The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays & Stories
by:
Marina Keegan (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781476753911 (1476753911)
ASIN: 1476753911
Publish date: April 1st 2014
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I get stuck on the titles of books and this one got me. The cover is great too. I know it's just a picture of the author, but her pose and expression and body language were endearing. It was like she wasn't sure if this was a good idea but needed to say what she needed to see. She had to send it out...
There are some books that even after you have read the last page you hope in vain for 'just one more page'. Sometimes this is because it's an amazing series and all you have to do is go pick up the next installment. At other times, it's a standalone novel but there are many other books which make up...
Write what you know. It’s always the ‘advice’ others give us. Whether you believe it or not, it seems to be a staple of what people recommend you do when approaching creative writing, no matter how knowledgeable they may or may not be. Marina wrote what she knew, and what she lived. Which, as a wo...
When I read the introduction to this book about what type of person Marina Keegan was, I was expecting this to be a very upbeat and happy-go-lucky read. Wow, was it completely the opposite!Most of the fiction stories, while really good, was also very morbid and preoccupied with death. My favorite of...
Thank you to the publisher for sending me this copy. This did not influence my review in any way.The Opposite of Loneliness is an affecting collection of stories and essays by Marina Keegan, who died tragically in a car accident only five days after her graduation from Yale. She was already an accom...
9 years ago
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