The Forest Lover Audiobook

" A biography of Canadian artist Emily Carr and her painting of the totem poles and villages of the NW Coastal tribes of Canada. "

" This is a good historical novel about a woman artist paining in the early 1900s in British Columbia. She was one of the first artist to paint Indian totem poles. "

" This book about Emily Carr was wonderful. "

" This book was nicely written but it did not hold my interest at all. I thought it would be more about her life and what she went through to get to where she was, but it did not show her life growing up. The book started with her in her 30's. Just not what I thought would happen according to the synopsis. I skimmed the last 100 pages and found nothing really changed. Too bad because it sounded promising. "

" This is a biography about Emily Carr, an artist from British Columbia in 1915- 1930s. It is an excellent book about her journeys to wilderness areas of Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands, and Alaska to paint totem poles and other artifacts of native life -- in order to preserve them. She had so much passion and courage to live a completely different life than was expected of women of that time. "

" I enjoyed this take an female artist who lived along the Pacific coast of Canada at the turn of the century. I found the story enjoyable the characters engaging. "

" liked the being true to your own self. now i must look up her paintings. i put the book down many times "

" This would be a 4 1/2 star book. Really enjoyed the story of painter Emily Carr and her life spent striving to distill the essence of her British Columbia surroundings in her art. I'll be hunting down more books about her.... "

" Not my favorite of her books. The plot moved too slowly for me and I did not connect with the main character. However, it does have something to say about women in earlier times and what a hard, struggle-filled life they had. "

" I didn't enjoy this read (about a female artist) as much as Vreeland's other works, but I did enjoy learning more about Pacific Northwest Native Americans. "

" I am becoming a devoted Susan Vreeland fan. This one especially touched my heart, being a devoted lover of art and the NW, this was total bliss. "

" Dense and profound. Addressing subjects as far reaching as the artist's need to express, the process of finding and cultivating that expression, women and the arts,the treatment of indigenous peoples, the relationship of Nature and humanity.....so much, so well done. "

" Slow plot, but inspiring fictionalized account of real woman artist in the early 20th century. "

" I liked this one a lot, because I love the idea of women as pioneers. I picked it up at a book sale for $5.00 and it was worth every penny. "

" Lovely fictional account of the life of Mary Carr. "

" Susan Vreeland is a favorite author of mine. This is a fictionalized story of the life of Emma Carr, Canadian artist and recorder of Indian motifs. I have been to her home in Victoria, B.C. The book is well-written and interesting. "

" A great book about an artist from a very closed community making her way at the turn of the century in British Columbia. She bucks gender and race rules in honor of her art. Painful descriptions of early relationships between indigenous people, the government, and English society. An inspiration. "

" Just couldn't get into this one. Moving on to something more interesting... "

" excellent book if you at all interested in Emily Carr. "

" I had to read it for my Humanities 300 class but it wasn't the most boring assigned book I've had for a class. "

" I like Susan Vreeland; her books are historical, but fictionalized and are pretty interesting! "

" Stilted fomulaic writing. A disappointment. More like a romance novel than good historical fiction. "

" What an amazing woman... I was introduced to the art of Emily Carr while visiting Vancouver, B.C. in the 1980s... great luck that an exhibition of her work was in the main museum there. This tale is of an adventurous woman ahead of her time. Enjoy! "

" I am slogging through this...don't see it as a favorite thus far. Couldn't finish it; life's too short! "

" I read this book shortly after moving to the Pacific Northwest. I fell in love with the beauty of the forests, waters and mountains while (arm chair)following Emily Carr in her travels and exploring the area on my own. She was a talented and courageous woman. I love her artwork too. "

" A novel approach into the soul-searching life of artist, Emily Carr. What a strong,independent, amazing woman. I'll never look at the forest, totems or the color green the same way again.....planning a trip to Victoria, BC! "

" One of my favorites by Vreeland. "

" I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Others I know found it a bit slow. It is a fictionalized account of the artist Emilie Carr. I love art and so it made sense to me. "

" I enjoyed the fictionalized story of Emily Carr, a British Columbia artist. Her desire to paint First Nations subjects and artifacts was not understood by white society of her time. She had to be a rebel to be true to herself and her art. "

" Lovely fictional account of the life of Mary Carr. "

" I liked this book, but I"m really in to art and art history. I think a reader who is not in to art might have a tough time getting through this one. "

" Good writer, and believeable fiction about artists in the upper Northwest. "

" A fictional biography of Emily Carr, a Canadian painter arond the early 1900's. Moderately interesting. "