Hi everyone:
every once in a while there comes a request for book recommendations....and since I have been doing much more reading lately than working out, I am going to contribute the fruits of my reading to you all.
Maggie O'Farrell has written the most wonderful novel called "After you'd Gone" and I recommend it to you all. (Available through Amazon.com)
I read it last week, picked it up at noon, had to put it down at 6pm for 2 hours for a breather and to see to my neglected children, then finished it that evening, totally unable to do or think anything else with/in my life until I had seen the journey with the central character Alice through to the end.
It is not an emotionally easy read: it will have you laughing out loud at moments and revelling in the sexiness of other parts of the narrative and it will take you through the depths of heartbreak and back, but will leave you thankful that you got to read it, and thankful also if you currently live with a special person, who has been a gift you are allowed to keep......
It is not a linear narrative: the various narrative threads are fed to the reader in stages and she plays with chronology, you will reassemble the story of these individuals' lives in your imagination as you read. This happens naturally, don't sweat it.
Perfect book for a quiet day in the hammock in a leafy glade somewhere in the shade. Take a large hankie for the emotional rollercoaster of the last 170 pages...
Next I will be reading "Be my Knife" by David Grossman, "The Amazing Adventures of kavalier and Clay", "The Corrections" by J Frantzen, "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. I'll let you all have a review of these in time.
Anyone got any recommendations for me?
Happy Summer to all and happy reading!
Clare
every once in a while there comes a request for book recommendations....and since I have been doing much more reading lately than working out, I am going to contribute the fruits of my reading to you all.
Maggie O'Farrell has written the most wonderful novel called "After you'd Gone" and I recommend it to you all. (Available through Amazon.com)
I read it last week, picked it up at noon, had to put it down at 6pm for 2 hours for a breather and to see to my neglected children, then finished it that evening, totally unable to do or think anything else with/in my life until I had seen the journey with the central character Alice through to the end.
It is not an emotionally easy read: it will have you laughing out loud at moments and revelling in the sexiness of other parts of the narrative and it will take you through the depths of heartbreak and back, but will leave you thankful that you got to read it, and thankful also if you currently live with a special person, who has been a gift you are allowed to keep......
It is not a linear narrative: the various narrative threads are fed to the reader in stages and she plays with chronology, you will reassemble the story of these individuals' lives in your imagination as you read. This happens naturally, don't sweat it.
Perfect book for a quiet day in the hammock in a leafy glade somewhere in the shade. Take a large hankie for the emotional rollercoaster of the last 170 pages...
Next I will be reading "Be my Knife" by David Grossman, "The Amazing Adventures of kavalier and Clay", "The Corrections" by J Frantzen, "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. I'll let you all have a review of these in time.
Anyone got any recommendations for me?
Happy Summer to all and happy reading!
Clare
