Wild Ride: Earthquakes, Sneezes And Other Thrills
HarperCollins. 1995,
ISBN: 0-06-019053-1 (hardcover)
179 pages
ISBN: 0-06-092695-3 (paperback)

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Kirkus Reviews -starred review
Each essay's topic, be it allergies, bears, or blood, is scalpeled open, and what pours forth is a mix of hard science, psychology and poetry -- picture Linus Pauling, Freud, and Anne Sexton on holiday... One can almost see the synapses sparking in Lowe's mind as her imagery unfolds. The heat it gives off is a blast.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
…Bia Lowe's book is so good you'll want to dance with it. Wild Ride will confound book-sellers who like to categorize their wares...Never sentimental, always sharp, Lowe traces paths through a world that is both hopelessly flawed and heartwrenchingly beautiful….

New York Times Book Review
…Ms. Lowe is a slick-shooting word slinger. She takes aim and let's fly: feelings, ideas, images explode like scatter shot...If you decide to brave this book, buckle up. Wild Ride is a wild read…

Bonnie Freeman, Ploughshares. Spring , 1995
…Within the greenhouse of each essay, orchids bloom, glories are forced --through the sheer hot intensity of the author’s attention — to display themselves.

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