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Cargando... Burning Marguerite (2002)por Elizabeth Inness-Brown
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This stunning debut novel about love and death is set in New Orleans. One morning James Jack Wright finds his 94-year-old Tante Marguerite dead outside his cabin in the snow – what follows is the moving story of her life from the present in New England to the past, as a teenager in love in New Orleans around the Great Depression. Much of the tale unravels from Marguerite’s absorbing perspective and the reader gains a strong sense of this mother’s love for the child in her care. The story hinges on the tender relationship between her and James Jack, whom she adopted when he was orphaned as an infant. The writing is wonderful and Inness-Brown uses the metaphors of fire and ice so superbly they almost become additional characters in the book. This is an effortless engaging read. I loved the way this book was written. I sat down to read and when I looked up two hours had passed because I was totally immersed in the lives of Marguerite, James Jack and the others. This is a wonderful relationship book but it also has a bit of a mystery and the author gives hints but withholds the 'rest of the story' which is unraveled in its own good time and by the right person. Once I started I couldn't put this book down and would gladly reread it immediately--not a claim I make often about books. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
When James Jack finds his ninety-four-year-old 'Tante', Marguerite Deo, lying dead outside his cabin, he is forced to confront the mystery of her death. An unexpected tale unfolds, moving in backward glances from the present to a windswept New England island at the turn of the century, and to New Orleans during the Depression and World War II. At the heart of the story are a forbidden love, a violent crime kept secret for years, and above all, Marguerite's relationship with a little boy, James Jack, whom she adopts after his parents' death in a terrible accident on the frozen lake. This is a novel that captivates from the very first moment. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This is one of those character-driven novels with a strong sense of place. In fact you can almost feel the bone-numbing cold of the Vermont winter, especially when it's denizens venture out onto the lake to fish. But the characters remain front and center as the story circles slowly and inexorably toward its inevitable, heartbreaking conclusion.
I loved this little book, and will shelve it and its author, Elizabeth Inness-Brown, alongside a few other favorite Elizabeths - Strout, Berg and Hay. But I should add that her writing also brought to mind another nearly unknown contemporary writer whose work I have loved, Jeannie Burt. (Don't know her? Look her up; her books are delightful.) in the meantime, MARGUERITE gets my highest recommendation. I
- Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER ( )