When the World Was Steady
by:
Claire Messud (author)
An exploration of divergent lives - two sisters, Virginia and Emmy. Virginia has lived all her life with her domineering and eccentric mother. Emmy emigrated to Australia as a young woman and set up house there with a rich husband. In middle age, the sisters both find themselves facing crises.
An exploration of divergent lives - two sisters, Virginia and Emmy. Virginia has lived all her life with her domineering and eccentric mother. Emmy emigrated to Australia as a young woman and set up house there with a rich husband. In middle age, the sisters both find themselves facing crises.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780964561106 (0964561107)
Publish date: September 1st 1995
Publisher: Granta (NY)
Pages no: 270
Edition language: English
I started reading this novel again back in January. I picked it up and abandoned it 3 times before just pushing myself to get it over with. There are pieces of it that are really interesting but man, the rest is boring, beautiful prose, but boring. None of her characters I could connect with. They w...
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