Bookfanatic reviewed on
This isn't the Anita Shreve book I'd recommend to others. I didn't enjoy reading this emotionally unsatisfying story filled with alcoholism, domestic violence and other forms of violence. On the surface, the Ivy League educated husband and wife have an ideal marriage, but as we all know appearances can be deceiving.
The story, which is set in the late 1960 or early 1970s, follows a sequence of events set mostly in a small cold town in Maine filled with a cast of colorful characters that you'd find in small cold Maine towns. I skimmed parts of the book just to see what happens at the end although you can tell from the first couple of pages what the ending is likely to be since the story starts off from the adult daughter's perspective. I'd recommend "The Last Time They Met" if you want to read one of Shreve's best works of fiction
The story, which is set in the late 1960 or early 1970s, follows a sequence of events set mostly in a small cold town in Maine filled with a cast of colorful characters that you'd find in small cold Maine towns. I skimmed parts of the book just to see what happens at the end although you can tell from the first couple of pages what the ending is likely to be since the story starts off from the adult daughter's perspective. I'd recommend "The Last Time They Met" if you want to read one of Shreve's best works of fiction
