We Are Water
From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy.
From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780061941023 (0061941026)
ASIN: 61941026
Publish date: October 22nd 2013
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 561
Edition language: English
4.5 stars.I often find it a lot harder to review the books I really liked than the ones I didn't, so I've been sitting on this review for weeks.But I really loved this book. There were a couple things about it that annoyed me, so I'll get those out of the way first. I didn't like that so many of the...
We Are Water is a family story, of hurt and healing, acceptance and moving forward. It was quite good, written in alternating POVs, but mostly that of Annie and Orion Oh, an estranged couple. There are many flashbacks, but the present day story revolves around the upcoming nuptials between Annie O...
Pretty good.. Almost as good as undone, psychoanalytic theme, Annie Oh/Anna O
Near the end of this book, there's talk of a study where brain scientists studied the MRIs of subject when they read fiction. They apparently found that the brain was stimulated through reading fiction in much the same way as it was if the reader was actually experiencing the scenarios described in...
I picked up this read simply because I was drawn to the title, not knowing what the story was about. Partway in, I realize that it's about a middle-aged woman who has left her husband for.... another woman. I chose to continue reading as, by that time, I was drawn into wanting to find out what goes ...