What We Keep
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780613226103 (0613226100)
Publish date: May 25th 1999
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Edition language: English
2.5 starsThis was a quick, easy read. I was enjoying the book most of the way through, with some minor issues (mainly I didn't really have a feel for the 1958 time period and had to keep reminding myself that it was taking place then and not more modern), but it lost me at the end. After the build...
Das Buch haben meine Mutter und ich zusammen gekauft, da der Kurztext neugierig gemacht hat.Wir beide hatten das Buch durch gelesen und darüber gesprochen.Das Buch hat eine tolle Geschichte, eine Mutter hat ab und lässt ihre zwei Töchter ohne eine Erklärung zurück. Fünfunddreißig Jahre Später kommt ...
Elizabeth Berg captured the complexities of the mother/daughter relationship beautifully in this family tale of loss, regret, and redemption. I found myself equally frustrated and sympathetic for the mother in this story. The backdrop song could be the lyric by John Mayer: "Mothers be good to your d...
Another good-ie from Ms. Berg. This is one of her better ones.