Janet Peery
Auteur de The River beyond the World
Œuvres de Janet Peery
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1948-07-18
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Wichita State University (B.A. and M.F.A)
- Professions
- novelist
short story writer - Prix et distinctions
- Whiting Writers' Award (1993)
Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (2002)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1998)
Membres
Critiques
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs by Janet Peery sets the stage to be the story of a dysfunctional family set in fictional small town of Amicus, Kansas. Stories of dysfunction and struggles against oneself have the potential to be powerful ones. Neither the character nor the topics have be likable to create a powerful message in a book. Unfortunately, this book has the unlikable character, but the power of the message does not quite reach me.
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Reviewed for NetGalley… (plus d'informations)
Read my complete review at rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2017/12/the-exact-nature-of-our-wrongs.html.
Reviewed for NetGalley… (plus d'informations)
This is a novel about a very dysfunctional family with all manner of substance abuse , alcohol and psychological issues. It deals with an elderly couple and their five children generally in their fifties. There is enough jealousy here that the novel's cover should be green (envy). Although the novel would make a good movie with many juicy roles this is a hard family to like and a movie rendition will be very draining. This novel is well written but gird your loins if you tackle this one.
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher.*
This novel provides a poignant, and sometimes humorous, portrait of a family and its dysfunction. The aging patriarch and matriarch, Abel and Hattie, struggle to manage their own health and decline as their children squabble and their youngest son Billy descends into addition. While a novel, sometimes this book is a little too close to the truth of how we live our lives and can make for uncomfortable reading.
This novel provides a poignant, and sometimes humorous, portrait of a family and its dysfunction. The aging patriarch and matriarch, Abel and Hattie, struggle to manage their own health and decline as their children squabble and their youngest son Billy descends into addition. While a novel, sometimes this book is a little too close to the truth of how we live our lives and can make for uncomfortable reading.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 181
- Popularité
- #119,336
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 13
- ISBN
- 16
- Langues
- 1
My thanks to netgalley and St Martins Press for this advanced readers copy.