Sparkle Island (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) | 
| Author: Ellen Rosewall
Creators: Amy Johnson, Rob Mommaerts
Publisher: Raven Tree Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1443736
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0970110707
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.486
EAN: 9780970110701
ASIN: 0970110707
Publication Date: June 27, 2000
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Book Description
This warm, nostalgic collection of essays chronicles the author's ongoing love affair with a 100-year-old lake cottage that has been in her family for four generations. Set in a charming and historic resort area in Michigan (and located just down the road from Ernest Hemingway's childhood home), Sparkle Island takes the reader to a place where time moves slowly and the birds and trees are part of the family.
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Why Walloon is such a special place October 23, 2001
This book captured the special feelings about Walloon Lake that only one who had spent all one's life there could know. I was surprised to see that Ms. Rosewall was not closer to my age (63) as she enjoyed so many of the places that I did, which unfortunately are no longer there. One of the reviewers compared it to Lake Woebegon, but to me, there is no such similarity. I still feel the same way about the lake when we visit. The lake itself is a memory bank.
Often humorous, thoroughly engaging, and highly recommended February 8, 2001
Sparkle Island is a touching recollection of multi-general stories that hark back to a slower paced yesteryear, when life was filled with tales and all one had to do was sit back and listen. From Ernest Hemingway Sat Here, Lost in the Lake, and A Boat is a Hole You Pour Money Into, to Gimme That Old Time Religion, Cheap Thrills, and I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday for a Memory Today, Ellen Rosewall's short stories and vignettes are entertaining, occasionally insightful, often humorous, thoroughly engaging, and highly recommended.
"Sparkle Island" Sparkles January 18, 2001
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For anyone who has returned to a summer place year after year "Sparkle Island" is a must. Ellen Rosewall lets us inside her own family and her own world. It is very refreshing. I visited Walloon Lake two summers ago and it was exactly the way Ellen pictured it.
Even Buckeyes Love Sparkle Island August 18, 2000
For a died in the wool Buckeye, it was hard to imagine that a book about a place in that State up North that we all love to hate could be so warm and wonderful. Ellen Rosewall's special spirit and keen insights, however, clearly illuminate the joys of love, life and Wallon Lake. Being invited to share her obviously close, loving and spiritual family in such an intimate way, made Sparkle Island a truely heart warming experience!
Summer Sweetness August 14, 2000
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Sparkle Island is a wonderfully crafted, winsome revery of summer. The stories evoke summers from my childhood and gave a West Coast gal a taste of mid-west wonders. This read aloud book had me alternately howling (Bats, And a boat is....) and touched by the sweetness of shared family treasures. Our first read of this wonderful book of essays was on a boat. We joined Ellen Rosewall's family as we drifted through our own Sparkle Islands. Read this book aloud to everyone!
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