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Bezig met laden... Steps and Exes: A Novel of Familydoor Laura Kalpakian
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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.   ) Phyllis.Mann | Jul 13, 2015 |  "Steps and Exes" was a hit with my book club of women varying in age from 35 to 70-plus. The title refers to the stepchildren, ex-spouses and ex-lovers who remain part of one's molecular family, if not the nuclear family. "In the molecular family people are connected without being bound. They spindle themselves around shared experiences and affections rather than splashing in the shared gene pool. Families like ours created from the rag ends of other families, molecularly connected to make something entirely different, combined to create a new whole." On the fictional Isadora Island, Celia Henry runs a bed and breakfast and lives a life unfettered by conventions such as marriage (and fidelity, at times). She teaches her children and step-children to do the same. A cast of well-drawn characters move in and out of Celia's life, eventually revealing that her vision of unfettered love is as romanticized as the fantasy of getting married and living happily ever after. The depiction of a modern family touched a chord with me. The writing is lively and very funny. Midway through, some dark themes emerge, which only strengthen the narrative. Celia is a strong, strong woman, and I really enjoyed this book. One woman in my book group said she'll recommend this book to everyone, and another one said she liked it as much as "The Help." ( ) keneumey | Jun 4, 2014 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
For all fans of Carol Shields and Jane Smiley: a warm, wise and wonderful evocation of family love and redemption set on an island off Seattle. No family is ordinary, but this family is less ordinary than most... When Sunny returns to her mother's house on Isadora Island off the west coast of Seattle with her small daughter, Brio, in tow, she's in retreat from her mad, difficult life in LA. Celia's famous B&B, Henry's House, a tranquil oasis, seems the perfect place to recover and give Brio a sense of real family life. But Celia's life has been anything but ordinary. Strong, beautiful and independent, with a tragedy in her past, Celia has always believed in unfettered love, and took many male lovers and partners, and had children by a number of them. Her three children, half-sisters Sunny, Victoria and Elizabeth, have followed different paths to their mother: Sunny, nursing her own secret; Victoria, secretly married to her husband years ago but too scared to tell the disapproving Celia; and Celia's favourite, the free-spirited Bethie, who has just announced her engagement to Wade, an ex-drug addict survivor who now runs a personal development programme for other 'Re-coverees'. The whole extended family gather on the Island at Henry's House for Bethie's engagement party, and there the true strength of family love is put to the test.... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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