Wow, this one will tug on your heartstrings. What are heartstrings, by the way? I don't think that I even knew that I had them until diving into this book.
This is a zinger of a novel. (And why, why, why, I ask, am I reading this novel at this time? So mysterious.) No one is looking after Mom and, after a while, Mom just wanders off. Her family doesn't even realize she is missing until she has been lost for some time. And where does she go? No one know...
Book at Bedtimehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b011jw8d/Book_at_Bedtime_Please_Look_After_Mother_Episode_1/After the Rashomon-esque memories of the family, it is rather a relief when we get to mum's recounting. Lots of ::Life's Lessons:: and ::Heartstrings Pulled:: here. Blergh
I am hoping that this book picks up. It is good, but not great and def. not what I expected. There are way too many flashback scenes, which I am hoping will have relevance to the mother's disappearance.ETA(04/27/11): This book def. picks up..it takes almost 100 pages in, but a whole different set of...
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