Comments on: Excerpt from ROSALIND’S RING by Literary Awards Finalist, Anne Whitehouse

By: david castronovo

david castronovo — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:10:15 +0000

The selection from Rosalind’s Ring by Anne Whitehouse is a superb, pellucid evocation of Jewish college life in the South during the 1950s.Its prose draws the reader in; it also has a curious, edgy, ominous quality. The direct diction and syntax make it part of that broad, great American realist tradition.

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:50:12 +0000

The chapter from Rosalind’s Ring by Anne Whitehouse is a nostalgic journey to a time when life was simpler and more tranquil. Its focus on the Jewish community of Alabama, estimated at 9,000 or 0.2% of the state’s population, gives the reader an insight into Jewish life in a place far from the major metropolitan areas of the U.S. Whitehouse’s opening pages reveal a traditional mother-daughter relationship as well as a courtship pattern of a former time. All of this makes for refreshing reading, and one looks forward to the rest of the novel.

By: Laura Starr

Laura Starr — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:32:54 +0000

Anne Whitehouse’s attention to every minute detail makes me want to read the rest of the story so I can see how the daughter of an intrusive and crafty mother fares in life. I’m curious to see what kind of marriage Whitehouse creates for this young Jewish couple; how their love survives the test of time.