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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book has stealth depth, which emerges slowly throughout the story. It takes a lighthearted approach at first, despite the story being about the death of a loved one. Slowly, we learn about the many hidden layers that exist between and among family members and lovers. The characters have very real, life-sized problems, and the find the strength to handle them in many touching ways. Their relationships take unexpected and lovely paths. I came to love them all. ( ) Such a great book. This book hits all the right points, and isn't overly sappy about it. The "other" daughter who fled to the big city as soon as she could returns to Nashville after her sister dies. Her Honor, their mother, is predictably cold and distant, as her country club surroundings require. Plus, there's knitting and weaving and a natural disaster. What's not to love? I initially heard of this book and added it to my to read list because I have followed Ann’s writing over at Mason Dixon Knitting for years. I was delighted (yet not too surprised) to discover it was set in Nashville. It has been a few weeks since I finished this book and I’m still thinking about the challenges the characters faced and Nashville. What makes Ann’s debut novel one that kept me turning pages long past my bedtime is her attention to the whole story. Not only do we meet characters we’d love to join for pancakes, but we also meet those we’d not hesitate to volunteer with and help out the community when disaster strikes. I’ve thought a good deal about the fraught-filled child-parent relationship, self-worth, and medical decisions. I’ve thought about the strength of relationships both in family and in neighborhood, and about what causes a city to be vibrant or isolate itself to stagnation and abandoned storefronts. To me, this is a sign that the author, as story teller, has done her job. Ann brought a world to life and I’m still wondering about it. You can read the complete review of both the book & the bookstore where I bought it at my site. Bowling Avenue by Ann Shayne follows Delia Ballenger’s re-acquaintance with all things Nashville, including her absentee mother, statuesque brother-in-law, and two nieces she barely knows when she’s given her sister Ginna’s house, 603 Bowling Avenue. Bowling Avenue has a culture all its own, with the in-your-business neighbors and the families of doctors from the Vanderbilt. Delia has lived her life on her own terms, but has rarely returned home for family gatherings or holidays, spending her time alone in Chicago catering to the needs of the super rich on holiday in a variety of countries. She’s lived an isolated life, and because of that her sister’s death is even more shocking as are the revelations that come with her passing. Read the full review: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2012/10/bowling-avenue-by-ann-shayne.html sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Welcome to 603 Bowling Avenue, a lush, empty Colonial Revival house tucked away in a leafy Nashville neighborhood. Who’s that in the ratty attic bedroom, holed up like a squirrel, writing real estate ads as fast as she can? Delia Ballenger, former Nashvillian. She’s back in town to sell the house that her tender-hearted big sister inexplicably left her after dying in a car crash. Delia needs to get back to Chicago as fast as possible. However, uninvited people keep showing up at the front door: Her mother, Grace Ballenger. Brilliant federal judge and the number-one reason Delia lives in another state. A patrician and poorly socialized neighbor, Angus Donald. Ethan Hardy, rotund country music superstar. Shelly Carpenter, the housekeeper who raised Delia. Not a talker. Her brother-in-law, Bennett Schwartz, a wretched surgeon, along with his girls Cassie and Amelia—the nieces she’s never known. And, most vexing, a charming real estate agent, Henry Peek. Noble? Or not? And why does he keep quoting Kierkegaard? Delia finds herself up to her eyeballs in a flood of delayed reactions, secrets, and the sort of love that sneaks up on you. For everyone who has muttered “You can’t go home again,” here’s what happens when you go anyway. You’ll laugh. You may cry, if you’re the weepy type. And you’ll cheer for Delia even as you wonder how she can eat a Pop-Tart as an entree. Like The Descendants, Bowling Avenue is a story of learning how to let go, hold on—and bail water. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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