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| The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) | 
 enlarge | Author: Susan Orlean
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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You Save: $13.99 (100%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  166 reviews
Sales Rank: 50885
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 044900371X
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.934409759
EAN: 9780449003718
ASIN: 044900371X
Publication Date: January 4, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Orchids are an obsession November 2, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Susan Orlean is wonderfully masterful with her wording. Her descriptions of the Everglades and the Floridians who have a love for the planet's most desired flower are written so that the reader almost sees the scene appear in place of the words on a page. There's a sense that you're there in the Fakahatchie swamp slogging through the mud and watching for dangerous animals while searching for the hidden prize - the Ghost Orchid.
It's Almost Embarrassing How Much I Love This Book July 14, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I mean it...I read it several years ago, and I still keep it nearby. I can open it to any page and fall in. Yes, I love Florida, yes, I love flowers of all kind, but it's more than that. Orlean is very Annie Dillard (that's about the highest compliment I could pay to another writer) in her approach of the subject--weaving her life, her longings, the "study" of obsession, the plot of how all this will turn out in deft prose that in places, takes my breath away.
 Unique hobby, unique people April 24, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
An interesting story about the lure of a segment of the population that has become enchanted by orchids. The author follows one of these eccentrics, John Laroche an orchid collector all the while portraying other characters that are hooked on orchids explained with side stories. Most of these collectors seem to exhibit some type of fatal character flaw brought on by their infatuation for orchids. Fast,light educational reading that sheds some light on a unique hobby that attracts its share of unique people.
 Mired down in the swamp of bad writing March 19, 2006
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
A slice of life sketch of various people who collect orchids, this book gives accounts of those afflicted with the orchid obsession. While at times engrossing, the writer jumps around constantly, offers opinions as unsubstantiated facts, and leaves the reader wondering why some people are mentioned in the book at all. I was disappointed in this book and definitely did not catch the fever.
Really good March 13, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wasn't sure I'd like this, but thought I'd give it a try anyway. It's really good... a bit overpriced, but very interesting. I practically looked forward to my commute just so I could listen to this book!
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