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Lädt ... The Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox: A Novel (Original 2006; 2008. Auflage)von Maggie O'Farrell (Autor)
Werk-InformationenDie Frau, die es nicht gab. von Maggie O'Farrell (2006)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Not finished yet, I do really like it but the “omg the baby was Esme’s!” is annoying and sort of a trope or whatever. The ending was sort of an interesting twist but … Meh? ( ) Nastiness in Scotland The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox starts in pre-independent India where Esme and her sister Kitty grow up raised by an ayah with little interaction with their emotionally distant parents. The parents favor the sister Kitty - Esme is a bit of a wild thing. She falls into a pond, her ribbons fall out and she refuses to wear a hat in the Indian sun. From the Indian start the novel goes back and forth in time and we gradually learn about the lives of Kitty and Esme, in India and Scotland which is the family’s home. Kitty has an unhappy marriage and has Esme locked up in what was then known as an insane asylum. There Esme lives out most of her life for sixty years when Iris- the great grandchild of the cold parents of Kitty and Esme - learns of Esme’s existence. Iris is pushed to take Esme when the insane asylum is about to be demolished, and from flashbacks we learn what has happened in the intervening years. There are a couple of plot inconsistencies and some of the side characters, such as Iris’s married lover pipe in for no apparent reason. There’s one particular horrific scene which was out of character with the rest of the story which is rather gently told. Overall is an easy if not memorable read. Iris answers the phone one day to find that she is the family contact for her grandmother‘s sister, Esme, who she has never heard of and has been institutionalized for most of her life. From the points of view of Iris, Esme, and Esme‘s sister Kitty who is partially lost to dementia, O‘Farrell peels layer after layer from characters until their heartbreaking stories are laid bear. Maggie O'Farrell is becoming one of my favorite authors, and I'm happy to be delving into her backlist. This novel is about two sisters, Esme and Kitty, and the secrets they have kept. When Iris, in the present day, gets a call about a great-Aunt she's never heard of, she starts to discover the truth about her family's past. Esme has been in a mental institution for the past 60 years, and Iris never even knew she existed. The story is slowly revealed through Esme's memories, Kitty's memories (who has dementia), and present-day clues that Iris starts to piece together. At first, I was a bit confused by the voice/memory shifts and timeline, but as I read I started to see the brilliance of how O'Farrell puts it all together and reveals the story. I loved the exploration of women's lives just a few generations ago, the failures of the sisters' and mother/daughters' relationships, and the emotion of the novel. A great find at the end of 2023! AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige Auswahlen
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HTML:From the New York Times best-selling author of Hamnet comes a gothic, intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth... In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfirend's attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital????where she has been locked away for more than 61 years. Iris's grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme's papers prove she is Kitty's sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme's face. Esme has been labeled harmless????sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world. But she's still basically a stranger, a family member never mentioned by the family, and one who is sure to bring life-altering secrets with her when she leaves the ward. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit? Exposing the seedy past of Victorian asylums, the oppression of family secrets, and the way truth can change everything, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox will haunt you long past its f Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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