A Perfect Silence

by Alba N. Ambert

novel of poverty & oppression in the South Bronx

Genres: Fiction

234 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1995

Reviews

[Isabella Santiago · Rating 5 out of 5]

“When does conscious life begin?…Could it begin with the explosion of a perfect silence?”

Beautifully and poetically written while telling such a tragic story. A necessary read.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, this book was so incredibly depressing I wish it hadn't been my first read of 2011. It was well written, poetic even... but I almost wanted to commit myself after reading it. I'm sure how to rate it. I guess if you enjoy a story that quite possibly involves every single traumatic event that could ever occur all happening to one woman throughout her sad, lonely life than this is the book for you. I won't spoil the book by telling you whether or not she does go through with the suicide, but I will warn you that by then end you may just wish she does, so you can put an end to the misery of reading about her life.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exquisitely painful, moving, soulful. I connected with this author and this book in a way I wish I didn't. Still, so grateful Ms. Ambert didn't keep our silence.

[Greta Gilbertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

extremely painful story... one of the few writers who explore how women are perpetrators and victims of domestic violence

[Natalia Boyd Pepper · Rating 2 out of 5]

TOO MUCH DRAMA. I m still wondering how i managed to go through all this soap opera. i guess it was the style of writing(but still there were times that even the style was unbearably exaggerating)