‘I feel like I’m traveling and traveling with nowhere to go back to,’ she said in a burst of lucidity while hurtling away toward some place I could not dream of or imagine. I wanted to grab her and bring her back, but there was no turning back.”
For more of my take on the book, refer to the post called “Bipolar Mania Continues” in the July 2008 Archives at right.
I just read that a movie of The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) has been made. I fell in love with that book when I read it, as did everyone I gave it to. I would have to read it again to begin to remember the story, but I don’t want to do that, and then see the film, which will no doubt pale in comparison. Nonetheless, it was a film project seven years in development and has what sounds like a tremendous cast, including Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, and Dakota Fanning. There is already a paperback out with the cast on the cover. I found Kidd’s second novel, The Mermaid Chair, to be a huge disappointment, but she does a lot of spiritual writing, and I have yet to sample that aspect of her work. The movie hits theaters in October.
