Really liked this book. I finished it like every English major does in school. Sitting down at 8:30 and not getting up at night till it's done.Great symbolism, and themes. It is about family, race, father/motherhood, and how the draft of the Vietnam war can affect men as they head to college.G...
It isn't often that I am crying at the end of a novel, but this beautiful book left me shattered. I have to admit that I most definitely did not see the ending coming.I liked the transposed chapters between the present and the past. The elderly Billie is someone I really like, while the young hou...
Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood is a great book club selection, but if you are looking for a light beach read, my suggestion is to pass on this one. It was just too melancholy for this reader. It is a riveting story though, providing a glimpse into the 1960(s) and the role and treatment of women....
I really, really liked this book. It's not a "thriller", it doesn't have a ton of climatic scenes, etc. BUT, I adored the author's writing style and how she REALLY seemed to get inside every one of the characters. As I read, I felt like she had a real grasp of what each character was going throug...
I think this is the more human book and close to reality that I have ever read. My feelings changed throughout the book for all the main characters. I know this is kind of a love or hate, as I saw reading numerous reviews. So when I started reading it I wasn't sure what to expect and it was good ...
"He sleeps so deeply sometimes that his silence wakes me up...""My childhood is like an amputee's phantom limb. It's not something someone intact can understand.""There's something nice about having a shared childhood with someone. You don't have to explain a lot of things to each other.""In a ye...