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Gwendolen Gross

Autore di The Orphan Sister

8+ opere 377 membri 29 recensioni

Sull'Autore

Gwendolen Gross received an M.F.A. in poetry and fiction at Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in northern New Jersey.

Opere di Gwendolen Gross

The Orphan Sister (2011) 125 copie
The Other Mother (2007) 105 copie
When She Was Gone (2012) 90 copie
Field Guide (2001) 44 copie
Getting Out (2002) 10 copie
Luft und Liebe (2003) 1 copia

Opere correlate

It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons (2005) — Collaboratore — 77 copie
It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters (2006) — Collaboratore — 37 copie

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Two women, neighbors in comfortable upper-class suburbia, find their incipient friendship unraveling over the choices each makes between career and full-time parenting.
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LyndaInOregon | 8 altre recensioni | Aug 13, 2022 |
I found some of the characters to be interesting, and I would have liked to know even more about them. At the same time, I had expected more from the novel. I enjoy a book with a strong plot. I did not find it to be at all suspenseful. It read like glimpses into personal lives of some neighbors in a stereotypical upper class suburban community.
 
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lrquinn | 10 altre recensioni | Jul 6, 2018 |
Interesting book centered around a missing young woman. As the days pass searching for her, the readers learn the secrets of the neighborhood. There's an outcast, a cheater, ex-boyfriend, retired music teacher, and three very different little boys. Gross writes beautifully, but there's not much of a story in this book. Each chapter is told about a different character, but the characters are not truly connected to each other. At the beginning of the novel, it appeared to be a mystery; however, no one is trying to solve the mystery. The book is more like a collection of stories about different people in one neighborhood. The ending is very anti-climactic. There's no miraculous discovery or twist.… (altro)
 
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laura.w.douglas | 10 altre recensioni | Mar 9, 2017 |
I liked this book. I liked the way it was constructed and I enjoyed the writing. The story had less to do with the teenage girl's disappearance, although that is the event that ties all the characters together, and more to do with the actual characters. Enjoyable character study.
 
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Maureen_McCombs | 10 altre recensioni | Aug 19, 2016 |

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8
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2
Utenti
377
Popolarità
#64,011
Voto
½ 3.3
Recensioni
29
ISBN
16
Lingue
3

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