by Hannah Pittard
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...
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.
More like 2.5 really. An overall well written but not very engrossing or satisfying novel.
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...
The Fates Will Find Their Way is Hannah Pittard's debut novel. The novel is unique in many ways. The female author writes from the male perspective, and has written the book in first person plural. The narrator's voice could be of any or all of the boys collectively. The story is told in a non-linea...
Originally posted on http://bookalicio.usThe Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard is one of the more beautiful books I have read in my lifetime. I felt like I was watching the passing of time and living my life secretly along with the boys who miss Nora. At first as the reader I wanted to kno...
The Fates Will Find Their Way tells the story of 16 year old Norah Lindell who goes missing one night. The boys in the neighborhood who knew her best tell their story and as they grow into men still can't shake the question that has bothered them since they were 16: what if? What if she hadn't disap...
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