But This Is Different Reviewed

The following will soon appear in the San Francisco Book Review and/or the Sacramento Book Review.  Don't forget that you can buy But This Is Different at http://steelcutpress.com and or on Kindle from Amazon.


But This Is Different
By Mary Walker Baron
Steel Cut Press, $14.95, 279 pages

No one wants to leave their home, especially when that home is a beautiful hidden island paradise where you have been living on for the last 40 years. But Mere, Star of the Sea, must force herself to leave, and go on an adventure of pain and love. But This is Different is an emotional troll with an unusual protagonist. Mere, an eighty-year-old woman, receives a letter written by Pilapan, the Mother Chief, asking Mere to come back to New York. Mere leaves and finds herself in the modern reality, the world of 1978. Mere has to cope with this new world while also balancing her feelings toward her lover. I cannot go into more detail on the plot, because I do not want to spoil this marvelous book.

The strongest feature of this book is the plot. The mystery and intrigue of Mere is addicting, as each clue is like getting a piece to a larger puzzle. The book is not only rich in plot, but it is also lavishly detailed and driven by high emotion. You care about the characters and you feel the pain they feel. The detail makes places feel real and the people in the book feel real. Each character has a spark of life that blooms into a profound pillar that carries Mere to her final destination. Even characters that have minuscule roles have a real depth to them.

I enjoyed the subtle pro-environment message of the book. Mere is spiritually connected to nature and even in the city, the plants and trees are her greatest supporters. The book also has an emotional and physical ending that satisfies. I would be surprised if  you do not have a tear in your eye by the end of the book. But This is Different is a different kind of book, with a touching story that will hook you until the end.

Stop The Seach. I Know The Answer.

Lately scientists and explorers and all sorts of other folk are claiming to have discovered or are about to discover the whereabouts of Amelia Earhart's airplane, body, navigator, bones, and possibly even banjo.
AV Web, a news source for independent aviators, reported on March 5 that two different sources report having found the Lockheed Electra in which Amelia piloted her last and very famous flight.  Problem is that the sits are 2,500 miles apart.  One is near Lae, New Guinea, and the other near Howland Island.

You may recall a lot of news stories during the past few weeks dealing with some bones found on a remote island in the South Pacific.  They may have been, the new stories went, turtle bones or they may have been those of Amelia Earhart.  The jury is still out as researchers try to match DNA.
The newest hat to be thrown into the Where's Amelia ring is that of her cousin, Don Love, who lives in Wichita, Kansas.  He's eighty-six years old and is pretty sure he knows what happened.
I, too, am fascinated by Amelia Earhart but I know what happened to her.
You can find out everything I know about her by reading my novel, But This Is Different.
Just go to
http://steelcutpress.com
and buy the book.
You, too, will join the steadily growing numbers of readers who really know Amelia's story.
You'll be glad you did.

More But This Is Different In The News

From the San Dimas Community News - February - 2011

'But This Is Different' Is In The News