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Bezig met laden... The Tiger in the Tiger Pitdoor Janette Turner Hospital
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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 book will give you many moments of pleasure and insight - the prose is completely delicious. I love the structure of this novel, as we read from multiple viewpoints as the story progresses, without the annoyance of too much jumping about in time and place - everything moves forward at an understandable pace and context. The characters are interesting but deeply flawed. The more I read about them, the more I understood them - and the less I liked them! The neat plot twist at the end, which demonstrated a complete misunderstanding at the heart of Edward's unhappiness and self-designated sacrifice, was a surprise to me, and also made me hastily re-evaluate my impression of Elizabeth's character. Everyone is selfish and self-absorbed. There is a great deal of truth in this novel, and it is not at all as dire as I've made it sound. I was just disappointed in these people - most probably because I had invested in them emotionally. I think this is a book which will benefit from a second reading, and will continue to please me for many years as I ponder the motivations and actions of the Carpenters and their contacts. The 50th wedding anniversary party of the Carpenters brings to a peak all the tensions and mystery that has built up during those years. It has not been a happy family- Elizabeth, an artist married to a stern, angry and frustrated school principal have raised three children: Jason, a selfish womanizing psychologist, Emily, a world renown concert violinist, and Victoria, a mental mess who resides in a mental institution. It is Emily's son who becomes the catalyst for reducing the tension and leading to some resolution of the family problems. A major irony in the plot is that the husband has always regretted not consummating the affair he imagined with a colleague's wife when we learn that the colleague & Elizabeth did have a consummated affair and the colleague's wife always thought that the Carpenters' son was her husband's. Slow to start as Hospital introduces the characters but concludes with a bang. We see some of the same parts of the story through the eyes of different characters which reveals the differing motivations for how they act. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)New Canadian Library (194)
In this powerfully dramatic saga, a mother works to reunite her children with their ailing tyrannical father and with each other. Her son is a psychiatrist, one daughter is tragically schizophrenic, the other a free-spirited concert violinist whose young son may yet redeem them all. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This sounds a bit like a soap opera/chick lit, but most definitely is not. It is a story of family secrets, forgiveness and choices made. The ending is perfect! I will be looking for other works by this author. ( )