A moving and surprisingly funny memoir about finding the right balance between anger and compassionldquo;Why arenrsquo;t you angry?rdquo; people often asked Martin Moran after he told his story of how he came to forgive the man who sexually abused him as a boy. At first; the question pissed him off. Then; it began to haunt him. Why didnrsquo;t he have more anger? Why had he never sought redress for the crime committed against him? Was his fury hidden; buried? Was he not man enough? Here he was; an adult in mid-life; with an established acting career; a husband. A life. And yet the question of rage began to obsess him.As the narrative jumps from dream to memory to theory; from Colorado to New York to Johannesburg; Moran takes us along on his quest to understand the role of rage in our lives. Translating for an asylum seeker and survivor of torture; he wonders how the man is not consumed with the wrong done him; only to shortly thereafter find himself in a wild confrontation with his fuming stepmother at his fatherrsquo;s funeral. He admires a pedestrianrsquo;s furious put-down of a careless driver; and then; observing with a group of sex therapists at an SM dungeon; he finds himself unexpectedly moved by the intimacy of the interchanges. Hiking the Rockies with his troubled younger brother; hersquo;s confronted by the anger and the love that seem to exist simultaneously and in equal measure between them.With each encounter; we move more deeply into the human complexities at the heart of this book: into how we wrong and are wronged; how we seek redress but also forgiveness; how we yearn to mend what we think broken in us and liberate ourselves from whatrsquo;s past. It is in this landscape of old wounds and complicated loves that Moran shows us how rage may meet compassion and our traumas unexpectedly open us to the humanity of others.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Timeless classicBy Eric J. GuignardREVIEWED: The Wonderful Wizard of OzWRITTEN BY: L. Frank BaumPUBLISHED: May. 1900There really isnt much more to say than has already been offered a thousand time over. This book is a timeless classic. I just read it to my son and can confirm that the story is touching for all ages. Hes five. Im thirty-seven. and we enjoyed it together. My parents love it. grandparents love it. etc. There are not a lot of fiction works that are appealing to so wide an audience. If you dont know the basic story. according to the movie at least. your childhood was a sham. The book includes additional passages and adventures which were left out of the MGM film; its also darker and more violent than the movie... and lacks the songs.Five out of Five stars4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The Movie Left Some Stuff Out (Beheadings)By theboombodyThe Wizard of Oz is one of my all-time favorite movies. and I still have to say that I like the book better. Why? The book has more weird stuff in it than the movie does; probably because of theatrical limitations like time. budget. and technological contraints. For instance. the Wicked Witch of the West in the book has only one eye. Nowadays computer graphics could make that possible in a film. but back in the day. most movies couldnt pull off effects like that.The book and the movie deviate from each other quite a bit. but both include essentially the same story. Im glad the movie didnt try to copy the book directly. and changed some parts to not only fit the limits it had. but to make the whole story more movie-esque - like really jazzing up Munchkin Land and making it smaller than the book implied it was. (Dorothy is of the same height as the Munchkins in the book.)One thing in the book that I thought was really cool was that the Wizard of Oz shows himself in multiple forms. not just the big head. Hes even a lady at one point. Also I like the hammer-head guys at the end of the book. L. Frank Baum really showed me his creative abilities there.On a side note. there are some violent scenes in the book. particularly involving multiple beheadings at a time.I really think that if you only see the movie and dont read the book. youre missing out. This book contains the REAL Tinman. and the REAL Scarecrow. The ones from the movie are just copies. Darn good copies. but still copies. Oh. the things a good book from a good author can inspire!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great story amazing art!By Desert ToymanI have had this boo for close to 2 years now and my daughter. who is now 6. still begs me to read this book to her!The story is pretty faithful to the original. book not the movie. Eric Shanower does a great job of condensing the novel into comic book format which can sometimes lead to a lot of stuff getting cut out. but not much has been left out here.The art on this book is top-notch! Skottie Youngs offbeat style is perfect for the land of Oz! The character designs for Dorothy. Scarecrow. the Tin Woodsman. and the Cowardly Lion are unlike anything we have ever seen before.As I said before. my daughter begs me to read this book to her still. It has helped her learn to read and has reinforced her excitement for reading! More so than any other thing that I can think of is the highest praise I can give to a book!
