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Unfinished Desires
Unfinished Desires
Author: Gail Godwin
From Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Evensong and The Finishing School, comes a sweeping new novel of friendship, loyalty, rivalries, redemption, and memory. — It is the fall of 1951 at Mount St. Gabriel?s, an all-girls school tucked away in the mountains...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345483218
ISBN-10: 0345483219
Publication Date: 7/27/2010
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  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Not Avail
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
The book is a little hard to read as the author switches time frames and goes back and forth between general storytelling to a memoir fictionally written by Mother Suzanne Ravenel. It is well worth finishing though once started to understand what the author is trying to reveal and to come full circle with the fictional character, Mother Ravenel. This is a book about relationships, betrayal, and loyalty.
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Helpful Score: 2
Unfinished Desires is a fairly long book - seems even longer than it is due to the numerous repetitions of the same event by different characters. There are time shifts to enhance the readers' understanding of an event that profoundly affected everyone concerned. Gail Godwin writes very well, but - in my opinion - this is far from her best book.
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