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Bezig met laden... The Pull of the Moon (1996)door Elizabeth Berg
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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. A very well written if short book. ( ) I get most of my books from the library but I'm a little irked that I paid actual money for this one. Now, I generally enjoy Elizabeth Berg's novels but this one didn't do it for me. It's about a 50 year old woman who walks out on her husband to take a road trip to find herself. Yet, she writes to her husband every day and fills in the gaps with diary entries. I usually quite enjoy epistolary novels but this one didn't make the mark, probably because we only ever hear from Nan, the main character. The enjoyable part of a novel like this is usually the varying viewpoints but we get none of that. Just Nan blathering on about petty grievances and perceived slights. I loved this book! I found it to be a quick read. The story seems implausible but the concept is enticing to any middle age woman evaluating her life, a sort of mid life crisis. The author uses humor to describe the woman's journey of self awareness through letters to her husband. I laughed out loud! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:??This is not a novel about a woman leaving home but rather about a human being finding her way back.???Chicago Tribune In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her journal, Nan addresses the thorniness??and the allure??of marriage, the sweet ties to children, and the gifts and lessons that come from random encounters with strangers, including a handsome man appearing out of the woods and a lonely housewife sitting on her front porch steps. Most of all, Nan writes about the need for the self to stay alive. In this luminous and exquisitely written novel, Elizabeth Berg shows how sometimes you have to leave your life behind in order to find it. the pull of the moon BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time, There Was You. Praise for The Pull of the Moon ??Breathtaking . . . [Berg] writes with wry wit and aching lyricism, painting her characters as vividly as anyone writing today.???The Charlotte Observer ??When was the last time you thought about running away? . . . In The Pull of the Moon, Berg shares her strength, the wonderful widening of her soul so that we, too, can take the journey in the ease of our chair.???Greensboro News & Record ??Berg??s gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday.???The Boston Globe ??Reading The Pull of the Moon is like sitting down for a long, satisfying chat with a best girlfriend. . . . [It] pleasantly encourages readers to recover a little life-embracing enthusiasm themse 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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