God Bless The Child

by Ellen Feldman

God Bless The Child by Ellen Feldman released on Nov 24, 1999 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Family

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Ellen Feldman is an American writer. She grew up in New Jersey and attended Bryn Mawr College, and graduated with B.A. and an M.A. in modern history. She also worked for a publishing firm in New York City and continued with graduate studies at Columbia University.
Feldman currently lives in New York City and East Hampton, New York.

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting parent-child conflicts. I much preferred Lucy by this same author.

[Joni Kuzma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like her writing style. Bailey, Mack and his son Will, Charlie, Nell...blending year-round residents with families on holiday at their summer home. Quite a cast of characters.

[Badiss · Rating 4 out of 5]

The protagonist Bailey Bender a middle aged woman quits her successful lifestyle with a job in television media to try and decode her troubling past. She tries to figure out why she made the decisions she did as a younger person, such as giving up her child for adoption almost 30 years ago.

This book was a good read. It shows how people can easily turn their lives around and become successful regardless of their past. This book sent a message to the world of hope in everyone's life.

If i were to rate this book out of ten stars, id give it an eight. This book kept me interested enough to get a high rating.

[Suanne Laqueur · Rating 3 out of 5]

Critics say that Bailey finds her lost child a little too quickly and the ramifications of finding him are unrealistic. I disagree and say "why not?" But I do agree the crime got solved and its many loose ends sorted out in a manner that seems slightly too neat.

A good read, but not overly memorable.

[Colette Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book, it was an easy read, well written, the mystery was a little easy to figure out and some of this story kind of far-fetched, but I still liked it and I liked the relationships that Bailey had and the scaled down life that she chose.

[Brenda Wharton]

Could not get into this book. Had to stop reading it

[Suzanne Mundy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading "God Bless the Child", but I did not think the book was exceptional.

[Janet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why did I stick with this book? I finished it and I still don't know.
Depressing all the way through.