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Cargando... Saints for All Occasions: A novel (2017 original; edición 2017)por J. Courtney Sullivan (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This was a Goodreads Giveaway - 4.5 Stars. It took me awhile to get around to reading this and I found it instantly engaging once I did finally begin it. This was a well-written, interesting read. I did find the character of Nora to be frustrating but is suited her in a way. I would be interested in reading other books by this author. ( ) Read for my book club. In short, tedious. I get things were different in the 50s and I get that I'm not female and a lot of the issues in the story were female-centric. But I hate stories about secrets that are religious and cultural shaming. It was just one scene after another of people who were pointlessly confused by Nora's sad life. It didn't go anywhere useful. The characters didn't grow in any useful way. They just kept going nowhere for decades. A thoroughly useless story. The writing itself was ok and I'll share one sentence that I wanted to remember (page 274 hardcopy): "Her secret was like a diamond long buried kept under pressure then dug up and made into something so much more valuable than the thing it was to begin with." A couple of notes from other reviews to share with my book club: - Nora: seriously unlikeable, uninteresting, boring, cold hearted. None of the characters are very likeable, especially Nora, whose children suffer because of her. A saga of a sad insecure woman who negatively affected several generations of her family - The most stereotypical depiction of a lesbian I've ever read. I was waiting for the author to say that Bridget was blasting Indigo Girls on the way to the house. - The only part I found interesting was Theresa's journey to becoming a nun. I could have read more about that. I learned a bit from that. Everything else made me want to bang my head against the wall. - Loved the first section of Nora's and Theresa's immigration. It built up some grand issues, then the book went crosswise. Character stories were all over the place, political/social commentary that was distracting and brought nothing positive to the story, details were either irrelevant or missing, no character development, etc. Started out great and then became a horribly boring, convoluted read. Such a fantastic book! As an Irish Catholic myself, this book reminded me so much of my family history, and also, the pluses and minuses of the church. The author did a fantastic job of layering the story of family intricacies, the love, jealousy, insecurity, and challenges we all face. It's a book I highly recommend! A book both sad and hopeful. The story follows two sisters who migrate from Ireland to Boston in the mid-20th century, and how the choices they make echo into future generations. Once in Boston, the two sisters take dramatically different paths - one goes through with a pre-arranged marriage, and the other while more free-spirited takes some unexpected twists and turns. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"A sweeping novel about two sisters--one the matriarch of a boisterous Irish Catholic family, the other a cloistered nun, hidden from the world--and the secret that drove them apart"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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