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Cargando... Family History (2003)por Dani Shapiro
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I loved this book, but the ending is abrupt. It felt unfinished. ( ) Shapiro delivers a real page turner chock full of book club discussion material with her portrait of a “perfect” family destroyed by mental illness. Rachel and Ned Jensen are leading a charmed, artsy, liberal New England existence until their daughter becomes a teen and falls apart, taking the entire family with her. The reader must decide who, if anyone, is the villain, the victim, if Rachel is a reliable narrator, etc. You will be thinking about it long after the last page is turned. Reminded me of another book which made me want to get myself neutered: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, with a bit of Little Children by Tom Perrotta thrown in for good measure. What a brilliant read. A decent young couple raises their daughter with loving care and her emotional disturbance tears the whole family apart. I paused to write down many quotes, astounding insights from Dani S. And what can I say about Phyllis!! The archetypal narcissistic (grand)mother! Certainly my best read so far in 2012. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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From the prodigiously gifted author of the acclaimed memoir Slow Motion, a stunning and brutally honest novel about one family's harrowing recovery from devastation. Rachel Jensen is perfectly happy: in love with her husband, devoted to their daughter Kate, gratified by her work restoring art. And finally, she's pregnant again. But as Rachel discovers, perfection can unravel in an instant. The summer she is thirteen, Kate returns from camp sullen, angry, and withdrawn. Everyone assures Rachel it's typical adolescent angst. But then Kate has a terrifying accident with her infant brother, and the ensuing guilt brings forth a dreadful lie--one that ruptures their family, perhaps irrevocably. Family History is a mesmerizing journey through the mysteries of adolescent pain and family crisis. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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