Ordinary People
by:
Judith Guest (author)
ISBN:
9780002216135 (0002216132)
Publish date: 1977
Publisher: Collins
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Psychology,
High School
I wish I had the skill to truly analyze what makes the difference between a book where the author tries to manipulate the reader’s emotions and only gets an “hmm how sad” from me, or worse, eyerolls, and a book that has me glued to the pages and leaking tears. All I know is that this is one of the l...
This is one of those quiet books that doesn’t seem like much on the surface, but there is a lot going on underneath. It’s one of those books that require some thinking to really get it. Ordinary People alternates points-of-view between a father and a son. The father, Cal, is a successful attorney ...
The Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. In this memorable, moving novel, Judith Guest takes the reader into their lives to share their misunderstandings, p...
Robert Redford's adaptation of Ordinary People has always been one of my favorite psychological films of all time, but I had no idea it was based on a book (heap shame on me, all of it). The narration dives straight into each character's thoughts and swims along, flashing this way and that in a st...
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