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	• Change Me Into Zeus' Daughter Barbara Robinette Moss Mid-Prairie Books, 1999 - 279 pages average customer review:based on 57 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

As you read this book, be aware that she has many flashbacks and watch for her clues as to what time he is currently retelling.

This book is a wonderful companion to Angela's Ashes


A Wonderful Book

From the first sentence of CHANGE ME INTO ZEUS'S DAUGHTER to the last I was enthralled by the descriptive power and honesty of Barbara Robinette Moss's prose. A book like this makes one happy to be living in what has been called "the age of the memoir" and this memoir centainly ranks among the best along with ANGELA'S ASHES. Ms. Moss has the ability to convey the fear and uncertainties that beset a child growing up in circumstances of abuse, hunger and poverty in a way that cuts to the heart. I am amazed by those people who can survive and even thrive spiritually in such an environment. No doubt her mother's love of literature and music that she conveyed to her children was a positive influence, but I think that Ms. Moss's inborn character and determination is most to be credited for her transformation and success. I was touched by her close relationships with her siblings and the devotion of her Aunt Janet through years of chaos. I would recommend this book without reservation.

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Incredible, unbelievable, ultimately moving

This book is being compared to 'Angela's Ashes' in every review I've seen, and with good reason. Barbara's father shared numerous traits with Frank McCourt's, and the hardships, poverty and many other difficulties faced by both families were somewhat similar. So many sad, crazy, incredible and unbelievable things happen to this family, though - it's one of those 'truth is stranger than fiction' things. If you'd seen a Hollywood movie (and there may very well be one eventually) about this family, you'd say 'yeah, right, all of that couldn't actually happen to a family in real life'. But it did, and their story is amazing, mostly in the sense that it appears that most of the children turned out OK. Much credit is given to their remarkable mother's spirit, teaching the children about art, poetry, theatre and music despite the enormous gulf between such things and this family's daily existence. But I think the kids themselves leaned on each other, and drew from a tough inner strength. Read this book! I admire Barbara Robinette Moss and her entire family.

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Incredible Book; Must Read

Change Me into Zeus's Daughter is not just about poverty and alcoholism, it is a story of a young girls metamorphosis (along with her brothers and sisters)and the love of a courageous mother. It is a story about the resiliency of the human spirit. Barbara Moss's life is so vividly written that we are lonesome for each and every person presented once the last page has been turned. Change Me into Zues's Daughter made me laugh and cry and laugh and cry and laugh again. I couldn't put it down. This book is the best memoir I have ever read and possible the best book I've ever read.

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