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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Year We Left Homedi Jean Thompson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Another beautifully written book about an Iowa clan over the last decades of the 20thC. Thompson's ear for dialogue is flawless and I found myself reading aloud passages to my nearest at every opportunity. ( ) As we all know, all happy families are the same so people write about the unhappy ones. Unfortunately, I don't like reading about them. I found it to be rather slow paced. I liked the multiple POVs but they switched without much psyoff. I never felt like I had a great deal of insight into anyone. Lots of tragedy, everyday disappointments and general unhappiness. Major things happen off stage and some things develop with no logical explanation. I hope that most people's lives are not really this bleak. I really enjoyed this. The writing was powerful, the characters were recognizable and multi-dimensional. Thompson was very effective at writing from many vantage points, treating each equally and still keeping all of the personalities internally consistent. I would especially recommend this book to all of my Iowan in-laws, as it was set in Iowas starting in 1969, right during the coming of age of many of them. Following members of the same family at various points throughout the years as they each make choices (usually bad ones) that lead to major changes in their lives sounds like a good idea. In this case it wasn't. It is definitely a character-driven novel vs a plot-driven novel (there didn't seem to be a plot or a point.) My problem with this is that I didn't much care about any of the characters and had difficulty feeling any emotion at their setbacks and challenges. I'm giving it three stars because it was well written, with sometimes interesting details, and even in the darkest moments, there were bits of humor that kept me reading. I received a copy of this book in a Goodreads Giveaway. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Chronicles the happiness pursuits of the Eriksons from their 1970s coming-of-age to the near-present day, in a story told from revolving viewpoints. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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