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Book Review of One True Thing

One True Thing
One True Thing
Author: Anna Quindlen
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


This is a story about a woman dying of cancer with a husband at home who is too emotionally juvenile to care for her. Instead he guilts his adult daughter into putting her life and career on hold to move home and care for her mother. This is a story about discovering that your parents are people too, and not always who you thought they were growing up. It was at times hard to read because it makes you question what you would do in the same situation.