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Bezig met laden... Secondhand Smoke (2002)door Patty Friedmann
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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. I have no idea why Patty Friedmann isn't the world's most famous author. Her books are magnificent. ( ) This book made me crazy. I really wanted to feel something for the characters, but they were just too pathetic. The story consists mainly of them flailing around with no purpose. The only aspect of the book that made me feel anything was the strong resemblance of the mother (Ru) to my own grandmother. Not a bad story. The characters are not at all likeable (they become a bit more at the end) but I still enjoyed reading about this family. There is some humor mixed into this drama which keeps the story moving. Each chapter is told by a different member of this family and I like watching stories unfold in this manner. This is definitely the most dysfunctional family I have read about in a long time. The characters and their issues are at times funny, at times sad, and at times downright maddening. This is a novel about survival an redemption. There are some interesting questions at the end that would make this a really great discussion book for book clubs. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A gorgeous tragicomic novel of working-class New Orleans. Zib and Wilson Bailey-Jerusha's two grown kids-think the thick cloud of cigarette smoke enveloping their mother is what probably killed their father. Certainly the toxicity of Jerusha Bailey's dark and cynical attitudes has driven her children far from home. Wilson has escaped to Chicago, married, converted to Judaism, become a professor of Organic Evolution, all of which earns his mother's scorn. She doesn't think much of her daughter either: Zib, almost forty, unmarried and directionless, has made it only as far as the Florida Panhandle, where she's the assistant manager at the local Winn-Dixie and must fight off her boss's affections.So obliviously isolated is Jerusha, only one person is left in her sights: Dustin Puglia, chubby, wise, and fearless, a ten-year-old living next door with a poisonous mother of his own. The two become attached in this hilarious story of responsibility and blame. Secondhand Smoke is a deeply universal tale of blunt truth and hard-earned redemption. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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