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About the Author

Lisa Michaels lives in Northern California.

Includes the name: Lisa Ann Michaels

Obras de Lisa Michaels

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female

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My essay, "Strange and Wonderful," appears in this anthology.
 
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AngelaLam | outras 4 resenhas | Feb 8, 2022 |
Of course, I'm biased. My essay, "Strange and Wonderful," appears in this book about growing up in the '70s.
 
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AngelaLam | outras 4 resenhas | Feb 8, 2022 |
The year is 1928. America is spellbound by adventurous feats like the one of Charles Lindbergh's first transatlantic flight. Amelia Earhart is in the news with her own daring flight. It's only natural that a man by the name of Glen Hyde, interested in running whitewater, would want to set some records of his own.

Grand Ambition starts with the first person narrative of Reith Hyde, father of Glen Hyde. Reith sets the ominous tone and the sense of foreboding. Keeping track of his son and new wife's progress down the rapids of the Colorado River he knows they are late reaching their next point. Surely, something is wrong...
Glen, 30 and Bessie Hyde, 23 are a true life ambitious and adventurous newlywed couple who dared to go down the rapids of the Grand Canyon in a homemade boat in late 1928. Glen, an experienced boater, wanted to be the fastest man to complete the journey. Bessie was romanced by the idea of being the first woman to do so even though she was a novice. They were almost at the end when something went horribly wrong and they were never heard from again. Lisa Michaels takes to task telling their heroic story, imagining what they went though and their ultimate demise. Interspersed between the adventure is the story of Bessie and how she came to meet Glen, fall in love with him and find herself boating down the Colorado River. On the other side of the story is the search for Glen and Bessie. Glen's father, Reith, will stop at nothing to find his son.
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SeriousGrace | May 28, 2013 |
Like all collections, this one was a little spotty. On balance I adored it and the way it evoked my childhood, at least in parts. I thought Cain's piece was great, it was my favorite. Her name on the cover is what led me to pick the book up.

I enjoyed seeing how these women, most of 'em born within 10 years of me, felt about their childhoods from the perspective of grown women. I'd like to see a follow-up, as this came out in 1999.

 
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satyridae | outras 4 resenhas | Apr 5, 2013 |

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Obras
10
Membros
310
Popularidade
#76,069
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
6
ISBNs
18

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