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Chargement... Stiltsville (2010)par Susanna Daniel
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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. The perfect book to read in the dead of a Wisconsin winter. I love the descriptions of Miami and the lovely Florida coastline. It is a touching story without being too sentimental or sappy. ( ) A woman's perspective on moving to Miami as a young adult, marrying and raising a family. The stiltsville of the title was a collection of small shacks perched in Miami Bay. Her emotional development is explored as she marries, has a child, contemplates an affair, and becomes a widow when her husband dies of ALS. A lot of local color about Miami. Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel is a roman à clef about a young woman who after a chance meeting in 1969 decides to relocate to the Biscayne Bay area south of Miami. Basically she meets a boy who lives on a house on stilts and is so smitten with both him and his house that she misses enough days of work that's she's laid off. She takes that as a sign to move down to live with her boyfriend full time. As this is women's fiction (and not, say a bodice ripper), the book chronicles their time together. They are married by the second chapter. By the third chapter their daughter has had her first period — and yes, that's in there too. And by the end of the book as you expect things to come to a quiet close, the husband is ill with ALS. Cue the sad, swelling music and roll the credits. I chose the book because of its location. A location can drive the plot, bring out interesting characters. Here, we have hippies and drifters growing old, responsible and I guess, stagnant. The setting could have been ANYWHERE — which depending on your idea of a good novel, is either a good thing, or a frustrating thing. For me, it's the latter. I am not cut out for reading "women's fiction." I'm not sure I'll ever be. If you are a fan of the genre, you'll probably get more satisfaction out of reading it than I did. I just finish reading "Stiltsville". I purchased a copy of this book when I attended a release party at the author's home this summer. I didn't want to chance something happening to my signed copy so I waited until I was able to get an ebook copy from the library. I listened to the audio while reading the book and can truly say - I LOVED IT!!! It made me laugh, cry and think about how lucky I am to have the people that I do in my life. I hated that it ended. I am really looking forward to reading her next book.
This promising first novel will appeal to readers of family stories, literary fiction, and southern writing. Prix et récompenses
Miami,1969. Frances is captivated by the community of houses built on pilings in the middle of Biscayne Bay. On the dock of one stilt house, she meets Dennis, and turns away from her predictable life. Stiltsville becomes their island oasis-- until suddenly it's gone, and Francis is forced to figure out how to make her family work on dry land. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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