Moving strength and beauty.
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An accompaniment to The Scar Project book adding a further dimension with the spoken narrative from some of the women photographed, both before and after their surgery and from within their home lives. Amazing strength and openess.
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This is a beautiful story about love, perseverance, and faith. A young man follows his heart to find his purpose. Along the way he meets a cast of characters that impart important lessons that equip him for each successive leg.

I liked the simplicity of the format, as I think it allowed the story's concepts to shine through. The language flowed nicely, and painted a beautiful picture of the struggle to find one's purpose. A definite recommendation.
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Flowers in The Desert is a poetic and important visual history.  Allen's perseverance, both as photographer behind the camera, and as the producer of this intricate volume is obvious. She has brought together moving testimony and writing to compliment her compelling and sensitive images, assuring that this difficult and heart wrenching time in Chilean history will not be forgotten.  This book is an ode to the integrity of the human spirit and the unlimited love and strength of these women and their families who have never given up searching for the remains of their disappeared loved ones.
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If I've learned one thing from my ongoing and mostly disappointing quest for good adventure documentaries and literature, it's that maps and distances and images usually tell stories better than we do.  In the face of incredible beauty and incredible hardship, our words fall flat and collapse into painful habits.  But Jill's don't.  They bring to life what alone stands as a fantastic journey.  It's hard to imagine pushing oneself to one's mental and physical limit every day for three or maybe even four weeks.  It's hard to imagine being able to do this if one were in a perfect state of mental and physical readiness leading up to the race.  But I can't imagine what it takes to pull this kind of effort out of shambles and devastation.  I loved this story for the exhausted, snowy night-time slogs, for the quiet moments of mountain exaltation, for the confusing relationships, and even more for the revelation that comes from it all: that this race was not something to finish before starting anew, but rather that the race itself was a new beginning - of something brave and strong.  So here's to hoping that a third one's on its way!
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Miss Mezentseva is the ultimate russian balleria. She conveys such fragility in her presence, such humanity in her movements that you are sure that what you are seeing trancends the riguers of training and style. But rather you are face to face with  her soul which she reveals with such candour and frankness. Miss Mezentseva is regal yet is longing for her princes love. She is fragil yet powerfull. It is in these paradoxes of charachter that we identify ourselves. She is not a bird inlove with a prince. She is his equal! A princess inlove. One human being rescuing another and shering a common love. All this is what she brings to you and more. The beauty of the russian school, almost too beautiful, and the integrity and humility of the human spirit which has found love. Miss Mezentseva's dances from the edge of her fingertips when she joins the prince in the famous pas de deux to her points. She is a dancer of such poise and purity, she is so completely devoid of mannerism that one knows that this is the russian school at it's most sublime never seen before or since!
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Strong, amazing female characters. Moving portrayal of humanity.
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Absolutely beautiful.  Not only are the words inspiring, but the frame and photo enhance the beauty.
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Excellent memoir of finding beauty in adversity. Inspiring and beautiful. i highly recommend.
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Beautifully written story celebrating the strength, love and power off women. I love the connection between present and the past.
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Bless you Sally. This is a moving, inspiring story from one of the strongest women I have ever met. Her journey illuminates what is meant by faith, hope, and most certainly love. As she humbly moves through her transition, you feel her callouses, you feel her cold. You feel her wondrous appreciation of nature, and her triumph!
A great read! Thank you Sal, for sharing your journey.
F.M.M.
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As a young woman matures through hardships and grows into a gentle and wise woman she shares her deep love of art and place and color, drawing us into the beauty that holds her when others might sink. We can hope as the novel finishes that her relationship deepens to nurture her as it seems she has become the nurturer. In this I  feel a bit disappointed that when we leave her or she us, she isn't immersed in the rich, joyous love I'd have liked her to have.  Robust! With the growth of her character, I had hoped for a strong and passionate pairing. The memory of this book will distill to color, nature, paintings, fields, farm animals, sunsets, and simplicity. For that it is a jewel.
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Beautiful photos of beautiful cottages.  It makes you want to move.
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A testimony of the strength of the human spirit overcoming all the drama life presents to each of us and the importance of seeing the beauty of life waiting to be appreciated.
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I'm not articulate enough to say how beautiful and inspiring was this heartfelt look into the lives of a couple embraced by and embracing an incredible challenge to live life with grace and courage. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Very lovely with scales sculpted all over her body. The joints in her arms are a bit stiff but strong.
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All strong songs, but some stand out stronger than others: "Blwyddyn I Heno" (A Year from This Night) and the moving "Teyrnas y Ser" (In the Realm of the Summer Stars) are just to name two.  Another, "Morwyn y Blodau" (Lady of the Flowers) reminiscent of a good Clannad work.  This album is beautiful, inside and out (although my CD has a very slightly different cover), and is strongly recommended.
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I'm still thinking about it. An artistic and emotional movie that will move and inspire. Beautifully done.