Praise for Praying Dove
Phyllis Jo
Arnold’s Praying Dove
artfully weaves together page-turning plot lines of love, sailing, mountain climbing, treasure hunting, and political intrigue to present an epic-like story of the Corn People’s transition from a mythopoeic to a modern world. Along the way, its impressionistic landscape blurs boundaries among things, nature, and people, sweeping one up into a world larger than the temporal self. Like John Keats’ Grecian urn, the novel’s many poetic passages “dost tease us out of thought,” promising hope and bringing light to a world grown dark beneath a black cloud of materialism. Arnold reminds us that stories can have magic and that, most importantly, their magic matters.
Dr. David D. Joplin, English
Department, Monterey Peninsula College
Praying Dove
was a pleasure to read with every word so delicately chosen. The story is full of relatable characters and tangible emotions. The journey was awe-inspiring and Arnold’s voice of gentle inner peace flows between each page.
Neecy
Twinem, Award Winning Children's Book Author and
Illustrator
"a
splendid, sprawling yarn at once ecologically sensitive and emotionally satisfying; a loving waltz to the voice of the earth"......
D. Mason Weiner, M.D.
Bravo, Phyllis Jo Arnold! Praying
Dove
is one ‘can’t stop reading novel.’ Your amazing control of the multiple storylines intrigues the reader as joy, love, fear and corruption are weaved skillfully into an adventurous and unpredictable plot. One twist after another unfolds into a finale of quiet satisfaction, leaving the reader filled with an unconditional appreciation of others. Well done.
J. Logan Arnold,
bestselling author of The Salesman and the
Farmer
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