Opis: The Same sweet girls - King Cassandra

For 30 years, six Southern college friendsthe Same Sweet Girlshave been gathering for a biannual reunion. As King's wry, touching novel begins, the girls are nearing 50 and coming to terms with the life decisions they've made. Corrine Cooper gains renown as a folk artist, but battles clinical depression with the help of a manipulative psychiatrist who later becomes her husband; Lanier Brewer is separated after a brief, ill-advised fling; exotic Astor Deveaux, a former Broadway dancer, flirts wildly with men but remains with her husband, a famous painter 33 years her senior; Julia Dupont is trapped in a passionless marriage and an overscheduled life as Alabama's first lady; Byrd and Rosanelle round out the group. When one of the SSGs becomes terminally ill, the remaining friends are spurred to resolve their own problems before she dies. Corinne, Julia and Lanier rotate as first-person narrators, but King (The Sunday Wife) does little to distinguish their voices, and the parade of characters and stories can be hard to follow at first. Once the names fall into place, however, the story's gentle Southern humor and warmth shine. It isn't all iced tea and tomato pieKing tackles some troubling issuesbut the characters are true to life, and readers will sympathize with their struggles.

Szczegóły: The Same sweet girls - King Cassandra

Tytuł: The Same sweet girls
Autor: King Cassandra
Wydawnictwo: Hyperion
Kod paskowy: 9780786891092
ISBN: 0786891092
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2005
Ilość stron: 544
Format: 11.0x18.0cm
Oprawa: Kartonowa Foliowana
Waga: 0.26 kg

Recenzje: The Same sweet girls - King Cassandra