| | The Crying Heart Tattoo: A Novel |  | Author: David Martin
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 646745
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0811807770
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780811807777
ASIN: 0811807770
Publication Date: August 1, 1994
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Product Description
First published in 1982, this is the outrageous, romantic, and irresistible story of two people, Sonny and Felicity, who begin a relationship when he is 14 and she is 34, and continue it through four marriages and many misadventures until her death at age 70. Interwoven with their sexy, honest, and riveting tale is a strangely parallel story that she tells him about a prehistoric outcast who meets up with her former tribe only to confuse and frighten them, meanwhile falling in love with a young boy. Alternately heartbreaking, bawdy, and blissful, The Crying Heart Tattoo recalls the absurdities of life while rallying us to the cause of true love. This sparkling, unerringly original novel now appears in trade paperback for the first time.
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It's art, and it sticks... June 29, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Recently found this on my shelf while cleaning out the clutter, figured it's time to read it. Good choice. It's real literature, and now back on the shelf to stay. I disagree with all those who think it's "about" love or relationships -- like all true art, it's not "about" one thing. It has a sort of bleak world view (some might say), but it's honest, real, and reminds us to enjoy the journey, because that's all there is. The fable took a while to grow on me, but I've never read a fable within a novel that was so freshly and creatively written. I'll be looking for this author's other work.
I'm a guy, 6', 220lbs. Don't tell me it's a chick book. January 28, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read this book, twice, 15 years ago. I lost it during one of my military relocations, and had been unable to find another copy, until now. But, if you will, try to imagine a book so charming, so witty, so enthralling, so unforgettable that it stays with you for fifteen years...
A TALE OF LOST LOVE May 29, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A haunting, beautiful love story, with one of the most heart-wrenching last paragraphs I've ever read in a book. there is a genuine magic in this tale. sonny has much to learn from felicity, but he's stubborn, clueless, and thinks he has all the answers, like many of us when we're young, and the lessons he learns from her take years to absorb. and in any tale of love and regret he really learns them too late. felicity's parable is a delight, but lost on sonny. sometimes we don't realize how good we have it, until it's gone. sentimental, but not overly so. this is a book to be treasured, and read again and again. I can hear "as time goes by" playing as I read this book. it seems so appropriate.
 Didn't live up to the hype June 21, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read The Crying Heart Tattoo with the highest expectations. I had heard rave reviews and was prepared to read a compelling love story. I was sorely disappointed. The author sets up the female character to appear confident, worldly and strong, yet he has her act weak and pathetic. Her so-called backround was unbelievable when compared to her actions. I never felt an unbreakable bond between the two characters. The writing was obvious in some instances with too many cutsey lines repeated a bit too often. The ending felt tacked on, as if Mr. Martin just ran out of story. The book lacked depth and all in all was just not a compelling read.
I keep reading parts of this book over and over agin. July 25, 1999
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has helped me to understand certain types of relationships in my life. I didn't think anyone had experienced what I had but here it was for me to discover. And I've discovered a pot of gold at the rainbow! Keep it up I can't wait for another one to appear.
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