The Nature of Water and air
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Better Than I Expected
submitted by Sara W on June 27, 2011, 8:15pm
This was a recommendation from a friend who prefaced the suggestion with a warning that she really wasn't sure I'd like it.
McBride's style is definitely more lyrical and flowery than I generally like - I prefer my prose clean and direct. It's the story of a family, but it comes together in pieces, mixed up with Irish folk myth, tinker-gypsy culture and a coming-of-age experience. The twisted nature of the plot and the complicated and secretive relationships of the characters reminded me very much of Diane Setterfield's "The Thirteenth Tale."
It's really nice to read to outside of my personal preferences on occasion.
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, 2001.
Year Published: 2001
Description: 314 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0743203232 :
SUBJECTS
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Women -- Ireland -- Fiction.
Ireland -- Fiction.