There are times when I’m reading Hannah Pittard’s work that I am enthralled. I’m pulled into the language, the atmosphere, and the emotion. I’m feeling everything and it’s unrelenting. During these moments, the characters are alive. The story becomes all that matters. There’s no escape. And I’m glad...
Hannah Pittard's latest, her third novel, is a very quick read with a straightforward story line. On the surface, this novel has many simple components. The setting takes places mostly in the car. There are primarily two characters: Mark and Maggie. Even the language seems toned back compared to Pit...
This one was a bit of a surprise to me. I expected it to be more of a thriller. But instead I found an in-depth character study of a man, Mark, and his wife, Maggie. Maggie has recently been mugged and has become paranoid and fearful. She spends too much time on the internet reading stories of th...
By: Hannah Pittard ISBN: 1455553611 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 10.07.2014 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars Hannah Pittard’s REUNION is an emotional and moving novel; with brutal honesty and insights into family dysfunction—with all the grief and pain, mixed with humor a...
From Booklist Lauded short story author Pittard’s carefully plotted first novel, centered on the aftermath of a 16-year-old girl’s disappearance, is interestingly told from the first-person plural point of view of the boys she left behind. Now grown men with wives and families, they have, for the mo...
What is it that makes a reader love the writing of a particular author? I've never given it much thought. Obviously there's something about the story or the characters that simply entertains the reader. Upon reading Hannah Pittard's newest novel, I can't help but wonder if it's sometimes more than t...
Nicely written little book, but really just not my thing. A meandering way of telling a tale, nothing is really certain at the end, but boy do we get all the little bits of salacious gossip about the other kids along the way.YMMV.
Nicely written little book, but really just not my thing. A meandering way of telling a tale, nothing is really certain at the end, but boy do we get all the little bits of salacious gossip about the other kids along the way.YMMV.
Language is a powerful tool. It can enrage the timid, soothe a lost crew at sea, and motivate the masses to march. If nothing else, language is a seducer. And from the pen of Hannah Pittard, it certainly does seduce.I love... (no, this is an instance where I choose to type like a freshman girl wh...
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