From: Nina Lindsay <nlindsay>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 13:57:00 -600

Hello -- I'm a library school student at UW Madison, and a frequenter of the CCBC. I've read Walk Two Moons twice now. I was surprised by the ending the first time through, though -- of course -- there will always be some of us who figure it out sooner. I think the majority of readers will be surprised. The second reading wasn't quite as exciting as the first -- I think that a lot of the story rides on the suspense, and that its major success is in the feeling of discovery that is a recurring theme for Salamanca and for the reader. But the book's other success is in its strong and enduring characters; and if the second reading wasn't a journey of discovery, it was a journey of reminiscence. The characters felt like old friends, meaning that they had become part of my own memory. If this book isn't one that is picked up again and again, I'm sure it is one that will be remembered.

Nina Lindsay UW Madison nlindsay at mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Received on Mon 03 Jul 1995 02:57:00 PM CDT