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Micah's Child
by Lang Buchanan
Product Group: Book
ISBN: 0976339854
EAN: 9780976339854
Dewy Decimal #: 813.6
Paperback: 513 pages
SKU: S070526-3381
Condition: New
Comments: New Book. New condition. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy,
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Customer Reviews
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Lyrical and moving
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-06
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Micah's Child is a skillfully woven story of the journey of two souls, like many of our contemporaries, slogging through life trying to make the best of it until they discover each other and remember the wonder.
There are brilliant swaths of prose in this book akin to that of Charles Frazier. Micah's Child is a wonderful, moving read with a tantalizing touch of mysticism.
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Much TOOOOOO Long
Rating  (1)
Date: 2007-02-06
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The premise of this story is original, and parts of it are wonderful. There are some pages of beautifully written prose - and THEN more pages of On-and-On-and-On...... The authors told me MUCH more than I needed (or wanted) to know. The Golden Rule of good writing is: "Show - don't tell". Maybe the authors were absent on the day that was taught in writing class. With some ruthless good editing and pruning - this COULD have been a 5 star book.
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Archeological and Cultural Masterpiece
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-30
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Micah's Child, written by Diane Lang and Michael Buchanan is an archeological as well as cultural masterpiece.
Buchanan's description of the archeological record native to Georgia was of specific interest, not only for its historical and geographical aspect but also for its insight into the sociological dynamics that have helped to form the basis of our country. These historical facts, like artifacts, have been hidden beneath decades of succeeding chronologies, to a point where it would take an expert archeologist to find them again. Buchanan is this expert archeologist.
Buchanan's description of the natural beauty of the Honduras landscape was both intriguing as well as mesmerizing. The noble humanitarian as well as naturalist was at once apparent. I was endeared to the educational pursuits of the scholars overseas. I was also captivated in silent awe upon his brilliant depiction of life beneath the ocean waves. Michael Buchanan has proven not only a skillful writer of riveting fiction but also a master historian who has perfected the fine art of elucidation upon fact. I commend him on his observant nature as well as his sensitivity to individual detail.
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"Micah's Child" is a grown-ups good read
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-11-17
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The authors develop their characters and plot with a depth of realism and sensitivity that keeps the reader involved. At the end of the book I felt as if I personnaly knew the characters and had shared their adventures and their feelings with them. It made me want to go night diving!
At times, the words came off the page with the power that only the great writers can weild- a great read!!!
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Highly recommended
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-10
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Co-authored by Diane Lang and Michael Buchanan, Micah's Child is the story of Micah, a man struggling to rid himself of his destructive past, and his newly found friend, Catherine, a teacher-socialite. Effortlessly carrying readers through a deftly woven tale, Micah's Child follows the growing attraction which the two experience for one-another, and the trials presenting them in their lives, through memory, love, discovery, and the creation of an enduring bond. For its creative and vivid narrative style and attention to intimate details, Micah's Child is very highly recommended reading and documents authors Diane Lang and Michael Buchanan as skillful collaborators and mutually gifted storytellers.
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