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Leah Stewart

Autore di The Myth of You & Me

6 opere 1,517 membri 87 recensioni 1 preferito

Sull'Autore

Leah Stewart has taught at Vanderbilt University and Sewanee, the University of the South.
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by Carolyn Ebbitt

Opere di Leah Stewart

The Myth of You & Me (2005) 833 copie
Husband and Wife (2010) 183 copie
The History of Us (2013) 179 copie
The New Neighbor (2015) 133 copie
Body of a Girl (1989) 86 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1973
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA

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Eloise Hempel could not wait to leave Cincinnati. She was successful in her pursuits and landed a job teaching at Harvard. Quite an accomplishment for a 28 year old. Her world falls apart with one phone call. The call, from her eleven year old niece, lets her know that her only sister and her husband have been killed in an accident. Eloise returns to Cincinnati to care for the children ages 2, 7 and 11 since her mother is unwilling/unable to do so.


Fast forward 17 years. All three children are now grown and Eloise, who has remained in Cincinnati out of obligation is ready to dump the historical family home and get on with her life. Of course life is not that easy. Her mother won’t sign the house over so she can sell it and the young adults do not want to move out. Eloise feels her life has been wasted in this city and feels the kids need to go elsewhere and have careers and lives. As the struggle plays out Eloise begins to reflect on if the sacrifice she made was worth it.


I felt the book was well written and explored the difficulty in family relationships and the expectations we have for each other.
… (altro)
 
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marytblogs | 20 altre recensioni | Jul 25, 2023 |
I picked this up because of the setting. And the book is, in fact, full of references to real places in Cincinnati. Even so, it didn't seem to have a strong sense of place. But I didn't feel it went much of anywhere. Not much character development. Not much plot. Not for me.
 
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CarolHicksCase | 20 altre recensioni | Mar 12, 2023 |
This was much better than Husband and Wife, a book that I really enjoyed. I think maybe the subject matter in The Myth of You and Me was more to my liking, but I also think that the story was told with more emotion. I liked each of the main characters in this book very much, and even when the story went in a direction that I didn't like the ending wasn't cliche or insulting. This was an honestly told story about a friendship that goes awry, and it was told in such a way that most readers, I think, can see themselves in each of the characters. Bravo, Ms. Stewart!… (altro)
 
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Carmentalie | 41 altre recensioni | Jun 4, 2022 |
A wonderfully fresh look at a marriage. Her characters are complex and flawed and the language the author uses reads like a private diary. This is a contemporary and honest look at infidelity and the reality of being married.
 
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Carmentalie | 10 altre recensioni | Jun 4, 2022 |

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Statistiche

Opere
6
Utenti
1,517
Popolarità
#16,956
Voto
½ 3.5
Recensioni
87
ISBN
54
Lingue
3
Preferito da
1

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