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Sto caricando le informazioni... Old Lovegood Girls (2020)di Gail Godwin
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book was ok. The writing is good and the story of two women who met in college and became writers kept me engaged. I found it a bit melodramatic and hard to accept the importance the two women seem to have for each other despite often decades of no contact. ( ) This saga of two women friends is engaging while a bit melodramatic and mawkish. However, those qualities are good things since I enjoyed reading it. I went to a wonderful Gail Godwin reading back in the day when both of us were younger. This novel hangs its plot on the central theme of the ladies' writings and published novels. Some readers have commented on finding it a turnoff, but as a novelist, I liked it just fine. Their lifelong friendship evolves from their being college dorm mates through the years as each faces their travails with grace and resilience. Some of the prose is quite stunning. All in all, a satisfying read. Started of well with the friendship of two girls rooming together at school. They are from totally different backgrounds but both want to become writers. I found the author's writing to be good, but the flow or lack of flow for the story, lead to a disjointed, dispirited, uninteresting tale. It flowed from person to person, time to time. When reading a book becomes arduous, it is time to move on. I did 2/3s of the way through. And I like this author. This was a comforting read for me -- it was an escape from our current coronavirus world into a normal existence where people can freely gather; and the pacing was slow and soothing. I didn't really love either of the main characters, but I did deeply enjoy the experience of reading this book and think that Godwin has insightful observations about human nature. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"When the dean of Lovegood Junior College for Girls decides to pair Feron Hood with Merry Jellicoe as roommates in 1958, she has no way of knowing the far-reaching consequences of the match. Feron, who has narrowly escaped from a dark past, instantly takes to Merry and her composed personality. Surrounded by the traditions and four-story Doric columns of Lovegood, the girls - and their friendship - begin to thrive. But underneath their fierce friendship is a stronger, stranger bond, one comprised of secrets, rivalry, and influence - with neither of them able to predict that Merry is about to lose everything she grew up taking for granted, and that their time together will be cut short. Ten years later, Feron and Merry haven't spoken since college. Life has led them into vastly different worlds. But, as Feron says, once someone is inside your "reference aura," she stays there forever. And when each woman finds herself in need of the other's essence, that spark - that remarkable affinity, unbroken by time - between them is reignited, and their lives begin to shift as a result."--Provided by publisher. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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