Jennie's Reprisal

By Carol E. Bennett

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967978602
• ISBN13: 9780967978604
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Chesapeake Moon Publishers
• Length: 310 Pages
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Compelling, Amazing, Extraordinary & Beautiful Tale

Jennie's Reprisal by Carol Bennett, is one of the most extraordinary books that I have read in a long time. From the foreword, Ms. Bennett explains to the reader that this is indeed a true story, set in the form of a novel. It is the story of one woman's journey or should I say "one eternal soul's evolution through time." During her nightly lucid dreams, Ms. Bennett assumed the soul of her Great Aunt, Jennie Gravatt, who passed in 1926. Ms. Bennett's journeys as Jennie transversed Atlantis, Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, the age of Enlightenment, as well as the Aquarian Age. What is so fascinating, is that the reader is immediately pulled into Jennie's life as Ms. Bennett or is it Ms. Bennett's life as Jennie. The author paints such an incredible sensory experience for the reader, that one can literally forget which century they are actually in, until reality jolts them back to the present! One can feel the gamut of Jennie's happiness, her pain, her sorrow, as well as her sensuous yearnings for her beloved, in lifetime after lifetime. One comes to know the intricies of Jennie's family and we can see how they too, reincarnated into the same family tree. Assuming different sexes in different lifetimes, Ms. Bennett is able to see and "experience" the lessons of that soul's particular lifetime. One of the many quotes that I thoroughly enjoyed, really put reincarnation in its perspective for me - "You can't learn it all in one lifetime. We have to keep coming back until we get it right. Reincarnation is an extraordinary form of purification". In addition, Ms. Bennett takes the reader on a present day journey to discover and uncover her Great Aunt Jennie's family's past history and their connections to her (Ms. Bennett)in this present lifetime. All I can say is absolutely fascinating!! Once engrossed in this tale, you won't be able to put the book down until you too, uncover and discover all of the connections, both past and present. Life does indeed come full circle. So be prepared to not accomplish anyting EXCEPT finishing this book in one day!This is not only a book about reincarnation, but it is also an incredibly romantic and sensuous love story, which appeals to both males and females. We all have, at one point in our lives, searched for our elusive "better half" or "soul-mate" or as I like to think of it, our "twin soul". "It's even more incredible how a life can be radically changed by meeting that one special person. I realized that there were no accidents or coincidences." Some of us have even had the blissful experience of knowing such joy and love in our lives, while others are still searching. Ms. Bennett brings us into her heart and soul and opens the door for the reader to experience her longings, her searchings, her passions, and her experiences of her soulful loves, as well as the incredible passion, love and connection of her twin soul. A love at a depth so profound, Ms. Bennett

The blue collar workers review

I thought the book was fantastic!! The way the author was able to interlace the modern day with the mystical past was enlightening and left the reader wanting more!! This was easily the best book I have read in the last 10 years and, surprisingly, by an unknown author. Let's hope she writes many more.

I loved the book -- couldn't put it down!

Jennie's Reprisal interlaces the coeft of recurring characters across the warp of past ages to create a timeless, intriguing tapestry of every man's fears, desires, loves and emotions. Bennett's expertise in using the literary shuttle leaves the reader in wonder ... is her creation strictly fictional or does, perhaps, Bennett wish to share her personal, past-life memories that most supress for fear of societal ridicule?

Amazing! Haunting!

I loved Jennie's Reprisal and am haunted by the girl who dreamed she was a butterfly who dreamed she was a girl. I could be that person. Jennie stirred my emotions and made me yearn to find my own past so I too can sort out my future. Are we all lucky enough to have a Raimone somewhere out there?

Bennett's ideas and perspectives are loose and free.

In Jennie's Reprisal, Bennett sees so many aspects of our lives ... many of which none of us have ever previously considered. Her ideas and perspective are loose and free and not tied to our present lives and current viewpoints of relationships or societal "oughts" and "shoulds". Her interesting technique of interplaying flashbacks and dreams of past lives with real lives gives the reader the ability to see the important and usually undetectable influence of those other lives on our present.