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WOW, WOW!!!!!!! I found this book interesting on many levels, I, also, found it interesting that I had read another of Kennedy's books a while ago, "A Special Relationship", As I was reading this book, my mind went back to Kennedy's other book, because I, once again, kept thinking, "How can a man write so convincingly about women".
Until I researched Kennedy's other books on "Goodreads", I did not know the other book that kept coming to mind was written by the same author! I have recently been interested in the topic of "Forgiveness" and the idea of, "How can we know how someone else feels unless we have gone through the same thing".
This book dealt with both subjects, Life is full of choices and consequences, That is what this book is about, It is also about honoring others BY forgiving, even if we don't want to forgive! I must admit, the author caught me totally off guard several times! Just when I thought I had figured everything out.
. . WHAM, there was another situation that left me with my mouth hanging open! I will probably end up reading all of Kennedy's books now! The story starts with Kate at her mothers funeral and a stranger who appears at the
funeral.
Then it goes back to tell is who this woman is, why she came to the funeral and what her interest is in Kate, I liked the way the story went back to fill in the background and history of Sara Smythe and Jack Malone,
This is a story of choices and consequences that have far reaching effects on others, The characters are complex and well portrayed, Even if I didnt agree with their choices, it was easy to understand how they arrived at them, The writer has a good understanding of what motivates people and the way they will react to events, Three quotes that particularly appealed to me and in a way sum up the novel for me are:
I think that is the hardest thing about bereavement coming to terms with what might have been, if only youd been able to get it right.
Forgiveness is the hardest thing in life and the most necessary, But its still the hardest,
Pride is the most blinding and selfindulgent of all emotions,
At times I became bit bored with all the McCarthy information, yet it was essential to the story, It is the characters that make the novel memorable, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be interested to try another of this authors books,
This was acent special from Nook so I didn't know much about it when I started reading it, but I got so completely absorbed in the story that I couldn't put it down.
It's aboutpages and I read it in about a week, Rarely do I get so engrossed in a book but it was heartfelt, interesting, and good plot twists that I didn't see coming, This was my fifth Douglas Kennedy novel, and I was not disappointed, Kennedy is a true storyteller I can't put his books down! The Pursuit of Happiness takes place in postWWII and much of the plot revolves around tragic McCarthyism period in U.
S. history. Young Sara Smyth moves to New York against her very staid parents' wishes where her older brother, Eric, already resides, Sara meets journalist Jack Malone at a party at Eric's house, They spend one passionate night together and fall in love with one another, thereby sparking a long chain of events that coverto the mid's,
Kennedy's characters are always vivid, and his insight into human behavior is amazing, His ability to write in a female voice is remarkable, I highly recommend this novel,
Douglas Kennedy es un autor de los que acomplejan al lector, Muestra tal dominio del lenguaje, de la trama, de los sentimientos que siempre me resulta un reto y además de los difíciles porque también es un maestro del detalle.
Qué gran trabajo hacen sus traductores, por cierto,
Una historia real, creíble, dura e incomprensible a veces, Muy recomendable. Leer a Kennedy es admirarte por su brillantez, su facilidad para llevarte a su terreno, desarmar tus previsiones y cuestionar tus certezas, En esta novela la absoluta protagonista es Sara con el permiso de Eric, su brillante hermano y y Jack queda un poco opacado, El macarthismo, el puritanismo y la hipocresía de la época, todo conspira contra Jack y Sara, aunque, al igual que en El momento en que todo cambió, es a ellas a quienes Kennedy dota de mayor fuerza y autoridad moral y a Jack le toca un papel mucho más ingrato.
Truly outstanding. It grabbed my attention from the very first page, I highly recommend. Douglas Kennedy mia mai fost recomandat cu romanul Clipa pe care lam pus pe primul loc în lista mea cu cărți de citit, Plimbândumă prin anticariat și negăsind nimic de pe lista mea, am dat de numele autorului, însă cu alt roman, Jocurile destinului, Ce să zic,lei, neavând material de citit, lam luat fără să citesc vreo recenzie sau măcar să dau un search pe Goodreads, ceea ce mi se întamplă foarte rar
Romanul acesta ma cucerit.
Cred că nu am mai citit o asemenea poveste de dragoste de ani buni, chiar renunțasem la acest gen, E atât de bine construită, încât celede pagini trec pe nerăsuflate,
Romanul alternează între prezent povestea lui Kate și perspectiva ei și trecut povestea Sarei, fiind foarte bine echilibrat,
Sara e genul de personaj care te trece prin toate stările, Acum o apreciezi, peste un minut o compătimești, apoi o detești pentru alegerile făcute, urmând să o înțelegi și să te atașezi de ea, așa imperfectă cum e.
E un roman despre alegeri și felul în care fiecare suportă consecințele propriilor alegeri, despre viață în toată complexitatea ei, despre niște oameni obișnuiți, care încearcă să se găsească după război, despre o societate care încearcă să se refacă, dar care are un drum lung în față,despre conflictul dintre generații și felul în care părinții își lasă amprenta asupra copiilor.
Și nu în ultimul rând, despre dragoste, Nu dragostea aceea perfectă, unde oamenii trăiesc happily ever after, ci dragostea reală, care vine cu compromisuri, suferință, sacrificii și, . . pierderi.
Iată și câteva citate:
" Întotdeauna ne împiedicăm, ezităm și ratăm clipele excepționale, Poate pentru că în viață cu toții construim scuturi protectoare în jurul nostru, "
"Mam gândit adesea că te maturizezi cu adevărat atunci când îți ierți părinții pentru că sunt la fel de imperfecți ca și ceilalți.
. . și când conștientizezi că, lăsând la o parte limitele lor, sau străduit din răsputeri săți ofere ce au ei mai bun.
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"Noi toți facem ceea ce trebuie ca să apucăm sfârșitul zilei, "
" O să mă întorc, a rostit el întrun târziu,
Știu. Dacă ai supraviețuit războiului, vei supraviețui și păcii de acolo, Se pune însă întrebarea dacă te vei întoarce pentru mine, " Reading this book I fell in love with Kennedy's writing, . . And bought the rights for his first and only so far Serbian edition, . . Everybody who read the book fell in love as well, . . but as it usually happens, when I left the publisher nobody continued to take care of "my" author, . . His books are big bestsellers in France as well and many of his novels made it to big screen, . .
MUST READ! One of my most valuable "editorial picks",