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vinita
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posted October 13, 2004 11:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for vinita     Edit/Delete Message
just a thought....
dont u think that linda was actually more or loved only william snyder actually....
its his soul that healed her attracted her???
n one more thing....
although she mentions almost every man in her life in gooberz why not sam....she reatined his surname....had his kids???
her relationship with her 4 kids is not even given a place....considering the fact she loved kids....why why???

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goldendays
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posted October 13, 2004 08:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for goldendays     Edit/Delete Message
Excellent thought, I to had pondered your questions about Sam and the other children.

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Randall
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posted October 14, 2004 09:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message

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Eleanore
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posted October 15, 2004 02:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eleanore     Edit/Delete Message
I think maybe Linda wanted to show a particular facet of Life and Love, not exactly all of it. If she had written from a mother's perspective, she might've alienated some of her male audience perhaps. Really, though, I think she probably just wasn't comfortable including her children when the book wasn't meant to be entirely an autobiography at all. It's a story that applies to everyone. Not everyone is a parent, but we can all relate in some ways to trying to rhyme sadness with gladness.
Who knows? Maybe her kids asked her not to involve them since the book is so deeply personal, as well.
I wondered that myself when I read it.
As for Sam ... maybe Linda just wanted to keep something special and private for herself? Maybe including her kids in that privacy.
When you really pay attention to it, though, she is very individualistic in her writing in Gooberz. I mean, she mentions her parents in passing but we don't really get to know them either. We know more about the loves in her life and herself and her search for Truth than anything else. And besides, maybe she incorporated a lot of Sam into other male characters, you know?

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vinita
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posted October 16, 2004 10:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for vinita     Edit/Delete Message
hii el...long time
actually i quite relate to ur 1st line...
i think the book was strongly on the lines of astrology although also "another kind of love story"...:
so maybe she wanted to point out the soul transference theory...and al the soul union...maybe thats why
and somehow i have feeling sam was someone who gave her.her much needed security and maybe maybe something like a protective figure...u know all normal and safe..nothing out of the ordinary...u know like the rest of her life...
but in all how many kids did she have??
including the ones who passed away??

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Eleanore
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posted October 17, 2004 04:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eleanore     Edit/Delete Message
If I recall correctly, she had 4 children who lived ... and 3 who, I think, were stillborn.

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Randall
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posted October 18, 2004 12:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
That sounds about right.

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vinita
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posted November 06, 2004 08:11 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for vinita     Edit/Delete Message
if i rmbr correctly...three kids she had with william passed away...
otherwise in some book which i cant rmbr now she says...sally
michael
bill
jill
and 2 of them have snyder surname....confusing

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Randall
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posted November 07, 2004 10:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
I think she gave those details in the beginning of Love Signs.

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Randall
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posted November 09, 2004 10:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
I might be wrong, but I think maybe one died soon after birth.

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Randall
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posted November 10, 2004 12:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
Linda mentions that Anne (with an "e") passes away soon after she learns to walk.

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Eleanore
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posted November 13, 2004 07:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eleanore     Edit/Delete Message
You're right, Randall, I recall reading that in Gooberz. It appears, from Gooberz, that all three lived and died shortly thereafter. However, I can't help but feel that I read somewhere about her having stillbirths. Sweet Linda, it must've been so hard on her, whichever way it happened.

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vinita
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posted November 20, 2004 09:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for vinita     Edit/Delete Message
oh but i think that the kids she's mentioning are the one who actually lived!!
michael n jill obviously...
the other two???are they just menory dedication mention???

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