I hate to be a curmudgeon, but boy, was this book a disappointment. The characters were shallow and some seemed totally pointless. The plot was disjointed with themes that had nothing to do with the arson investigation I thought that the book was supposed to be about. I muddled through because the r...
THE ARSONIST by Sue Miller I enjoyed this very well written book until I got to the end. Then I felt cheated. Where was the conclusion? What happened? Who was guilty? Who died? Who loved? Frankie and Bud were clearly drawn, likeable characters. Frankie’s life in Africa was detailed enough to make ...
The story of a woman who can't fully reveal herself to those close to her and how that affects her marriage and her kids. The best part of the book is her memories of living in house of other college-age people during the 60s. The result of that time in her life is that she can never quite connect f...
I full-up admit that I wanted to read this book because the summary said the middle child in a grief-stricken family embarks upon a journey to figure out who she is and what she means to the greater world via sexual exploration with a much older man. This Lolita topic is something that always piques...
In San Fransisco fifty-two year old Catherine is attempting to remake her life after the collapse of her second marriage. When her aunt dies, Catherine inherits her grandmother's house in New England. Could this offer the chance of a new beginning? She quits her job and travels across the country to...
Audiobook.First of all, I love Blair Brown's narration. You know exactly who is speaking and the emotion that is being conveyed. I plan on making her a narrator that I seek. The story itself, wonderful. Heartbreaking at times and full of all kinds of human foibles. It's mostly about a mother, a...
This is an interesting book exploring a person's reaction to tragedy, depending on the vantage point from which one comes to it, at the time it occurs. Explicitly, the story revolves around the terrorist attack of 9/11, although it is about an imaginary attack on a train; it is about the conflicting...
There are some good ones here - "Nobody's Business" (Jhumpa Lahiri), "A House On the Plains" (E.L. Doctorow), "Zilkowski's Theorem" (Karl Iagnemma), "Nachman From Los Angeles" (Leonard Michaels), and "Love and Hydrogen" (Jim Shepard). But there are also a few that just didn't impress me.
Superb. Intriguing. Bittersweet. Miller recalls her thoughts and insecurities during her father's neurological decline. Therapeutic and allowed her closure - it is so incredibly touching. Reminds me of grandpa.
This was a wonderful book. The story told by one of the characters, the youngest child of a divorced couple living in the Nappa Valley. As we listen in to her conversation with her therapist when she is an adult, she comments on the divorce of her parents, her mother's remarriage and subsequent wido...
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