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Bezig met laden... Carelessdoor Deborah Robertson
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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. The more I read the more I loved it, and appreciated the restrained but lyrical quality of the writing. The plot moves in small but convincing ways. The characters are totally real. Wasn't quite happy about the way it ended, but would definitely recommend. ( ) This is the first book I've read from my box of winnings from last year, and I enjoyed it a lot. It follows a group of people who are all connected by this one artist, Adam Logan, who's designing a memorial for children. A lot of it's quite sad, but beautifully written, and the characters all seem really real. I was so pleased by the epilogue. from the bookshow; Now to a novel about how contemporary culture deals with loss, grief and our responsibility towards others. Deborah Robertson's debut novel Careless, shortlisted for the 2007 Miles Franklin Literary Award, interweaves three stories. Pearl, an eight-year-old girl, has just lost her younger brother Riley, who was killed with five other children in a playground massacre. Meanwhile, the recently widowed Sonya is trying to get through the day on her own without her beloved husband, whose sunnier disposition kept her darker thoughts at bay. The various narrative threads come together when Sonia invites the young and fashionable sculptor Adam to use her late husband's workshop as his studio. Adam hopes to be awarded the commission to create a memorial for the dead children. That's when he starts his affair with Pearl's neglectful mother Lily -- and starts to make designs for his magnum opus. Deborah Robertson is speaking today to the Book Show's Rhiannon Brown. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A seemingly insignificant, careless act can sometimes set tragedy in motion. Eight-year-old Pearl tries very hard to get things right. Attuned to her mother s brittle moods, she watches over her younger brother while carefully guarding her private passions. But a senseless act of violence at summer camp shatters Pearl s family, and nothing may ever be right again. In a cooler, greener suburb, Sonia is learning to live alone after the death of her husband, a furniture designer who will soon be commemorated by an exhibition of his work. At the edge of the city, the young sculptor Adam Logan is hoping that his controversial new exhibit will change his fortunes. Connected by grief and longing, and united by a shared goal to create a memorial for the city s lost children, these characters lives become entangled in ways that none could have foreseen. Combining the intimacy of a family s heartache with the suspense of a thriller, Careless is a gripping, seductive novel about the ties of caring and responsibility that are both formed and broken in today s society and about the resilience of the human psyche." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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