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Bezig met laden... Lost in the Forestdoor Sue Miller
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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.  slojudy | Sep 8, 2020 |    ) bookishblond | Oct 24, 2018 | ( ) ChristineEllei | Jul 14, 2015 | The story really revolves around Daisy one of Eva and Mark's daughters. Daisy is seriously effected by the loss of her family due to the divorce and this is compounded when she looses her step-dad, John. Not my favorite book and never having read Sue Miller, I am not compelled to explore her other works. (  ) AstridG | Jun 28, 2012 |  ) jenny.whitman | Apr 9, 2012 |
 Prolific novelist Miller’s latest work takes some time to draw the reader in, but when it does, it’s believable and gripping. A story of five people struggling with death and loss, it is also an acute observation of intergenerational conflict and a tribute to the power of shared history and love. Evocatively set in California’s vineyard-covered Napa Valley (whose backdrop of the wine-making world and its cycles gives the book its dreamy, elegiac tone), ‘Lost in the Forest’ tells of the effect of John Albermarle’s untimely death on his wife, small son and teenage stepdaughters – as well as on the wife’s first husband, who discovers that he is becoming increasingly attracted to her again. You don't need to read a book with a title like ''Lost in the Forest'' to guess that Sue Miller will be using it to acquaint you with a wolf and a version of Red Riding Hood, a girl teetering on the dangerous cusp between childhood and adulthood, innocence and initiation. But if at first her new novel seems to revisit an overly familiar story, she quickly offers proof that it will be in her own distinctive style -- that it will, in fact, be one of her strongest, most satisfying books. Miller has always been adept at rendering the complexities of family life, the way even well-intentioned, decent people can't walk across a room without wounding at least one person they love. But while some of her plots (that of ''While I Was Gone,'' for example) can be cluttered and occasionally clumsy, ''Lost in the Forest'' has a seemingly effortless grace; Miller quickly captures and never loses our attention. PrijzenOnderscheidingen
Set in the vineyards of Northern California the story of a young girl who, in the wake of a tragic accident, seeks solace in a damaging love affair with a much older man. Eva, a divorced and happily remarried mother of three, runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband, John, is killed in a car accident, her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily, the eldest, must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo, the youngest, can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy, the middle child, John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment, exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow, Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey, a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Eventually Mark tries to do better. He recognizes that he was not a good husband to Eva. He recognizes, belatedly, that much of the time his daughters (and occasionally Theo) spent with him he did not focus on them. His work developing vineyards took much of his time and interest.
A tragedy hits the new couple. John is killed by a drunk driver. Mark makes an effort to be supportive and perhaps more. He holds out hope that he and Eva might get back together in time.
Meanwhile, Emily and Daisy are growing up. Daisy, who has grown tall and gangly, with sharp edges, simply cannot adore her older, smaller, beautiful sister. The two are too different. When she enters high school, Daisy gets involved in many activities but has few friends. The loss of her stepfather was especially hard on her, yet she refuses to let others see her grief.
Ultimately the story centers on Daisy and essentially ends there. She did seem to be "lost in the forest" for a time, like the stories the older members of the family told to Theo. And her life does appear to have run along the same lines as these stories.
Parents can't always prepare their children for what lies ahead, particularly when some things knock them off their centers themselves. (