OCR Text |
Show NE A RR ONES SI REREAD, ea SIME RTE S- pan eR ge Nile nm eee ee apepenrwemnne ieee Nonagath + * rem nant no Weag gs Pe r ere ea Lifestyles — WASATCH Jury 20, 1999 COUNTY COURTER PAGE 11 o Surrender Dorothy Wicked Witch gets her turn REVIEW BY JAN SLOAN Elphaba’ s Oz is no Utopia, as we are led to believe in BOOKS AND BEYOND and wild. As a result of ow long has it been since you settled down to read a good fairy tale? these she read to your children last night. Wicked is just thata good fairy tale-as well _ Elphaba manages to carve out a niche for herself once she grows up and is attending the university in Shiz where has of the West and given her | 2@ ie. What makes this feat even more staggering her roommate is Glinda, the Good Witch, from the original _ story. Elphaba becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s. most promising young citi- . zens but takes on some is the fact that Maguire has taken the boundaries . | in the original story of The Wizard of Oz and managed to coherent around put together story a centered the Witch of The fantasy world that police. the author creates is so rich and vivid that you her Wizard of Oz in the same e Living & Dining Room 3 Car aang Approx. 2900 sq.ft. Family Room Open Kitchen $257,900 one not only but risks chance The -¢ 3 Bedroom ¢ Master Sitting Room | book is fast-— Under Construction: — at romance. way again. In this story, Dorothy does not come e 2 Car Garage e Approx. 2300 sq. ft. $214, 900 paced and populated by the incredible imagina- into the picture until near- | ly the end of the book — z falls on Elphaba’s | ° 2 1/2 Bath . ¢ ¢ ¢ e Because of her integrity, she loses friends, will never look at The her house ¢ 4 Bedroom « Home Office lar with other members. of her society as well as the wizard’s _ secret the West. when New A Vailable- causes that are unpopu- Elphaba, Wicked °8 sicae Plans to Choose From & Customize ‘© Well Maintained Neighborhood ¢ Professionally Built _other family members. Witch set by L. Frank Baum for information or appointment we Oe Wicked 435- 654-4057 or 915-5833 sister, Nessarose. Unlike the original tale, the emphasis is on Elphaba and tion iMate. of Gregory Wicked is a supremely entertaining book. Wicked : Gregory Maguire 406 pages $14.00 paperback her life. We also learn about the land in which Oz is located along with all of the attendant problems and prejudices of people living in different regions of Oz. Sapp ort the CALL opm WHITING the Whitings moved, along with their newborn son, up to Heber. “[Heber] stayed the same for a long time,” says Whiting. _ | Over the years, Whiting and her husband reared their four children, two sons and two daughters, in the home - the couple still shares, although the children are now grown and spread out all over the country. “When you send your daughters off to college you don: t often get | Candles & Cooky Cutters _— their children, and the life she shares with her husband in Heber, and those reflections don’t really matter much anymore. Plus, Whiting has other goals. “Right now I intend to get younger real soon. I’m not ready to be an old lady yet,” she says. And she’s right. Whiting is anything but an old lady. She’s an organizer, a creator, a mother, a businesswoman. And sometimes, in those rare moments of light, location and luck, Florine Whiting is also a published photographer. Tee years of living with her husband’s parents in Mapleton, Placemats & Napkins Windchimes & Metal Crafts jones a But then she’ looks at the rest of her accomplishments, her children, Tables and Pillows T ~. : "i a attending business school in Salt Lake. continued from page 8 a them back,” Whiting says. " That’s something that Whiting’s descendants and ancestors seem to have in common--a mild case of wanderlust. Whiting’s descendants—her ticket into now the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, came across the plains to help settle Utah and parts of the Southwest. Generations later, Whiting’s own parents chose Arizona, but Whiting, the eldest of seven children, ended up in Utah after all. These days, Whiting spends her time ass Chairman ¢ Oil Paintings of the Wasatch County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, trying to get the facility, located on he Faux Paintings the second floor of the Senior Center, to a state worthy of the artifacts it contains. “It’s very small,” says - Whiting of the facility, currently only opened for pri- ¢ Dried Flowers vate tours, but the collection it contains is quite large. The organization is anxiously awaiting the right chance to snatch up a larger facility it can afford. Sometimes Whiting reflects back, thinking about how she wanted to play in a symphony when she was younger, or wishing there had been a college closer to home es her children were growing up and she was Visit A Unique gi Surrounded By A Beautiful 2 485 south MIDWAY 435-654-1 1 | thken characteristics, is misunderstood even by her own mother. She was.a trial from birth and never seemed to fit in with friends or No, not the one that you as a terrific read. _ Gregory Maguire Builders Closeout ONLY 9 Homes Remain! the original version. The wizard’s secret police are everywhere. The young Elphaba is very smart, green We've hearded | all the adorable moose _inone darling shop to make viewing one stop! 52. W. 100 N. ae = Heber City, UT 84032 ) 657-0554© (435) 657-0556 eA |