Maddie Tyler is reunited with her high school crush, Jack McKenzie. Both are at difficult periods in their current relationships. Maddie has been dealt some bad hands. She also is a bit naïve. I did like her though. She is a good mother, which I value. I like Jack. He is a set designed. M...
I found this book to be kind of choppy, and I had a hard time reading it aloud to the kids. So, that's the first thing. Secondly, this book did not capture my kindergarten aged nephew's attention. He was almost totally bored by it, but I think that's partially because it was above his level of ...
INSERT OBNOXIOUSLY AMBIGUOUS SYNOPSIS HEREFrance, before and after World War II. two lives, two bodies, one soul? twins born to A Regular Guy and An Earth Mother. a weaving factory. A Gay Uncle: predator, Gentleman Garbage Man, prey. children led to their doom; a lover devoured by rats. La French Re...
[These notes were made in 1990. I read the Anne Carter translation, London: Minerva, 1981]. Novel first published 1975. I read this within months of rereading Twins by Bari Wood, a sensationalistic mass market novel on the same theme. The two are night and day: this is a far more sophisticated pie...