Comments on: Showing Emotion: When, Why & How

By: Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Laurie Schnebly Campbell — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:29:41 +0000

In reply to Glenda Warburton. Glenda, isn't it fascinating to think what Charles Dickens could have written if they had food reviews back in his day? I bet he'd have readers eagerly awaiting every single one!

By: Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Laurie Schnebly Campbell — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:28:06 +0000

In reply to EChristopher. E, you're very welcome -- I love the idea of that list winding up taped to a desk! And, boy, you're right about The Paris Wife...on the surface it didn't seem like there was much dramatic emotion, and yet it kept popping up in the most unexpected places. Very impressive. :)

By: Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Laurie Schnebly Campbell — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:23:58 +0000

In reply to Tony. Tony, isn't John Green amazing? I never feel like he's consciously tugging my heartstrings, but always come away with the feeling that they've been tugged over and over and over again!

By: Glenda Warburton

Glenda Warburton — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:15:59 +0000

There are so many wonderful books, containing eye-stopping quotes, but somehow I always return to A Tale of Two Cities, although Charles Dickens is not my favourite author. Listen to these two snippets: 'Hunger was the inscription on the baker's shelves. Written in every small loaf of his scanty stock of bad bread; at the sausage shop, in every dead-dog preparation that was offered for sale.'. and then 'husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil.'

By: Adite Banerjie

Adite Banerjie — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:58:00 +0000

In reply to Laurie Schnebly Campbell. Would love to hear your thoughts about The Hungry Tide after you have read it. :)

By: EChristopher

EChristopher — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:59:52 +0000

What a wonderful list of emotions--thank you! I'm going to print it out and tape it to my desk. Paula McClain's The Paris Wife had me in tears for days... and I loved it! Now, I just need to go back and find out exactly how she did that... and how I can do it too!

By: Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Laurie Schnebly Campbell — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:33:59 +0000

In reply to Adite Banerjie. Adite, wow, emotional communication without a shared language sounds like a tremendous challenge for a writer to convey -- I'm glad to hear this author did it beautifully, and now I'm off to order a copy!

By: Laurie Schnebly Campbell

Laurie Schnebly Campbell — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:53:47 +0000

In reply to dholcomb1. Denise, I'd forgotten that book -- and you're right; it was a fabulous read! Isn't it fun being reminded of past favorites?

By: dholcomb1

dholcomb1 — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:39:17 +0000

Kristin Hannah's Firefly Lane was quite emotional--I read it when it first came out.

denise

By: Adite Banerjie

Adite Banerjie — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:32:05 +0000

Laurie, I love your list. So many different emotions to choose from. I have always loved to read stories where the characters' emotions drive the narrative. One such story is The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. It's a tale set in the Sunderbans, a region in the east of India, where humans live in fear of the drowning tides and the man-eating tigers. The unlikely bonding between a college educated Indian woman who has grown up in the US and a local fisherman is one of the many highlights of this fascinating novel. They don't share a common language and yet the author masterfully communicates the emotional bonding between them. It's one of the most poignant stories I have read.