Jessica Winter
Autor de The Fourth Child
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Break in Case of Emergency: A novel por Jessica Winter
DNF'ing at page 130. Satire is supposed to be funny, not boring, even if it's a great concept for satire. Who are these people again? How many times have I attempted reading this on the train?
Everything that the book was about are things that I love to read about but for some reason it didn’t sit right with me. It dragged on and talked a lot about stuff without truly delving into it. It also felt like a very 2-dimensional, albeit well-researched, portrayal of Mirela.
The book introduces us to mother Jane and daughter Lauren, and later a second daughter, Mirela. Jane is molded by Catholic guilt, which caused her to marry a man she didn't love because she was pregnant. She enjoys denying herself just about anything. After a miscarriage, she is inspired to adopt a Romanian orphan and she comes home with three-year-old Mirela, who is quite damaged due to neglect. Mirela impacts the whole family, including Lauren who finds herself pregnant as a teenager, much like her mother herself was.… (más)
Very deep novel about mothers and daughters, but the title did not really work.
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