Point Books To The Story Sisters
| Original Title: | The Story Sisters |
| ISBN: | 0307393860 (ISBN13: 9780307393869) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009) |
Alice Hoffman
Hardcover | Pages: 325 pages Rating: 3.82 | 14532 Users | 1942 Reviews
Relation Supposing Books The Story Sisters
The Story Sisters charts the lives of three sisters–Elv, Claire, and Meg. Each has a fate she must meet alone: one on a country road, one in the streets of Paris, and one in the corridors of her own imagination. Inhabiting their world are a charismatic man who cannot tell the truth, a neighbor who is not who he appears to be, a clumsy boy in Paris who falls in love and stays there, a detective who finds his heart’s desire, and a demon who will not let go. What does a mother do when one of her children goes astray? How does she save one daughter without sacrificing the others? How deep can love go, and how far can it take you? These are the questions this luminous novel asks. At once a coming-of-age tale, a family saga, and a love story of erotic longing, The Story Sisters sifts through the miraculous and the mundane as the girls become women and their choices haunt them, change them and, finally, redeem them. It confirms Alice Hoffman’s reputation as "a writer whose keen ear for the measure struck by the beat of the human heart is unparalleled" (The Chicago Tribune).
Details Appertaining To Books The Story Sisters
| Title | : | The Story Sisters |
| Author | : | Alice Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 325 pages |
| Published | : | June 2nd 2009 by Crown Publishing Group (NY) (first published January 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Magical Realism. Fantasy |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Story Sisters
Ratings: 3.82 From 14532 Users | 1942 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books The Story Sisters
Perhaps a more apt title for this book would be "Four Funerals and a Wedding." It started with such promise: a secret language shared between sisters, a private world, a shared tragedy. For the first half of the book, I was enthralled with the dark and troubled Elv, the oldest daughter, and her self destruction; I was especially captivated by the magical elements of the novel. But then halfway through, the plot degenerated into one tragedy after another; I don't mind bleak and dark novels, butI could not relate to the main character Elv the way I usually do in Hoffman's books. This girl was constantly being described as so beautiful, so much like a broken fairy with her long wild hair and delicate figure, she was the most beautiful sister, the most talented artist, the one who made up the whole magical world and language the sisters shared etc...it was overkill especially when she was being such a mean person after her traumatic childhood event that is never even fully explained!!! I
This is an enthralling, epic read, reminiscent of Janet Fitchs White Oleander. Powerful, heartbreaking stuff.
The Story Sisters is about three sisters Elv 15 Meg 14 & Claire 12 & the challenges each one has to face evil, loss & happiness they have a mother Annie & their Grandmother Natalia (Ama) help them guide through their lives. Despite all the trauma & loss in their lives they have their grandmother Natalia who is always watching over them, she is like a second mother loves her granddaughters no matter what.The Girls communicate by a secret language Arnish which not even their
I am somewhat at a loss for words to describe the beauty of this story! I didn't want it to end. I didn't want to talk to my son who is away at college so I could listen to this story. I just want to listen-read this a million times over. It's sad and beautiful and awful and delicious! There is divorce, drug addiction, recovery, gardens, cancer, death, Paris, art, inner growth and a wedding. There is so much more emotion than I can describe. It's my new favorite book. Thank you Alice Hoffman for
There really needs to be a 6th star for Alice Hoffman. When I see that there is a new novel out, I get butterflies in my stomach in antipation of the joy that is about to be held in my hands. Before I turn the cover, I am like a child again on Xmas morning - just before the household wakes, and it is time for presents to be opened. I cancel life, and settle in for my journey. My breath shortens as I read, and my heart swells amidst the beauty of her words and the love that she paints - sometimes
Full of plot stereotypesNothing original at all Relegated to chick lit status
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.