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What We Keep
What We Keep
Author: Elizabeth Berg
Do you ever really know your mother, your daughter, the people in your family? In this rich and rewarding new novel by the beloved bestselling author of — Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their mother reveals how the secrets and complexities of the past have shaped the lives of the women in a family. — ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780345423290
ISBN-10: 0345423291
Publication Date: 5/25/1999
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 151 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 3
Touching story about a daughter and her enstranged mother. Good read.
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Helpful Score: 2
How does she do it? She can get inside people's heads with such accuracy. This story rings true from page one to the end, and it is the kind of read you just can't put down. Forget sleep - read What We Keep!
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Helpful Score: 2
Great characters and beautifully written.
Everything she writes is worth reading.
reviewed What We Keep on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
In What we keep I found the context both unsettling and sad. This book is different then a mushy romance or a great mystery. This has happened in someones life somewhere.
That shame and pride would and could do this to a family is reality based. I would say that this book is well worth the time and effort it took to read it. I enjoyed it a lot.
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Helpful Score: 2
I love Elizabeth Berg, her novels are always touching and you really get to know the characters.
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Author does a good job of depicting what it was like to grow up in the '50s. A wouman in her 40's is traveling to see the mother she has not seen in 35 years and while on the airplane she travels the road of her own memories. Well written, realistic about the mother and daughter and sister to sister relationships, weaves in the levels of unspoken secrets a family can keep. Moves forward so well it was hard to put down.
pegpyle avatar reviewed What We Keep on + 11 more book reviews
Okay but ending very typical and not realistic. All works out too well and pat.
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very good
smileen avatar reviewed What We Keep on + 267 more book reviews
Finally,a book that I did not like! This whole book was leading up to the last few pages,and then what a let down everything was! This whole thing was like a therapy session on why you felt like your mother ruined your life. It was interestingly written,or I would have just put it down sooner. But I really can't recommend it, although someone must have recommended it to me!
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good read!
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A beautifully written story about the threads mothers weave through their children's lives, the painful, joyful and lasting.
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WOW...I just finished reading this book, which was my first by Elizabeth Berg; I absolutely loved it! She is an exceptional writer and kept my interest throughout the book from page 1. The characters are so believable, and I found myself getting so involved in this book that even if I had only two or three minutes to spare, I picked it up to read because I wanted to know what happened - the hows and the whys and the effect it had on everyone involved. Berg is one of my favorite authors now, and I can't wait to pick up another book she has written. The title "What We Keep" is perfect for this book, and it's amazing and mysterious to recapture moments in our own lives to discover what we have kept, consciously or subconsciously, throughout our lives. Take time to read this book - you won't be disappointed.
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Another sad book from Berg! (previously read and reviewed Range of Motion) I love how this book was told in present about happenings in the past....the demise of a seemingly perfect home in 1958. The mothers' character was amazing in the 50's with all her quirky ways of parenting. However, the story never explained the mothers point of view as to why she left.


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