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Lädt ... The Tender Gravevon Sheri Reynolds
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. this is excellent. the writing, the way the story goes (definitely unexpected in many aspects), and the complete full characters. i really loved this. reading much of this from dori's perspective - the point of view of the character as for teresa's journey, which was completely different, seeing her with jen and sugar britches and in her life where she was out sometimes but not at work and seeing her struggle with her past and her fertility (and if she even really wanted a baby) felt like such a real and true look into someone. it felt so honest a depiction of a person and i loved her struggle with her memory of her mother and the knowledge that she only sees it from her perspective and not at all from her mother's. and what incorporating that truth might mean. (or not. she really mostly seemed like a shit mother.) but just that she was thinking about it and wanting to go there, for dori, was powerful and felt really real. i really, really liked this. the writing is stellar, too. i thought i knew where this story was going, but it really surprised me. it wasn't as predictable as i thought - the writing would have carried it if it was, but it was nice that it was also not what i expected from the plot. i hadn't been interested in reading her before, but i will definitely read more by her now. Dori is a trouble young teen living with her unstable mother when she takes part in a violent assault against a young gay boy. Her mother helps her to escape justice by sending her to live with her older sister, Teresa, a woman Dori has never met before, a woman who is not only a lesbian but in a committed relationship with her wife, Jen. The Tender Grave is a beautifully written story that shines a lights on families, how they affect people and actions, both for good and bad. The narrative is split between Dori and Teresa and, in many ways they are very different despite their shared parent. Dori is impulsive and headstrong while Teresa rarely reacts without thinking things through completely. But, perhaps most importantly, Dori has been involved in a murder while Teresa is trying desperately to conceive. All of this may make it seem like a very dark novel and, in some places, it is but, overall, it leaves the reader with a sense of hope, that family isn't necessarily destiny and change is possible. The story is left open at the end, leaving both sister's stories unfinished but that seems fitting here. This is the kind of story that makes you think long after the last page is read and I recommend it highly. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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When 17-year-old Dori goes on the run to escape prosecution for a brutal hate crime against a local gay boy, her only option is to seek out an older half-sister who she's never met -- a lesbian who is trying to start a new family of her own.
From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, The Rapture of Canaan, and steeped in the rich tradition of Southern writers like Carson McCullers and Sue Monk Kidd, The Tender Grave is the gripping story of two estranged sisters who find their unlikely way toward forgiveness--and each other--through a gruesome and disturbing set of circumstances. Dori, at age 17, participates in a hate crime against a gay boy from her school and runs away to escape prosecution--and her own harrowing childhood. In her pocket, she carries the address of an older, half-sister she's never met. She has no idea that her sister Teresa is married to another woman, or that Teresa and Jen have tried and failed repeatedly to start their own family though unsuccessful insemination attempts. When Dori and Teresa finally meet, they're forced to confront that, while they don't like or really even understand one another, they are inextricably bound together in ways that transcend their differences. Together, the sisters discover that shifting currents of family and connection can sometimes run deeper than the prevailing tides of abandonment and estrangement. In The Tender Grave, Sheri Reynolds weaves complex themes of parenting, forgiveness, guilt, and accountability into a lyrical and lushly-woven tapestry that chronicles our enduring search for home, heart, and healing. -- Goodreads. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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That sounds melodramatic, and it is, but it also works. Good characters and writing. I like that the author brings up moral/ethical dilemmas, but doesn't tell you how to think about them. ( )