Julia Fierro

This novel has SO MUCH IN IT, but it didn't seem crowded to me. It seemed messy like life. Fierro is a beautiful writer. I love the way she conveys the best and the worst that we humans can be. There's violence (against women, kids, dogs, and gypsy moths) that at times is hard to take, but not gratuitous and never excruciatingly detailed. I didn't see some things coming and am disappointed how other things turned out -- again, like in life -- but in the end, I finished the book with a sense of satisfaction of having been on an epic journey.

An excellent summer read for those who like family drama, well-wrought tragedy, and historical fiction.

Full review on my blog: https://wildmoobooks.com/2017/06/15/review-the-gypsy-moth-summer-by-julia-fierro...… (altro)

This was such a pleasant surprise of a book. I was expecting a fluffy overly dramatic novel about a bunch of rich couples and their small children, but it ended up being more than that. It was a complicated picture of mothers, fathers, nannies, children, and reputation. I do not live in New York, I do not have children, and I was totally sucked in to the world of "the mommies." My biggest complaint was the lack of truly likable characters (though I did really enjoy Leigh) and the loose ends of some of the side stories. Yet overall it hooked me and I'll look for more from Julia Fierro.… (altro)

Powered by prose at once enchanting and colloquial, true, vividly-realized characters, and a literary voice that practically reverberates with authority, Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer may not only be this year’s best second novel, but its best book period. Featuring a complex plot, a many-faceted story brimming with insights into people and families at all stages of the life cycle, zoology, myth, and allegory this is the rare beach read that doubles as a novel of ideas.

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