is an American magazine journalist, and John, a British psychotherapist, He says he knows everything about her, how she thinks, what she wants from life, Under the force of his certainty, Dane marries John and takes up the care of his silent threeyearold son, Robin,
They go on vacation to Majorca to try to become a family, but ten months into their marriage Dane finds herself growing more and more distant from John, impatient with his endless analysis of their relationship, and repulsed by his clumsy attempts at understanding.
As ever, Robin's silence hangs constantly between them, a symbol of pure anger and hate, As the two weeks stretch on forever, Dane grows closer to a decision she can't quite make, and Robin sits silently in the middle, a reminder to her of all she cannot control.
This was awful, it jumped around, and the ending was poor, like it finished midway through, no resolution I really am not sure what the point of this book was.
I finished it in one sitting, hoping something was going to happen, It did, but not what I had expected,
I've read nearly all her other books, Just not impressed with this one, Everything I've ever read by her is depressing and borderline deranged not in a good way, Don't bother. Jag läste den här boken förår sedan, men kom inte ihåg innehållet, Men det måste finnas en anledning varför jag sparat den Så jag läste om den, och greps genast och förstod.
. . stilen tillhör de jag alltid faller för, Där
den nygifta kvinnan, Dane, är huvudperson, och vi ser allt ur hennes synvinkel, problemen med styvsonen, hennes psykoterapeut till make, som ständigt analyserar henne.
Utgiven, så hör den till en period som intresserar mig mycket,
Dane är långt från trevlig, Inte heller hennes make, eller någon av de andra av karaktärerna, Men därför mänskliga, Men det är ett psykoterapeuttema, psykoanalys, där intellektet får undertrycka alla verkliga känslor, Vilket de själva ansåg som högsta perfektion, att analysera sin relation, Styvsonen, Robin, känns som en metafor för det inre barnet, vår sårbarhet, men här nästan autistisk, avtrubbad, som tiger och stirrar tillbaka med iskalla blå ögon.
Det som gör mig olycklig är barnmisshandeln, När blev barnaga förbjudet Men om jag fortsätter med min analys där barnet är metafor för det inre barnet/sårbarheten, då är det sig själv Dane kväver för att kunna stanna i äktenskapet.
Samtidigt som hon ljuger för sig själv, att allt är perfekt fast det uppenbarligen inte är det, This author was recommended by a coworker, . . she told me that this first book by her wasn't her best and I should have listened to that advice, However, being the organizer I am I had to start with the first one, It seemed it had potential, . . although a bit too scholarly about relationships, But the ending was just awful, I will give her another try, but I wouldn't read this one again,
Gack! Didn't like the plot or the characters, Gail Kathleen Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer, She has published one non fiction work, two collections of short stories, and eleven novels, three of which have been nominated for the National Book Award and five of which have made the New York Times Bestseller List.
Godwins body of work has garnered many honors, including three National Book Award nominations, a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Five of her novels have been on the New York Times best seller list, Godwin lives and writes in Woodstock, New York, Gail Kathleen Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer, She has published one non fiction work, two collections of short stories, and eleven novels, three of which have been nominated for the National Book Award and five of which have made the New York Times Bestseller List.
Godwin's body of work has garnered many honors, including three National Book Award nominations, a Guggenheim Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants for both fiction and libretto writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Five of her novels have been on the New York Times best seller list, Godwin lives and writes in Woodstock, New York, sitelink.