Connie Schultz
Auteur de The Daughters of Erietown
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- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Prix et distinctions
- Pulitzer Prize (Commentary, 2005)
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The Daughters of Erietown: A Novel par Connie Schultz
The wistfulness of life not going as you had planned or hoped is a theme of this novel. With women protagonists that often experience societal limits to what they want to do (save the intrepid aunt who is the exception), there is a common thread across generations about how each felt and what they did in response to their difficult circumstances. It is a bit long, though, and I wondered at times if we were ever going to move ahead.
I grew up in Ohio and had grandparents in Cleveland Heights and in Athens County - complete opposite ends of the spectrum. This novel rings so true for me: I was born in 1957, graduated from high school in 1975 and went to Bowling Green State University. My father was the high school basketball star and my mother was short enough that she had to stand on two steps to kiss him. My father died before he reached the age of 60. I tried to place myself in Sam's shoes throughout and it was so easy - thankfully, we didn't have the drama as in the book.… (plus d'informations)
I follow Connie Schultz on twitter, and she seems just lovely. So, it's slightly disappointing that I liked, but didn't love, this book.
Standard woman-centric three generation novel, set in Shittown, Ohio. A bit unusual for the framework of domestic violence, but fairly predictable.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 339
- Popularité
- #70,285
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 18
- Favoris
- 1
