Kimberly Williams Paisley

Follow The Stars Home
$14.98
I have read the book and seen the film, and they are just okay. Kimberly Williams indeed is devoted to her severely disabled child, if a little unrealistically. NEVER a snarky, exhausted, angry moment from either her or her mother, not even one, and never a hair out of place either. In direct contrast to "good mom" is "bad mom," Amy's mother. While Alexa Vega does shine here, she is indeed a very good young actress, Amy's story makes my blood boil. Yes, her mother is a depressed, grieving widow but also completely emotionally neglecting her young daughter and the one who brought Buddy into the house even though she knows he mistreats Amy. Buddy was a bit sanitized in the film, as in the book he beats the puppy and Amy badly and then takes them to the bridge, where he throws the puppy off. Amy jumps off both to save the puppy and to escape Buddy, who is about to rape her. In book and film Buddy has endangered her child's life, yet all Amy's mother has to do is go to rehab, no legal consequences whatsoever, and all is well. I thought the scene between Dianne and Amy's mother ludicrous, when she was attempting to justify her behavior by saying, " I drink to be able to sleep." I wanted Dianne to stop looking sympathetically at her and tell her firmly that it was time for her to wake UP, that her boyfriend nearly killed her daughter.
I feel this "permissible amnesia" sends a bad message, that no matter what you do or let someone else do to your child, to the point of murder, all that is necessary is to go to rehab, have every right to demand your child back, and supposedly live happily ever after.

Lucky Seven
$14.94
This is a DVD Movie that we enjoyed a lot and we ordered this one for a "stocking stuffer" gift for our daughter. It came promptly, well packaged and was as described. Gene

The 10th Kingdom (Extended Play Version) [VHS]
$9.98
excellent I owned mine since it came out and had to buy another because everyone keeps borrowing my copy

The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible
$49.99
Perhaps the most beautiful work ever done by celebrities on the Holy Scriptures. Jim Caviezel is outstanding.