The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
Andrew Sean Greer,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers on 06-25-2013
Andrew Sean Greer,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers on 06-25-2013
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780062213846 (0062213849)
ASIN: 9780062213846
Publish date: 25-06-2013
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
One woman, Greta, deeply grieved by the passing of her beloved twin brother and jilted by a long-time lover, undergoes electroshock therapy to help her get over it. A 'side effect' of the treatment is that she is transported to a different time in history each time she gets shocked. In those other t...
Please read my full review here: http://mwgerard.com/accent-impossible-lives-greta-wells/
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-impossible-lives-of-greta-wells.htmlThe time is 1985. Greta Wells's twin brother has just died, and her long-time partner Nathan has just left her. She goes for therapy and agrees to undergo electroconvulsive (a.k....
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells is beauty and quiet sadness put to words of fancy and wonder. It is the story of Greta Wells, whose life has become unbearable and heavy with loss. She submits to electroshock therapy (or electroconvulsive therapy, as the book calls it, but I don't see how that is...
In 1985, Greta Wells, of Patchin Place in Greenwich Village, is sliding deeper and deeper into an unshakeable depression. Her brother Felix has died from AIDs, and Greta's longtime lover, Nathan, has left her for another woman. The only person left in her life is her flamboyant aunt, Ruth, who lives...
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