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Chargement... Almost Like Prayingpar Joel Samberg
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I really could relate to the characters in the book. It was well written and kept me interested and hard for me to put down. I wanted there to be more! ( )Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. Almost like Praying by Joel Samberg—an Early reader reviewThis is the story of a competitive woman who can not (or will not) see the strengths in her own family. She marries a man who loves her, but he is not the professional she wanted in a spouse. She controls the house design, she is embarrassed by her daughter’s dubious success, she drives one son away and is acutely aware of another child’s physical limitations. She cpmpares them to her sisters’ kids. Only when she accepts the responsibility of raising an incredibly gifted grandchild does she start to grow. Better late than never, I guess. This read was a struggle for me—I really did not like her character and I could not identify with her. I also was sensitive to the fact that this prickly woman was written from a male point of view. I am sure others may appreciate the story—it just fell short for me. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. A wide-ranging, finely-detailed story of an Irish-American family's coming of age in the latter part of the twentieth century. The primary focus of the book is mother Dolores, weighed down by inherited expectations and ambition: "The Farrells...carry themselves with distinction and therefore are favored in the eyes of the Lord." As she marries, leaves home, and has children of her own, her aspirations to 'American royalty' shape and cramp the family - but life fails to co-operate with Dolores' plans.Most of us know a Dolores - always bewailing a glass half-full - but this story, without being twee or saccharine, gives hope that despite all that life can throw at us, joy can indeed break through in the most unexpected ways. The only gripe I had with 'Almost Like Praying' was the 'frame' around the story, where the supposed writer explains his intentions. The style of this was so far removed from the elegance and simplicity of the rest of the book that it felt like an intrusion. That aside, this is a beautifully observed tale, and I was glad to have read it. Received from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program in return for an honest review. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Dolores Farrell, of Sherborn, Massachusetts, had her future all planned out: she'd marry an attorney, have sons who'd become attorneys, daughters who'd become patrons of the arts, and live in the shadow of Harvard University, thereby continuing her privileged, purebred Irish-Catholic legacy. It didn't quite work out that way. Dolores becomes a Long Island housewife married to a salesman, and must watch as all her children embrace lives and lifestyles quite different from what she had imagined. After all, did she ever expect one daughter to become a radio shock jock and one son to become a hard-drinking New York City cop? And then there's the other son, a sarcastic cartoonist who's missing a leg due to a terrible childhood accident. That, of course, was never part of the plan. One day, the boy who used to live across the street, and is now a successful journalist, oversees Dolores hugging a six-year-old, olive-skinned girl-and smiling! That doesn't seem like the kind of thing that would come naturally to Dolores. Almost Like Praying consists of three separate stories the curious journalist reconstructs: one about the family's Massachusetts and Long Island roots, another about the troubled early adulthood of the eldest son, and the last which details the curious relationship between Dolores and that little girl. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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