Jami Attenberg is a prolific author with many books in her list . I have read some of them and this is the latest one I am adding to my shelf, A Reason to Se You Again.
I will say it was a very interesting book, and would make a great discussion for a book group. I am sure though there will be as many different opinions of the book as there are participants.
I found the book a little confusing at points. though it is told in alternating chapters mostly from the viewpoint of the two sisters and their mother, there are a few times when I could not tel who was speaking in first person in a chapter and one time it was from a totally different character's perspective with out any introductory explanation. That threw me off course for quite a few pages before understanding who was speaking.
This is the story of a very dysfunctional family and how as the years pass develop and twist and turn. The father is a Holocaust survivor with a secret. The mother is frustrated that her life as not turned out as she had envisioned. Stuck in a confusing marriage with two daughters, she is not a pleasant person. The husband dies young leaving the three women untethered. The girls leave home as soon as they can. Each daughter and the mother to figure out their place in the resulting relationship and the larger world.
Following the three characters as they finish school, get jobs and try to create marriages and relationships with others. They are all burdened by their past and all challenged by their own inadequacies .
A little tedious and difficult to watch as these characters try to negotiate their personal lives and interactions.
No comments:
Post a Comment