The World Without You was not a very memorable read for me. As I sit here, trying to gather my thoughts on this book I realize that while I still remember quite distinctly the events of the novel, I just can’t seem to form an opinion on how much I enjoyed the novel. There was nothing about it that s...
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this book was really good it is about a family who lost a love 1 and they are trying to learn how to deal with out him they all come together on the anniversary of his death we also find out many secrets about the family highly recommend it
I believe I have to state that this book was a goodreads giveaway. It was, and I was very happy to receive it. This is an indepth, character driven, look at a family grieving, a year on from the loss of a brother. Henkin gives us a deep and thorough insight into how each family members copes (or ...
A family dynamics novel, The World Without You revolves around a memorial service for Leo Frankel on the 4th of July 2005. Leo's sisters, widow, and parents come together to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his death in the war. Marilyn and David's marriage is strained, evidence of the statis...
To mark the one year anniversary of journalist Leo Frankel’s murder in Baghdad, the Frankel family returns, en masse, to their childhood vacation home to have a memorial service and unveiling for him. Three sisters and their brother’s widow join their parents and return with their families to the fa...
First sentence: "'Here', she says, 'I'll get you a sweater.'"P. 99: ""She's at one baseline with a bucket at her feet, and Clarissa, at the other baseline, also has a bucket."Last sentence: "Then he's there, her husband, coming down the stairs, his shoes making their syncopated beat, and she's looki...
This was not the book for me. DNF.
When I first started seeing reviews of Matrimony last fall, I was intrigued but ambivalent. My personal history has made me sometimes reluctant to tackle novels about troubled marriages, and this one looked like it might hit just a bit too close to home. Julian and Mia married before they were out o...
When you have just finished reading a book (yesterday) and almost nothing hangs in your mind about it, what does that say?The book is called Matrimony, but it didn’t really seem to about matrimony. Ultra-rich Julian befriends middle class Carter at their liberal and anti-establishment college. Both ...
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