WOW. That’s the first
thing I’m going to say about this book. Beyond
that, I’m pretty much speechless.
I Call Myself Earth Girl starts out with a woman who has
mysteriously become pregnant during her menopausal years although she hadn’t
had sex with her husband in a period of time in which this may have logically occurred. Now, at first I rolled my eyes and wondered
what kind of ride I was going to be taken on.
Thoughts of Jesus and the Virgin Mary aside, I assumed her condition was
probably psychosomatic and the story was going to be about some poor crazy
woman who would end up destroyed when she realized that her pregnancy was a
lark. Yet, the pregnancy turned out to
be very real and the manner in which the characters dealt with the situation extremely
human.
I’d love to go into the details of the story but to do so
would rob future readers of the incredible journey that Jan Krause Greene has
taken me on. Therefore, I’ll leave it to
Ms. Krause Greene to take you down that road.
If I had any complaints about this book it would only be
that the characters often times became repetitious with their thoughts. Prior to becoming a writer myself, however, I
never would have noticed this. I only
did so because I’ve been criticized for the same thing. Aside from that, this was a perfectly written
novel that I would recommend that anyone and everyone reads.
Note: This book was
given to me by Ms. Krause Greene in exchange for a review on my blog. However, this in no way changes or influences
my opinion about this book. Run, don’t
walk, to your local book store for this one.
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