I've been listening to this book on my way to and from work and I'm spellbound by the writer's ability to craft a tale. I first read Wally Lamb back in the day when he published his first book, She's Come Undone, and enjoyed it.
But it was no The Hour I First Believed.
What I adore about this story is that it's a work of historical fiction - contemporary historical fiction: its fictional characters (Caelum and Maureen Quirk) are, according to the NY Times Book Review, living in the midst of:
"major events (the Columbine High School shootings, the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina) and weighty issues (motherhood, marriage, alienation, psychological trauma, drug addiction, chaos theory, prison reform, grief, the connection between ancestry and identity — to name just a few)".
I can't begin to do this book justice with my words, so go here and read about it from someone who talks books for a living.
Tomorrow, I'll talk more about why I'm so attached to this book.
I just read the review...I am going to buy the book tomorrow, even if it snow's two feet!
ReplyDeleteYou bought me a copy of She's Come Undone when I was in "the bad place" & reading copious amounts of historical romance....
ReplyDeleteI caught an impressive stomach flu on a plane once, and hope it never happens again. Miserable hardly describes it.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you and your Blake infusing game-playing. You will have to let me know how that goes...because (having done Blake last week) I am thoroughly intrigued.
Your friend is right, stop worrying about it. And always remember that the students don't mind an extra day off (even if it feels wildly unproductive to you!).
I started reading this book this week. Very interesting. And dark.
ReplyDeleteHave you read "Columbine" by Dave Cullen? I read it this summer and it was quite the interesting breakdown/analysis of the event 10 years later...after more facts and information had come out. Very well written.