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Bezig met laden... Early Warningdoor Jane Smiley
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |  Regardless, the further I read in the story the better it became. In fact, it was so good, that the last couple of chapters had me in tears. I am happy to read Jane Smiley's books because, as I grow older, and look back at my life and my family and my experiences, I see many of these things reflected in the characters that Jane Smiley writes about in her novels. I have become so much more thoughtful, of late, of the things that make me and people around me, tick. It is such a pleasure reading her novels because she can say in one sentence, something it has taken me years to realize. ( ) DarrinLett | Aug 14, 2022 | ) nancymaguire | Jul 10, 2021 | Covering the next 30 years, from the 1950s to the 1980s, Smiley continues her aga saga, centred around the Langdon family of Iowa. I didn't even properly recall all the first generation of characters after five years, but sure as hell wasn't about to go back to the beginning for a recap! (And I was very glad of the family tree in the front of the book.) None of the second generation are really very sympathetic or appealing - most come across as sociopathic, to be honest. And all the women do, even into the 80s, is stay in unhealthy relationships and breastfeed. In the best tradition of Austen, nothing really happens. Families fight, parents - and sometimes children - die, a new generation comes along. The one subplot even close to being suspenseful was telegraphed too clearly and too early to make a ripple in the pond. I did like a line of dialogue from the final page (ha!), which made me think: 'Who you are shapes how you are loved.' I love character-driven stories, especially about families, but this took me far too long to read - I kept nodding off after a couple of pages! Not sure about finishing the trilogy - maybe after another five year break! ( ) AdonisGuilfoyle | Aug 19, 2020 | AS Walter and Rosanna's children marry and have children of their own, the country passesd from the prosperous post-war 1960's to the turbulent q960's and '70's and tehn into the showy, splashy 1980's. Throughout it all, the family manages to hold onto the threads that bind it together and the reader gets to relive the Vietnam war, student protests, the sxual revolution, women's liberation, the People's Temple in San Francisco, the Reagon revoltion and finally the collapse of farm prices and the S&L loan scandal Smiley not only gives us a panoramic view of mid-century life, but also a cast of characters that readers should grow to care about. (  ) etxgardener | Jan 22, 2020 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:From the Pulitzer Prize-winner: the second installment, following Some Luck, of her widely acclaimed, best-selling American trilogy, which brings the journey of a remarkable family with roots in the Iowa heartland into mid-century America Early Warning opens in 1953 with the Langdon family at a crossroads. Their stalwart patriarch, Walter, who with his wife, Rosanna, sustained their farm for three decades, has suddenly died, leaving their five children, now adults, looking to the future. Only one will remain in Iowa to work the land, while the others scatter to Washington, D.C., California, and everywhere in between. As the country moves out of postâ??World War II optimism through the darker landscape of the Cold War and the social and sexual revolutions of the 1960s and â??70s, and then into the unprecedented wealthâ??for someâ??of the early 1980s, the Langdon children each follow a different path in a rapidly changing world. And they now have children of their own: twin boys who are best friends and vicious rivals; a girl whose rebellious spirit takes her to the notorious Peoples Temple in San Francisco; and a golden boy who drops out of college to fight in Vietnamâ??leaving behind a secret legacy that will send shock waves through the Langdon family into the next generation. Capturing a transformative period through richly drawn characters we come to know and care deeply for, Early Warning continues Smileyâ??s extraordinary epic trilogy, a gorgeously told saga that began with Some Luck and will span a century in America. But it also stands entirely on its own as an engrossing story of the challengesâ??and rewardsâ??of family and home, even in the most turbulent of times, all while showcasing a beloved writer at the height of her cons Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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