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Cargando... Old Heart: A Novelpor Peter Ferry
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A thoughtful and pleasing book, which I liked far more than the book-clubby cover led me to think I would. As I get older I'm more drawn to stories about people navigating the issues of old age—I guess that's predictable—and I liked the protagonist a lot, and I thought the big ambiguities of life, both external and his own, were handled well (and not avoided just because they'd be knotty to write, which I appreciate). There's definitely more here than meets the eye, and even if I'm still not 100% sure about Ferry's narrative choice (omniscient, offscreen throughout), I think he pulled it off admirably. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Tom Johnson has just turned eighty-five. When faced with a nursing home, he escapes to the Netherlands to find the woman he fell in love with during World War II. His children want him back, but Tom fights to stay in the Netherlands for love, family and all the remaining rights of an old man"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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My reactions
If it hadn’t been for an F2F book club I probably would never have come across this little gem of a novel. I loved these characters (or loved to hate … in a couple of cases). In a short work the author addresses issues of aging, marriage (good and bad), lost opportunities, holding on to one’s dreams, taking chances, being responsible, and the meaning of love.
We were fortunate to have the author present for our discussion and a number of interesting points were brought up that had me rethinking some of my reactions. Our multi-generational group had some decidedly different points of view depending on our own ages. (Those characters I loved to hate at first now seem to have a few redeeming qualities.) ( )