This one should have been on the top of the bestsellers list

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	• Traveling Light Katrina Kittle, 2000 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 50 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN!

"Traveling Light" is a book deserving of a class all its own. The story tells of a young man who is dying of AIDS, his loving family and the devotion of his life-time partner. Personally, I live with cancer each day; therefore, it is easy for me to relate to how important time and each day is. The simple things in life, a morning sunrise, the touch of a cat's whiskers, the caring touch of someone you love are the solid things in life that make each day worth living. All the small things many take for granted become cherished moments and can be found in the pages of "Traveling Light". This story brings all those simplistic details to light and evokes an overwhelming amount of emotion - love most of all, sorrow, laughter, kindness, caring, compassion, courage, understanding and the fact that no one's life comes with guarantees.

This book will forever remain in my heart because of the lessons it teaches about real life, what is important, and what is trivial and insignificant. Kittle's writing style is fresh, eloquent and deeply thought provoking. A million kudos for Kittle and this gut-wrenching but beautiful story. The book stays with you long after the pages have been read - a million stars would not be enough.

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Haunting & Beautiful ...

This is perhaps the most haunting novel I have read this year so far. I have heard so much about this book from friends that when I scanned my bookcases, I found this one and knew that it was the right time to read it. And I am so glad that I read it.

The quotes interspersed throughout the novel are inspiring and wonderful. The story of the two lovers and Summer (the main character) is beautiful and so real-to-life. Summer is home in Dayton teaching in the local high school ~~ after a broken ankle ruined her dancing career. Summer is also home for the last year of her brother's life. Todd, her brother, is dying of AIDS and is still the strongest creative force in Summer's life, and Jacob, his husband, influence Summer and her dreams in a positive way. They both show Summer that with love nothing is impossible. Not even death can sever those ties. Summer is then forced to look deep within her and find out the truth to her life.

It is a beautiful and moving story. Though I finished it last night, I am still looking for an opportunity to pick this book up and read it again. It is haunting and lyrical. The love found among those pages is just magical and inspiring. And yet, it's not sappy or sentimental. It just is. Love takes all shapes and forms among people and people without love in their souls are missing out on one of life's greatest gifts.

Pick this book up. You won't regret it.

8-21-06

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This one should have been on the top of the bestsellers list

This is one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever read. It is told with such sweetness that it makes me want to strive to love this much in my relationships. It also helped me to see how shallow it is to judge people when what I should be doing is loving them where they are. Thank you Ms. Kittle.

Amazing Reading Experience

I first borrowed this book from the library. I read it and had to own it. I do not ever purchase books, I borrow them. The writting is amazing. That is the only word that even comes close to describing the experience of reading this book. The feelings I felt while reading Traveling Light went from one end of the spectrum to the other. Awesome!

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Everything seems to be going wrong in Summers life, yet she is a woman who is luckier than she knows. A dancer-turned-schoolteacher, she is recovering from an injury that ended her career in the arts. Her lover Nicholas fears she is depending on him to fulfill her remaining dreams and hopes. And, most ominously of all, her beloved brother is dying, little bits of him slipping away from her each day. As these difficult days crawl forward, Summer will come to terms with life, death, relationships, and her fathers enigmatic, long-ago injunction to travel light. Watching her brother share both his struggle and joy with his partner, Summer will witness love in its most perfect, truest form, and learn how it can transcend all illness, distrust, even the cruelty of time. On this journey Summer will meet her greatest challengerealizing how truly fortunate she is. Katrina Kittle is a powerful new literary voice whose writing will appeal to readers of such searing novels as Jacquelyn Mitchards The Deep End of the Ocean, and Michael Cunninghams Home at the End of the World.

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