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Mark Gunther This book was inspired by the death of my daughter Eva at age 12, in 1997. I wanted to communicate the lived experience of grief, not offer prescripti…moreThis book was inspired by the death of my daughter Eva at age 12, in 1997. I wanted to communicate the lived experience of grief, not offer prescriptions or palliatives. Although Without Jenny incorporates many of my experiences, it is not my story, but the story of the protagonist and her family. The grief of child loss is a lasting one; I hope with this book to bring recognition to others in this situation and open a window onto this most devastating of losses to the reading public.(less)
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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
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A coming of age novel set in the time that I came of age. Murakami (and his translator) has a gentle touch with words; even as the protagonist Toru Watanabe deals with the death of one friend, the madness and ultimate suicide of another, the seeming ...more
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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
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I have always critiqued KSR's writing as brilliant on facts and speculations and light on storytelling and character development. That holds true in this one, although the topic is of such a sweep and incorporates so much timely specualtion that the ...more
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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
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I've often said that I don't know anyone who wants to relive their twenties, and this book graphically and painstakingly illlustates why. As it opens neither Sunny nor Sonia have learned how to trust themselves, how to just be a person without wearin ...more
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In an era where barely relevant detail takes a lot of books down a path of excess, Seascraper is both beautifully and efficiently written. There is not a word that is out of place, or unnecessary, in ths spare but directed telling of a pivotal few da ...more
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In the Image by Dara Horn
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What makes a life significant? How does one grapple with traumatic memories? When does the preservation of these memories become a barrier to a truer life? This book contrasts the life of immigrant William Landsmann with that of his granddaughter's f ...more
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This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
This Is Happiness
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A beautfully written, deeply evocative and passionate novel of life in rural Ireland in the 1950's, as things returned to normal after the war and before the coming of electricity. Written from the POV of an old man remembering his coming of age, the ...more
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I have always critiqued KSR's writing as brilliant on facts and speculations and light on storytelling and character development. That holds true in this one, although the topic is of such a sweep and incorporates so much timely specualtion that the ...more
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
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This book of seven linked stories explores male identity in a traditional context. Being old, I recognize the men in these stories failing at an identity stemming from the patriarchal expectations of Western culture even as a more modern interpretati ...more
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