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by Kim Edwards
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The Night Owl
The Night Owl rated it 17 years ago
I read the first 40 pages or so and just had a hard time getting into the characters. Maybe I just picked this up at the wrong time, but I will try again some other time.
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 17 years ago
the portentiousness of it all
eshchory
eshchory rated it 18 years ago
Started well then fizzled into nothing. For the last 150 pages it seemed about to end but just dragged on. And then the ending was pretty lame.I also found it irritatingly repetitive concerning the characters feelings, as if the author was unable show any development as the characters matured/went ...
florinda3rs
florinda3rs rated it 18 years ago
On a snowy late-winter night in Lexington, Kentucky in March 1964, a doctor's wife unexpectedly goes into labor, and he has to perform the delivery himself in his own office. Twins are delivered - a healthy boy, and a girl who clearly exhibits Down's syndrome. Believing that it's in everyone's best ...
afterwhat
afterwhat rated it 18 years ago
I don't think I did this book justice. I was impatient to get through it and get onto A Thousand Splendid Suns, so I didn't take the time to really examine it the way that I think it probably deserves. It's about living with the choices that you've made, and how one split-second, emotional decisio...
JustbooksLibia
JustbooksLibia rated it 19 years ago
Awesome book-- wasn't sure I'd enjoy it when I got it but it was wonderful. Excellently written.
SJane
SJane rated it 19 years ago
The best thing about this book is the cover. Maybe that's the only good thing about this book. My mother had it lying around the house and I read it (why did I finish it? I don't know what possessed me), and I'm glad I didn't pay for it. This author had a good idea, but needs to take a higher road w...
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