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Lädt ... Die Bienenkönigin: Roman einer Begierdevon Gloria Vanderbilt
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  AddictedToMorphemes | Apr 29, 2017 |   I understand that GV is an heiress with shitloads of Old Money supplemented by more recent designer jeans sales profits, but the crass materialism in this book still appalled me. Exhibit A (of A through Z): Priscilla buys an obscenely expensive and ostentatious piece of jewelry, upon which she remarks, "The spiritual comfort it brings suits my mood perfectly..." ...Although I did adore how GV repeatedly refers to the anus as a "tulip." And how inserting into this tulip (and a MAN's, no less!) a cayenne and mint flavored ball, filled with dried papaya seeds, imparts a "nippy tang." Indeed, that particular sex toy sounds like a fun--and environmentally friendly!--DIY project. (  ) librarianarpita | Aug 19, 2012 | )1  mthelibrarian | Jul 13, 2009 | Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The marriages of desire . . . From the multitalented and versatile Gloria Vanderbilt comes a passionate, sensual, witty, and puzzling tale of erotic obsession, beauty, and revenge, told in tandem by two women obsessed with the same man--and, ultimately, with each other. Talbot Bingham is a renowned architectural genius who, with his formidable wife, Priscilla, creates an architectural community. When he dies unexpectedly in the middle of their tenth wedding anniversary celebration, the devastated Priscilla is left keeper of the flame of Talbot's genius. Going through her husband's archives, she comes unexpectedly upon a pile of neatly tied letters, and the shocking secret of her husband's intimate life--a discovery that shatters the foundation of her soul and spirit. Obsession explores the mysteries of the human heart and the nature of sexuality and obsession, provoking questions about whom we choose to love, and why. The reader is left to decide if the other woman represents another facet of Priscilla, or if Priscilla her-self has invented the other woman who completed the world her husband so recently inhabited? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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5
Using information from the letters, she starts to unravel the mystery left behind...I think. It was a bit confusing. Some parts seemed to be dreams or just ravings from a grief-stricken woman. The ending also leaves you wondering, "What just happened here?" I listened to the audio version of this book, read by the author. Perhaps if I had a different version I could have more easily gone back and re-read parts to clear up confusion I had. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this enough to care. (