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Debbie Texas (4/20/2005)
What a soul wrenching story! So much of this story could have been true in this
time period across the southern states. Nice work , I am waiting for the sequel!
Dawn, (5/24/05) 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Story!
This was a fantastic story. You cannot put it down! I stayed
up all night reading!
Kathi Sherburne, (5/24/05) 5 out of 5 stars
Loved It
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can see life in Mississippi
through the eyes of the main character, Rose. It's a quick
and easy reading experience and I hope the story continues
in a sequel. I can relate to most of the characters who
remind me so much of my own relatives in Mississippi I
visited as a youngster in the 50's and 60's.
G. Shaffer "A Native of Mississippi",
(6/3/05)
The past is recalled and the present celebrated in Gaskin-Smith's
(Fire, Ice and Roses: A Mississippi Story). An astounding,
well written, first novel, the story details the lives of
a group of ordinary people in Northern Mississippi in the
1940's. The depth of the story undeniably takes the reader
in search of ones own emotions and reactions to racism, hatred,
and bigotry. Gaskin-Smith searches into the soul of the African-American
hero, worker, scholar, Paul looking for meaning and understanding
of him as a man and a friend. The writer's treatment of Paul's
ties to his white ancestry and his bondage by his black skin
is remarkable. As Paul struggles to find his own identity
as a man, and human being; Rosie, the daughter of a blacksmith,
searches to love the soul of Paul and form a bond that crosses
racial barriers in an era in American history where such
bonds were unspoken of. Fire, Ice, and Roses: A Mississippi
story is about so much more than black and white and love
and hate. Rather, it is a revelation of the depth of human
relationships. Its about what happens when one dares to look
into another's soul to find truth, dignity and love. Gaskin-Smith
emerges as a delightful narrator as she ushers her readers
into the depths of the relationships of these characters
as no writer before her has ever done.
Press
Oct. 18th, 2005 - Fire, Ice and Roses: A Mississippi Story
has been accepted as an entry for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize
competition!
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