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Summary: Refreshing
Review: I found this first novel by Ms. Talley quite refreshing, not the same old murder mystery. Her involvement and subsequent investigation don't seem too far removed from reality. Hannah's experiences with surviving cancer, and the recovery ring true and add a different dimension to her ruminations. Good read, would highly recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: Refreshing
Review: I found this first novel by Ms. Talley quite refreshing, not the same old murder mystery. Her involvement and subsequent investigation don't seem too far removed from reality. Hannah's experiences with surviving cancer, and the recovery ring true and add a different dimension to her ruminations. Good read, would highly recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: A good mystery and a great window on survival
Review: I had the privilege of reading SING IT TO HER BONES as a member of a writer's group with the author. Marcia Talley has created a great mystery protaganist in Hannah Ives, a breast cancer survivor. While women will undoubtedly enjoy her plucky tale of mystery, this book has something for men too. Through Hannah's thoughts men can get a sense of what a mother, spouse, sister, or friend may be experiencing as they meet the challenge of dealing with cancer. Communication between couples can be difficult and Talley's book explores this aspect of survival beautifully. I'd recommend this book to any mystery lover, but also as a painless way to help a loved one empathize with what it means to confront cancer.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I was given this book without any info about the author. I was hesitant for about the 1st 2 pages. The book is exciting and quite surprising. It is the perfect book to take on a trip or vacation. I can hardly wait for some more Hannah Ives mysteries....and I'm not even a huge fan of mysteries. My only regret is that I didn't (or haven't yet) gotten my hands on a hardcover copy of this great book.
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Summary: I thought it was a 5-star, but then I read the second bok!
Review: If I hadn't been too lazy to review _Sing It To Her Bones_ when I first read it, I would have given it 5 stars. I loved the fact that it was really a book about people and relationships and that the mystery just fell into the rest of the book. I particularly enjoyed the complications of Hannah's relationship with her husband, and all the intricacies of her role as mother. So I thought the book was very readable, and couldn't wait to pass it on to my mother (my mom is Hannah's age; I'm Hannah's daughter's age).But then I read Marcia Talley's second Hannah Ives book, _Unbreathed Memories_. It blows _Sing It To Her Bones_ out of the water. Since she doesn't have to start at the beginning with Hannah's history, Talley has more room for plot, and the story is much more interesting. I stayed up all night reading it and couldn't turn pages fast enough. If you're wavering about buying this book, BUY IT! But you should also buy the second one, _Unbreathed Memories_, because you shouldn't miss it either. I wonder when the third Hannah Ives is coming out?
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Summary: A winner
Review: Marcia Talley was the winner of the 1998 Malice Domestic Grant. I am certain when you open the cover and read the excerpt titled, Swan Song, you will instantly take a liking to Hannah Ives. She comes across as an honest, witty, and courageous character. After surviving surgery and treatment for breast cancer, and a job lay-off, Hannah goes to stay with her sister-in-law, Connie, at the family farm near Pearson's Corner, an old fishing community on the Truxton River in Southern Maryland. While there she discovers a body in a well. Being the person she is, Hannah feels since she is the one who discovered the body, she has an obligation to the victim to solve the murder. This is one obligation that leads her and Connie in to some dangerous waters.... Marcia Talley is coming out of the chute strong with her first mystery. I understand this is to be a series and I'm glad to hear it. I'd like to see more about her husband, daughter and son-in-law. IMHO, Hannah Ives is going to be one of our favorite protagonists and Marcia Talley will be one of our most talked about writers.
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