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Bezig met laden... Brother of the More Famous Jack (origineel 1982; editie 1998)door Barbara Trapido
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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. This is a charming coming-of-age story, about Catherine, an aspiring university philosophy student when we first meet her. Through an improbable coincidence she is invited to spend a weekend with her professor's family. Jacob and Jane Goldman and their children are quirky, eccentric, and occasionally maddening, and take our Catherine in as if she is their own. Catherine's association with the Goldmans is the engine that drives this novel, which has a lot to say about class, women, academia, child-rearing and more. Funny, witty, occasionally heartbreaking; I loved it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Ask today's favorite novelists what books influenced their writing and you'll hearBrother of the More Famous Jackagain and again. Dog-eared copies of this long out-of-print novel are highly prized and shared enthusiastically in literary circles-its return to print is cause for celebration. Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the heart of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife, Jane, gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets beautiful, sulky Roger and his volatile younger brother, Jonathan. Inevitable heartbreak sends her fleeing to Rome, but ten years later, older and wiser, she returns to find the Goldmans again. "Why did it take me so long to discover the singular joys of Barbara Trapido's novels? Why, for so many years, had I missed these witty, soulful, heartbreaking, expansive, brilliant tales? What have I been wasting my time doing? Reading books that AREN'T perfect? Never again! Since finally discovering Trapido in 2012, I have become a literary evangelist on her behalf. On account of my badgering, all my friends now love her, too. I won't rest until everyone in America has read (and fallen in love with) this fabulous author."-Elizabeth Gilbert Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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All in all, I wasn't sure I liked Katherine. She is very unlucky in love and has this air of helplessness that bothered me throughout the entire book. She pines for a Goldman son even though it is apparent he never feels the same way. For six years she dates a married man who is ugly to her. This man left his previous wife because he lost respect for her when she became pregnant with his child. When Katherine finally escapes this relationship she runs straight back to the Goldman family. Why does she keep returning to these people? Because she has fallen in love with the entire family. Even after ten years away from them she finds herself ensconced in their lives. ( )