Blessings.
by:
Anna Quindlen (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780812968958 (0812968956)
Publish date: March 30th 2004
Publisher: Random House Inc.
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Drama,
Family,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
This is not a happy story with happy endings. It’s a story of people with human flaws who make mistakes. People who learn more about themselves and others, live with their regret and try to find peace and sometimes succeed, if only in part. It’s not a happy ending, but I think it’s a hopeful one. An...
I really enjoyed this. Quindlen has a strong, clean prose style that skillfully picks the telling details that vividly evoke both setting and character. Blessings is the name of an estate in upstate New York. There are passages that lyrically put before your eye the pond with snapping turtles and le...
3 stars
3 stars
This book was sooooo good. It is not funny and doesn't have a happy ending but it was great. I was crying while reading it. It's the story of a baby that brings together an elderly woman who has secrets in her past and a young man who has never really had a family. Love it.