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Lost in the Forest

par Sue Miller

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Set in the vineyards of Northern California the story of a young girl who, in the wake of a tragic accident, seeks solace in a damaging love affair with a much older man. Eva, a divorced and happily remarried mother of three, runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband, John, is killed in a car accident, her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily, the eldest, must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo, the youngest, can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy, the middle child, John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment, exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow, Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey, a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope.… (plus d'informations)
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This story is about a family; more specifically about three members of the family. Mark and Eva have two children, Emily and Daisy, when Mark feels compelled to tell Eva of his affair. Eva is not of the forgive-and-forget variety, but she does retain affection for Mark even through their divorce and her eventual remarriage to John. The two have one child together, Theo, and on his many visits to the house Mark becomes fond of the boy too.

Eventually Mark tries to do better. He recognizes that he was not a good husband to Eva. He recognizes, belatedly, that much of the time his daughters (and occasionally Theo) spent with him he did not focus on them. His work developing vineyards took much of his time and interest.

A tragedy hits the new couple. John is killed by a drunk driver. Mark makes an effort to be supportive and perhaps more. He holds out hope that he and Eva might get back together in time.

Meanwhile, Emily and Daisy are growing up. Daisy, who has grown tall and gangly, with sharp edges, simply cannot adore her older, smaller, beautiful sister. The two are too different. When she enters high school, Daisy gets involved in many activities but has few friends. The loss of her stepfather was especially hard on her, yet she refuses to let others see her grief.

Ultimately the story centers on Daisy and essentially ends there. She did seem to be "lost in the forest" for a time, like the stories the older members of the family told to Theo. And her life does appear to have run along the same lines as these stories.

Parents can't always prepare their children for what lies ahead, particularly when some things knock them off their centers themselves. ( )
  slojudy | Sep 8, 2020 |
A disturbing and psychologically complex novel. ( )
  bookishblond | Oct 24, 2018 |
This was a wonderful book. The story told by one of the characters, the youngest child of a divorced couple living in the Nappa Valley. As we listen in to her conversation with her therapist when she is an adult, she comments on the divorce of her parents, her mother's remarriage and subsequent widowhood, her affair with an older family friend and the redemption of having family around you. I enjoyed being along for her ride.
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  ChristineEllei | Jul 14, 2015 |
Eva and Mark are married. Family is broken up due to husband's infidelity. Eva marries John and is very happy, years later John is killed in a freak car acident which Eva and their son, Theo witness.
The story really revolves around Daisy one of Eva and Mark's daughters. Daisy is seriously effected by the loss of her family due to the divorce and this is compounded when she looses her step-dad, John.
Not my favorite book and never having read Sue Miller, I am not compelled to explore her other works. ( )
  AstridG | Jun 28, 2012 |
great! ( )
  jenny.whitman | Apr 9, 2012 |
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Prolific novelist Miller’s latest work takes some time to draw the reader in, but when it does, it’s believable and gripping. A story of five people struggling with death and loss, it is also an acute observation of intergenerational conflict and a tribute to the power of shared history and love.

Evocatively set in California’s vineyard-covered Napa Valley (whose backdrop of the wine-making world and its cycles gives the book its dreamy, elegiac tone), ‘Lost in the Forest’ tells of the effect of John Albermarle’s untimely death on his wife, small son and teenage stepdaughters – as well as on the wife’s first husband, who discovers that he is becoming increasingly attracted to her again.
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You don't need to read a book with a title like ''Lost in the Forest'' to guess that Sue Miller will be using it to acquaint you with a wolf and a version of Red Riding Hood, a girl teetering on the dangerous cusp between childhood and adulthood, innocence and initiation. But if at first her new novel seems to revisit an overly familiar story, she quickly offers proof that it will be in her own distinctive style -- that it will, in fact, be one of her strongest, most satisfying books. Miller has always been adept at rendering the complexities of family life, the way even well-intentioned, decent people can't walk across a room without wounding at least one person they love. But while some of her plots (that of ''While I Was Gone,'' for example) can be cluttered and occasionally clumsy, ''Lost in the Forest'' has a seemingly effortless grace; Miller quickly captures and never loses our attention.
 
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Misschien was één echte ouder genoeg. Dat was wat Emily uiteindelijk besloot te vinden. Daisy niet. Daisy wilde er twee - een moeder en een vader. En de vader die ze koos was John, gedeeltelijk omdat Mark in die tijd min of meer uit hun leven verdween. Hij had iets met iemand, en méér dan dan 'iets' had Eva tegen hen gezegd met een vals lachje. Hij zegde weekends af, hij kwam soms niet opdagen om een van de meisjes van school te halen. Als ze naar zijn huis gingen was Erika daar vaak, en soms leek het of hij nauwelijks merkte dat zij er ook waren. Of misschien kon het hem niet meer schelen. Maar het maakte Daisy niet uit, want John had een stap naar voren gedaan en was het middelpunt van haar leven geworden.
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Set in the vineyards of Northern California the story of a young girl who, in the wake of a tragic accident, seeks solace in a damaging love affair with a much older man. Eva, a divorced and happily remarried mother of three, runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband, John, is killed in a car accident, her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily, the eldest, must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo, the youngest, can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy, the middle child, John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment, exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow, Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey, a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope.

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