Helpful Score: 3
This is the story of a contemporary family. Divorced many years, John and Irene are both active in their teen-aged daughters life. They lead separate lives, each having a career. For the most part, life is good.
Sadie is now 18, and also wanting her own life. She is restless and eager to break away from her parents. This fuels her increasing emotional dependence for her boyfriend, who her parents who not know about. Often it takes a crisis to remind us what and who is really important. As life unfolds for Sadie a tragedy brings her parents back together in support and love for her.
Having written many books, Elizabeth Berg is a master storyteller. Her characters are genuine and believable, living lives we can all relate to. She never disappoints.
Sadie is now 18, and also wanting her own life. She is restless and eager to break away from her parents. This fuels her increasing emotional dependence for her boyfriend, who her parents who not know about. Often it takes a crisis to remind us what and who is really important. As life unfolds for Sadie a tragedy brings her parents back together in support and love for her.
Having written many books, Elizabeth Berg is a master storyteller. Her characters are genuine and believable, living lives we can all relate to. She never disappoints.
Helpful Score: 2
I really like most of Elizabeth Berg's books but only partially enjoyed this one. Range of Motion, Talk before Sleep, those were wonderful books.
Being from the same era as Ms. Berg, I love that her books always have reminders of my childhood in them. Things that I've long forgotten or ever think about until I read a passage in her books where she casually mentions something. Like the seahorse ads on the back of comics or kid's magazine. Or hankerchiefs with kittens dressed in overall motifs.
Those little joyful jolts of memory is what I liked best in this book, the story was only so-so and dragged on for too long.
Being from the same era as Ms. Berg, I love that her books always have reminders of my childhood in them. Things that I've long forgotten or ever think about until I read a passage in her books where she casually mentions something. Like the seahorse ads on the back of comics or kid's magazine. Or hankerchiefs with kittens dressed in overall motifs.
Those little joyful jolts of memory is what I liked best in this book, the story was only so-so and dragged on for too long.
