Ruth Pennebaker
Autor von Don't Think Twice
Werke von Ruth Pennebaker
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Wissenswertes
- Andere Namen
- Pennebaker, Ruth Berney
- Geburtstag
- 1950
- Geschlecht
- female
- Geburtsort
- Ponca City, Oklahoma, USA
- Wohnorte
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Ausbildung
- Eckerd College
University of Texas School of Law - Beziehungen
- Pennebaker, James W. (spouse)
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- Werke
- 7
- Mitglieder
- 172
- Beliebtheit
- #124,308
- Bewertung
- 3.3
- Rezensionen
- 10
- ISBNs
- 24
- Sprachen
- 1
I enjoyed reading Women on the Verge. The tone is light, funny and sometimes snarky. The story is told from 3 POVs - Joanie, Ivy and Caroline - so that you get a bird's eye view of what each character is thinking. The character I could relate to the most is Caroline. She doesn't connect with her mother and grandmother. She only has one friend. And she tries to avoid her father completely. I could understand why Joanie's relationship with Ivy was tenuous. Ivy undermines Joanie constantly. She insults her in an infuriating passive-aggressive manner. There was a scene where Joanie finally gave into her anger with her mother and I was happy that she did. Although, I felt sympathy for Joanie, I felt that she was so consumed by her own misery that she couldn't or wouldn't see her daughter's misery. And in typical teenage fashion, Caroline started acting out.
I felt that the "breakthrough" for these women was a little anti-climatic. Towards the end, they do come together and start to see each other in a different light. I felt that the ending was just the beginning for Joanie, Ivy and Caroline. I would have loved to have read more about these women working through their issues with themselves and each other.
Note: I love the cover. Very original and cute… (mehr)