Irene Allen
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Literacy Centers Grades 3-5: What Your Other Kids Do During Guided-Reading Groups (2000) 31 Exemplare
The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals About the Nature of Endless Change (2012) 22 Exemplare
A Short Introduction to the Old Testament. A Graded Course for MiddleForms. Second Edition (1963) 7 Exemplare
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Quaker Testimony (Elizabeth Elliot Mysteries) von Irene Allen
Widow Elizabeth Ellior leads a modest life. A Clerk of the locall Quaker Meeting, she not only handles the meetings daily acitvities but also is a moral and inspirational elder. When murder strikes this nonviolent commuity suddenly Elizabeth's life gets very complicated; only her quiet wisdom can help find the murderer and clear her own name.
I really liked the Cambridge location and the descriptions of August. Elizabeth was an interesting character. Her faith, and the way others lived out their faith, was a big, distinctive part of the book.
Altho I have attended Quaker meetings in the midwest, this book was written in a vein of stiff uprightness that made me so uncomfortable during the year I lived in Pennsylvania. Perhaps I am just not used to mysteries that are slow and thoughtful. I understand the self-examination that allowed Elizabeth to consider where the Meeting went wrong in not offering support to its members which would have prevented the murder. Still, I won't be keeping this volume.
Elizabeth Elliot, sixty-something clerk of the Friends meeting in Cambridge, Mass, happens to be in the meetinghouse when Janet, a Harvard student who attends meeting occasionally, needs someone to talk to. Janet has been sexually harassed by her advisor and doesn't think she can return to her lab or school. Elizabeth forms a strong bond with Janet and helps her begin dealing with her problem. Then Janet's advisor is murdered in the lab, and Janet, who has filed a formal complaint, is a leading suspect. Convinced of Janet's innocence, Elizabeth helps her by pursuing other angles.
We get an interesting view of Elizabeth's life. She is a widow who has been called to the clerk's position and is clearly a bit of a go-getter. Allen's portrait of upper-middle-class New England Quakers seems pretty accurate from the little I know (I have more exposure to southern Friends, including my wife's family).
The style of the story is irritating in several places and did detract from my enjoyment of the book. The story seems to leave out some critical bits of flow and just get to the next place it needs to be. Recommended only for those interested in an example of portraying Quaker life.… (mehr)
We get an interesting view of Elizabeth's life. She is a widow who has been called to the clerk's position and is clearly a bit of a go-getter. Allen's portrait of upper-middle-class New England Quakers seems pretty accurate from the little I know (I have more exposure to southern Friends, including my wife's family).
The style of the story is irritating in several places and did detract from my enjoyment of the book. The story seems to leave out some critical bits of flow and just get to the next place it needs to be. Recommended only for those interested in an example of portraying Quaker life.… (mehr)
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