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  • ISBN-13: 9780620498722
  • Publisher: Aztar Press
  • Publication date: 6/28/2011
  • Pages: 226
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 9.02 (h) x 0.38 (d)

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  • Posted October 20, 2011

    A beautifully written and thought-provoking story

    Ms. Croome writes in a profoundly moving way. The characters in this book are finely drawn, allowing the reader to relate to each in a deeply spiritual way. The lives of the characters are bound together in a unique and engaging way, as each tries to work through the pain and emotional baggage of their past, toward a brighter, more hopeful future. At the very heart of this story is the exploration of love in all its forms: platonic love (friendship), physical love (desire), and agape (divine love), and the salvation each of the characters seek in their own particular spiritual journey. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a touching and thought-provoking story; a story that will resonate in your heart and remain with you long after you've finished reading it. I look forward to reading more from this talented new author of literary fiction.

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  • Posted October 17, 2011

    A Journey of Self Discovery

    Judy Croome's Dancing in the Shadows of Love had me hooked from the first few pages of her book. Her three main characters, Lulu, Zahra and Jamila draw the reader into their complex life where each had personal struggles and internal demons to deal with. They take us on a voyage of self-discovery.

    Every chapter began with a quote from Shakespeare and introduced us to snap shots of the women's past or present experiences. This way, Ms. Croome helped her readers grow with each character building a rapport with each one of them.

    Lulu, an albino, suffers prejudice due to her pale skin and people's discriminatory views. She learns to trust people when she is showered with love and attention while at an orphanage. However, after she felt betrayed by a 'Prioress', she loses faith and had to learn to slowly trust people again.

    Zahra and Jamila shared similar past lives. They both came from poor backgrounds and were abused by a parent in some way. They were also striving to be the next Mrs. Templeton and follow Grace's footsteps in the Templeton mansion.

    There is also the enigmatic Enoch who never grows old and remains as beautiful till the end of the story as he was the day Zahra met him a few decades before. Ms. Croome leaves his identity a mystery for the readers to develop different views as to who he really is or represents.

    Some of the chapters in the story were hard to swallow as the author did not gloss over the nature of man-kind. However, that only spiced my curiosity; driving me to read the next page every night. I found myself at times blurting out remarks about some of the actions of the women, reprimanding them as if they were in front of me. "Why would you do such a thing! Aww Poor Lulu."

    Ms. Croome definitely has the skill as an author to draw her readers into the lives of her characters. I hope that there is a sequel as I would like to know what happens to the three main characters; Lulu, Jamila and Zahra.

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  • Posted August 26, 2011

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    Magical realism in a world of malformed loves

    It's worth reading the glossary before reading Judy Croome's Dancing in the Shadows of Love, as a reminder that the story's symbols aren't tied to one language, or one place. Sacred Heart is not what my Catholic background tells me, for all that the Spirit King was nailed to something (a nova, not a cross). At the start of the book it's unsettling, but perhaps that's just me, having moved from my own culture, too eager to find a cultural place to stand while reading a book that's not meant to belong to one.

    Rejected, a freak because of the paleness of her skin, Lulu has learned from childhood to trust no-one. But love demands trust, and love creeps up on her in the orphanage. Meanwhile Jamila is growing up rejected by richer friends in school, and Zahra hides the secret of her own background behind her identity as a rich man's wife. Three broken loves, betrayed, turning to hardness and mistrust.

    "How easy it is to be bitter or angry; that's when you're at your weakest! But when you choose to be kind, to forget your hurt, that's when you find within the greatest strength of all," says old Grace Templeton, but no-one's listening. The mysterious Enoch knows more than he should, but no-one knows who he is. The Spirit King seems unable or unwilling to fulfill his promises. And love, in all its malformed guises, battles with prejudice and its sugared excuses, while the world's war hides in the eaves.

    Dancing in the Shadows of Love weaves a complex spell and carries a beautiful message. Not quite untethered from time and culture, it's magical realism is down-to-earth and its wounded characters very humanly hurt.



    Disclosure: I read this novel as a judge in the multicultural fiction section of the Dan Poynter Global eBook Awards.

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  • Posted August 7, 2011

    Live To Read

    This is an emotionally powerful book and the reader has to be prepared to allow the author to expand his/her knowledge of forgiveness. Jamila, Zahra, and Lulu all have complicated, unhappy pasts-Lulu is an albino and Jamila and Zahra lived in poverty and abuse. The author does an excellent job of developing these characters and helping the reader to understand them and think of them as friends. The reader will be rooting for these three throughout the novel. Lulu needs to learn to let go of her own prejudices and trust again while Jamila and Zahra work towards a better life, escaping their past by living well in their futures. The book is fast-paced, but the reader has enough time to comprehend all of the tough subjects addressed. The author does not skate over these issues, they are out in the open. This book is recommended to young adults/adults who enjoy reality fiction.

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  • Posted June 20, 2011

    I wholeheartedly recommend this one!!

    Ms Croome writes a breathtaking tale of the lives of three women: their past, their mistakes and their journey to overcome the trials life throw out to reach, if not happiness, then some form of peace each in their own way.

    Lulu, Jamila and Zahra each have demons from their past that mold their character and then there's the elegant Grace Templeton to whom both Jamila and Zahra aspire as they search to find their own place as a Templeton wife.

    Lulu is my favorite character: an albino who has faced strong pejudices throughout her life, who has been betrayed, but her strength is formiddable (although not always blatantly evident) as she learns to trust in human nature again.

    Jamila and Zahra have their own childhood demons of severe poverty and abuse to fight as they strive toward a better, more perfect life for themselves.

    This book doesn't hold back and doesn't gloss over human nature, these women make mistakes and there's a certain hardness in their character, formed from their past. But I never once lost sympathy with any of them. I loved with them, hurt with them, and shook my head sadly when they walked down the wrong path. The story wraps between the present and past, so we get to grow with Lulu, Jamila and Zahra and the experiences that formed them. I was rooting for each one of them, from the start to the end.

    And, of course, there's the deliciously mysterious Enoch, but I'll that for you to find out about for yourself :)

    War, love, betrayal, hardship and prejudice has always been and will always be. I love the way this book handles that by being as timeless/placeless as you want. As I read, there were some scenes that I placed within in the comfort of my own world and I others I left undefined - not purposely, of course, just the way my head sorted through as I went along.

    I wholeheartedly recommend Dancing in The Shadows of Love and can't wait to see where Ms Croome will take us next.

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  • Posted July 8, 2011

    to hard to read

    I usually do not want to give up reading a book, but this one was just one of those. The premise was very interesting and intriguing to me. It was just to confusing flitting back and forth in a non existing timeline. The most interesting character was Enoch, but who was he really? Was not sure of the time period, planet, country or people. Would not recommend this book.

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