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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Finely wrought and perceptive study of a family Run is a story of a family, like many families today, it is inclusive and self-defined, rather than biological. Patchett clear-eyed examination of love, loss, jealousy, religion, expectations, guilt, and compromise is a complete joy. All the characters are fully formed,complex, real characters, struggling with their lives and getting it part right and part wrong and you love them all the more for their foibles and mistakes. The narrative flows beautifully and the writing is fantastic. Although... more info
Disappointment Run
I was looking forward to reading this book but was sorely disappointed. I can appreciate oblique writing and the tweaking of preconceptions but I do need to be engaged with the characters and the development of the story. The opening with the intriguing stolen statue of the Virgin Mary, the death of the mother did engage me but afterwards, the time shifts, the lack of clarity in the character delineation merely irritated. I suspect that the engine driving the narrative may have been a post... more info
9 out of 10 Ann Patchett has written a beautiful book.
I loved the way the reader suddenly finds that his preconceptions are jolted and a new reality takes their place. Having had one child, Sullivan, Bernard Doyle and his wife Bernadette find themselves unable to have more. They decide to adopt, taking into their family an African American baby, Teddy, ten years younger than Sullivan. They can't believe their luck when Teddy's one-year-old brother, Tip, is also offered to them. Life is perfect - until the... more info
9 out of 10 Ann Patchett has written a beautiful book.
I loved the way the reader suddenly finds that his preconceptions are jolted and a new reality takes their place. Having had one child, Sullivan, Bernard Doyle and his wife Bernadette find themselves unable to have more. They decide to adopt, taking into their family an African American baby, Teddy, ten years younger than Sullivan. They can't believe their luck when Teddy's one-year-old brother, Tip, is also offered to them. Life is perfect - until the... more info
