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Bezig met laden... The Common Bond (2008)door Donigan Merritt
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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. ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly recommended. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book. I wasn't sure what direction it was going in. Then it started to draw me in to the story. It's one of those that you will keep reading because you want to understand. The main character is Morgan Carey, but the book is not about him. It is more about his relationship with his wife and his guilt regarding their relationship. It is about learning from our relationships and is told with a sensitivity to all the depths of emotion involved. It is about love, death, and finding oneself again. Moving, thoughtful, and inspiring. I also enjoyed the secondary relationships, especially the ones between Morgan and Ben Kamakani, and his family. They befriended Morgan at a time of great loss for him, and then for themselves, and they helped him heal, and gave him hope for the future. Read this book, enjoy the Hawaiian setting, and join Morgan as he finds his redemption. ![]() ![]() Victoria is a very emotionally insecure and psychologically damaged woman whose childhood was riddled with unimaginable torment by those she trusted. Deserted by the people she thought loved her, she no longer trusts anyone, and requires constant reassurance from Morgan that he will never leave her. She encourages Morgan to resume his academic life, and on the strength of his one published book, he is hired as a college professor. During his absences, Victoria strives to be the perfect wife and to develop her artistic talent. Morgan fails miserably in his pursuit of academic acheivements as a professor and as a writer. Victoria experiences a traumatic event that pushes her to the edge. Are accidents really accidents or are they our subconscious pushing us in another direction? Hawaii is the only comfort for Morgan after Victoria's death. In fact, drinking himself into a stupor each day seems to be the only release from memories and regrets. Morgan soon discovers that redemption appears in many forms. And so do we. Is the common bond that often elusive ability to forgive ourselves and move on with our lives? Or is it the realization that we all make mistakes which may alter our lives for better or worse? The common bond that prevails is friendship, love, and forgiveness. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
When Morgan Cary flies home to Hawaii after a decade spent in California, he arrives with a broken heart and an overwhelming sense of guilt surrounding the death of his wife. He finds his way back to the comfort of Hilo's wet green mountain slopes, the pearl-colored volcanic haze, and the tropical perfume of gardenia, plumeria, and eucalyptus, but he also returns to the painful and persistent memories of his early days with Victoria–from the moment she walked into his life on the arm of his childhood best friend. Morgan's ghosts are many: they appear at the docks, in the motel rooms of the Sunset Lanai, and in the Red Pants fishermen's bar. He loses himself working alone as a commercial fishing boat captain, trolling the Pacific for yellowfin tuna and blue marlin, trying to surmount the crushing presence of his past. As he spirals further into his grief, the hope of a deliverance into the future appears through an unexpected friendship with a native Hawaiian family, and forces Morgan to sift through the worst of his memories as he searches for his life in the solace of the sea.Resonant with human emotion and insight, The Common Bond is an exquisite novel of precision and grace that captures the depths of the human capacity for guilt, and the traps of compassion and hope in redemption. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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