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Sto caricando le informazioni... Playing the Bonesdi Louise Redd
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"On Lacy Springs's list of One Hundred Things I Want Out of Life, the first slot is disconcertingly blank. Unfortunately, the second slot is filled - by her desire for a man who is wrong for her in every way." "Lacy Springs has a job she cares about, a fiance she loves, and a wedding she should be planning. But one night she meets a blues singer called Black Jesus, and all her well-laid plans are cast aside. Nothing Lacy says or does or tells herself can keep her from falling into an overwhelming affair with Black Jesus, one that threatens not just her nuptials, but also her most basic ideas about who she is." "Playing the Bones is Lacy's account of nights with Black Jesus and days trying to put her life back together. In her quest for balance, Lacy turns to some strange remedies: a celibacy program for her wedding night, healing rituals at the scenes of childhood traumas, going on the road with Black Jesus and his band, even a trip to Graceland. These actions take Lacy far beyond her familiar territory and help her begin to see that intimacy with someone else will only work once she's opened up to herself. As the story unfolds, Lacy sets out, undaunted - if not toward a happy ending, at least on a journey she knows is worth taking."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved 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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The story is about a flaky school teacher, a Southern belle, about to marry a complex, sensitive author who speaks beautifully and adores her. Naturally he's white. However, she herself is in love, or perhaps just lust, with the singer of a band. He speaks badly, is violent, abusive, has no respect for women and, along with his band members doesn't take guns and shooting at all seriously. Naturally he's black. Absolute stereotypes yes, well-rounded characters, haha, only in the author's mind.
Her best friend is also her therapist. An almost-qualified psychology student who practices weird rituals, speaks therapy-talk, wears a turban and 70s clothes and I was going to say was from New York, naturally, but she could have been from California.
The tension between our heroine and the other three people together with the secondary characters of wicked mother, in-denial sidekick, a paedophile babysitter and the father-figure gardener (black, naturally, we must have balance) is what forms the basis of this book.
I didn't find it "A delicious, warm, and sexy first novel about love, infidelity, and the blues" as the blurb says. It was nasty, racist and more truly about the distinct lack of love between the characters.
The book wasn't entirely unenjoyable as a piece of un-pc froth, but although there is implied depth in the heroine's journey into herself and healing, it doesn't actually materialise and she, like the other characters, remains more or less one dimensional.
It wasn't that bad, it wasn't that good. It was just one of those books you read and forget about quite quickly.
2.5 stars rounded up to 3, meaning it was all right. ( )