Jean Thompson (1) (1950–)
Auteur de The Year We Left Home
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Jean Thompson is the author, most recently of Who Do You Love: Stories, a 1999 National Book Award finalist for fiction. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundations, she lives in Urbana, Illinois. (Bowker Author Biography)
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I read this for my book group and would not have read it otherwise. I found it boring, inaccurate, vaguely insulting to the state of Iowa, and had difficulty staying awake while reading it.
I really enjoyed this. The writing was powerful, the characters were recognizable and multi-dimensional. Thompson was very effective at writing from many vantage points, treating each equally and still keeping all of the personalities internally consistent. I would especially recommend this book to all of my Iowan in-laws, as it was set in Iowas starting in 1969, right during the coming of age of many of them.
This book was billed as a collection of stories retelling fairy tales. I would say that instead, fairy tales were inspirations for the stores. All but one are set in contemporary times It was kind of fun to try and guess what fairy tale the author was referencing in each story. But overall, I just wasn't that impressed.
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I found it to be rather slow paced. I liked the multiple POVs but they switched without much psyoff. I never felt like I had a great deal of insight into anyone. Lots of tragedy, everyday disappointments and general unhappiness. Major things happen off stage and some things develop with no logical explanation.
I hope that most people's lives are not really this bleak.… (plus d'informations)