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the heart is a lonely hunter,
February 21, 2009
By ritafdorn
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"comprehensive and touching novel about many levels of life: teenage issues of poverty, a disabled parent, a cold parent, sexual exploration, and financial limitations. mick's mom tries very hard to kill her daughter's spirit in the name of facing reality. john singer offers mick a challenge and the refuge he seems to provide for everyone who knows him. she rises to the occasion beautifully when she "explains" music to him, a deaf-mute. the novel ends on a disappointing note when singer, the seeming hero, takes his life after learning of the death of his long time buddy; apparently singer felt that his deaf-mute friend, whom he mentored, was more of a soul. mate than any of the "normal" people in his life/ singer left a permanent and positive impacy on mick. the title is apt, referring to our singular attempts to follow our hearts and hunt down what has meaning for us, as singer did and as mick did. gentle but powerful. very profound."
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