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Bezig met laden... The Irresistible Henry House: A Noveldoor Lisa Grunwald
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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. Really enjoyed reading this novel but it sagged a little bit towards the end. A great look at 50s and 60s life from a odd perspective. ( ) Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. A well written book with an unusual plot, the book begins when Henry House is a baby, an orphan who has been taken to a university campus to live in the Home Ec practice house. This house was an actual home where the baby would live with the director of the program and students would come to the house to learn to care for him. Most babies were returned to the orphanage for adoption at 2 years but Martha, the director of this program, asked and was allowed to keep Henry. The story follows Henry as he grows up and we learn the effects of his unusual upbringing as he becomes a young adult. A chapter or two into the book I started thinking I might not want to continue because it was probably going to be very sad. It wasn't though, I'm glad I stayed with it! Adult fiction. Raised in a practice home (with a different practice-mother taking care of him each week as part of her home ec education), Henry develops an attachment disorder that affects his relationships for the rest of his life. The book gets a bit dreary for a while when Henry is a toddler and is quoted as saying stuff like "I do eet!" all the time, but the annoyance is only temporary (he doesn't stay three years old for more than a short chapter or so).
To the ranks of iconic mid-century modern men Gump and Garp, add The Irresistible Henry House. As imagined by Lisa Grunwald, inspired by the peculiar beginnings of a real baby, Henry's life unspools with more realism and intention than Gump's, with less a sense of dread than Garp's. But Henry and his story have the same almost-magic magnetism. . . . The multidimensional generations of women in his life make a fascinating microcosm of the cultural revolution that redefined the expectations of all American women in the latter half of the 20th century. But it's Henry's struggle to define the desires of his own heart that propels this story, culminating in a scene as transcendent as Carver's Cathedral. Starred review, Pick of the Week. Like T.S. Garp, Forrest Gump or Benjamin Button, Henry House, the hero of Grunwald’s imaginative take on a little known aspect of American academic life, has an unusual upbringing...With cameos by Dr. Benjamin Spock, Walt Disney and John Lennon, and locations ranging from a peaceful college campus to swinging 1960s London, Grunwald nails the era just as she ingeniously uses Henry and the women in his life to illuminate the heady rush of sexual freedom (and confusion) that signified mid-century life.
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HTML: “Clever and accomplished . . . A little Irving, a little Doctorow, a little Winston Groom—[The Irresistible Henry House] is storytelling for story lovers; realism with an enchanting touch of fairy tale.”—Newsday Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Deelnemer aan LibraryThing Vroege RecensentenLisa Grunwald's boek The Irresistible Henry House was beschikbaar via LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Auteur ChatLisa Grunwald heeft van Apr 5, 2010 tot Apr 18, 2010 gechat met LibraryThing leden. Lees de chat. Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
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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