by Jean Thompson
Out. Standing. http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/05/review-year-we-left-home-by-jean.html
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/03/year-we-left-home.htmlThe Year We Left Home is the story of one family and the story of our country over a span of thirty years as seen through the eyes of these individuals. It is an episodic novel. Each chapter is tol...
WHY: "an American Alice Munro” (The Wall Street Journal), and “one of our most lucid and insightful writers” (San Francisco Chronicle). Her peers have been no less vocal, from Jennifer Egan (“bracing . . . boldly unconventional”) to David Sedaris (“if there are ‘Jean Thompson characters,’ they’re us...
3.5 I wanted to like this more but I agree with what Judy below had to say. Alot of the stories had no follow thru so I felt very unsatisfied in the end.
3.5 I wanted to like this more but I agree with what Judy below had to say. Alot of the stories had no follow thru so I felt very unsatisfied in the end.
I got this as an ARC from a first-reads giveaway.The Year We Left Home has basically no plot, but chronicled the lives of an extended family. I can't get enough of stories like this, ones centered on different people and how they deal with life, how everyone reacts and chooses things differently. I ...
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