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This book sounds like a soap opera but it isnt!! It s a regular story of a family of Irish Catholic Americans who have a beach house in Maine. The story is told from the perspective of 4 different women who all view the family differently and misunderstand, undervalue and take offence frequently leading to total dysfunction. The characters are all believable and their response and actions easy to understand until of course you hear the other side. It is easy reading but with a greater depth than
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2 1/2 stars - sometimes this book was a 2 for me and sometimes it was a 3. Overall, I was interested in the story of the Kelleher Family, but there were times I felt like it was taking a long time to get to the heart of the story. It wasn't until almost page 300 that all of the women were together at the family property in Maine.
It is a shame that Alice let what happened with her sister affect her whole life in a negative way. She didn't have good relationships with her children, or really anyon ...more
It is a shame that Alice let what happened with her sister affect her whole life in a negative way. She didn't have good relationships with her children, or really anyon ...more
The characters in this book are so awful, self centered and mean that it is very difficult to enjoy reading it. I like the setting because it was a good description of that area in Maine and really evoked how it feels to be in that area of Maine.
Nice to read a story with characters with very real emotions and actions in a less than perfect family! It all comes together but not all unrealistically - very real life. Better than her first book Commencement.
Reasonably good....kind of sterotypical Irish Catholic treatment of religion in family life, but appealing enough
3.5
Starts slow, but interesting characters. The ultimate dysfunctional family.
Starts slow, but interesting characters. The ultimate dysfunctional family.
May 26, 2011
Deb
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