Riding on a Rainbow

By Judi Blaze

As descendants of Irish Travelers, Maggie and her family are unable to change a way of life that has trailed them like a shadow. Driven by a father who lets the road rule his life, Maggie sees the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420804219
• ISBN13: 9781420804218
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

tales from a moving childhood

Rebeccasreads recommends RIDING ON A RAINBOW as a multi-layered memory of nomadic families living high & low on America's new highways back in the 1950s. We follow three kids as they travel with their parents following work from California to Wyoming, with the seasons until the day their father cannot work anymore, until he dies. Then they come to a standstill, growing in one place until they finish school. Then it's on to college, to love, to other states, to marriages & babies. Back & forth the stories of hard choices, sad choices unfold along with the 1960s. RIDING ON A RAINBOW starts out strong, & then settles into a dirge of misery as the three nomads try to cope with stability. As pungent as her first book ON INDIAN TIME.

A most profound look at modern day Irish Travelers

I found this book to be both entertaining and heart-breaking. It is an incredible look at the life of modern day Irish Travelers. The writer has a sense of characterization and place that is refreshing. She can transform the reader to another place and time with all the sounds and smells along with it. Her use of the English language is superb. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like a good read.