Mystical Rose

by Richard Scrimger

Book Overview

Set primarily in Toronto, with brief stops in Philadelphia and New York,Mystical Rosespans from the 1920s to the 1990s. The story is told in flashbacks, revelations from the disordered mind of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385259557
• ISBN13: 9780385259552
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

This book deserves a weekend of devoted reading time!

Get rid of the kids, send your spouse away, buy your favourite snack food and settle down to read for the weekend!This book is a delight to read. I love books written from the end of a life where all the events can be woven together and the reall meaning and impact of events become obvious. Mystic Rose captures the life of a young woman growing up in Canada and wraps it in mystery. As you read, it all begins to piece together but with poetically written scenes and fragments of life. I can not believe this was written by a man...a MAN!! It is beautiful. If you have a Book Club - this is a perfect pick.

Great Read!

After reading Richard Scrimger's great children's books, as well as his non-fiction, Still Life with Children, which I also thoroughly enjoyed, I thought I would see what else he has. So I ordered Mystical Rose without knowing what it was about. This was a unique book--based on an elderly woman's conversation with God and herself. A dying woman, Rose reflects upon her life. As with a real person, her thoughts jump all over the place, from the past to the here and now. I was amazed that Richard Scrimger had no trouble writing from the inside of an elderly woman's mind, and making it utterly believable, at least from the point of view of a middle-aged woman reader. I know he is great with the kids' perspective, but then he has four children of his own. I can only guess that this guy is very intuitive. I met him once, really enjoyed that meeting, as well as the author reading that he gave. I can't say enough great things about this guy! I can only hope he writes more adult novels, as well as those for kids.