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Chargement... The Warmest Decemberpar Bernice L. McFadden
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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. Still Not Sure I finished this book a few days ago and I decided to let it marinate for a while before I wrote a review. I am still unsure as to whether or not I enjoyed this book. I can say that it kept my attention with the flashback point of views and the gripping, raw story of a family that was nearly destroyed by the illness of alcoholism. I think that it showed interesting perspectives of just how dangerous alcoholism could be. The novel followed Kenzie, a recovering alcoholic who is also the granddaughter and daughter of alcoholics, as she went on a journey of forgiveness. In order to release herself from her own demons of alcoholism she had to forgive others around her. The novel alternated between present day and flashbacks of Kenzie's life. Others called this riveting and powerful, but I am not 100% convinced. The ending was blah and quickly wrapped up the novel. It wasn't smooth sailing between the denouement and the resolution. ( ) Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I had a hard time reading this book as I felt like Ms. McFadden had not only lived my life but now she was is in my head listening to my thoughts. Our situations are so similar, the main difference being that my father is not yet confined to a hospital,though it wont be long. This is a very good book even though I had to take it slow. The writing is superb! I really appreciate the opportunity to have read this. Thank You. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. For someone who loves Toni Morrison, I have to say this book suffers by comparison. Like many of Morrison's protagonists, Kenzie is a victim--here, of the abuse from her alcoholic father. As she sits by his bedside as he is dying, she relives many of the incidents of abuse which caused her to hate him and turned her into an alcoholic as well. Somehow, however, I never really felt that I knew much about Kenzie except for her reaction to the abuse. This was a painful book to read, but for me it offered little to compensate for the brutality. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. I've actually read this book a few times. It's a sad story but the author has a writing style that makes the characters flow through the story. I'd recommend it to anyone who has come from a dysfunctional family and liked to see someone's else story. Although it's fiction, many families are indeed affected by alcoholism. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction." --Publishers Weekly "Riveting. . . . So nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes." --Toni Morrison, author ofBeloved "The sharpness of the prose and power of the story make it hard to stop reading even the most brutal scenes . . . The story feels real perhaps because it's familiar . . . Or maybe, as Frey points out, the story is too vivid to be read purely as fiction. But in thisPrecious-style novel, genre is the least of our concerns." --Bust magazine "This is a story that cuts across all race and social strata in its need to be told." --The Dallas Morning News The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one Brooklyn family and the alcoholism that determined years of their lives. Narrated by Kenzie Lowe, a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, as she visits her dying father and finds that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make. Bernice L. McFadden is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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