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Anita Shreve (1946–2018)

Autor(a) de The Pilot's Wife

32+ Works 41,046 Membros 975 Críticas 120 Favorited

About the Author

Anita Shreve grew up in Dedham, Massachusetts. After receiving a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, she taught high school English for five years before becoming a full-time author. She worked for an English-language magazine in Nairobi and wrote for everything from Cosmopolitan mostrar mais magazine to The New York Times. Her nonfiction books included Remaking Motherhood and Women Together, Women Alone. Her novels included Eden Close, Strange Fits of Passion, Where or When, Fortune's Rocks, Rescue, Stella Bain, and The Stars are Fire. Several of her books were made into movies including The Pilot's Wife, Resistance, and The Weight of Water. She died from cancer on March 29, 2018 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Anita Shreve

The Pilot's Wife (1998) 7,650 exemplares
Light on Snow (2004) 3,285 exemplares
The Weight of Water (1997) 3,188 exemplares
Sea Glass (2002) 2,997 exemplares
Fortune's Rocks (1999) 2,892 exemplares
The Last Time They Met (2001) 2,690 exemplares
A Wedding in December (2005) 2,618 exemplares
Testimony (2008) 2,443 exemplares
All He Ever Wanted: A Novel (2003) 2,146 exemplares
Body Surfing (2007) 2,024 exemplares
Resistance (1995) 1,342 exemplares
Eden Close (1989) 1,235 exemplares
Where or When (1993) 1,230 exemplares
A Change in Altitude (2009) 1,208 exemplares
Strange Fits of Passion (1991) 1,182 exemplares

Associated Works

Ethan Frome (1911) — Prefácio, algumas edições9,451 exemplares
The Weight of Water [2000 film] (2003) — Original novel — 10 exemplares
Resistance [2003 film] — Original novel — 7 exemplares
The Pilot's Wife [2002 TV movie] (2003) — Original novel — 4 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Shreve, Anita
Nome legal
Shreve, Anita Hale
Data de nascimento
1946-10-07
Data de falecimento
2018-03-29
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Local de falecimento
Newfields, New Hampshire, USA
Causa da morte
breast cancer
Locais de residência
Nairobi, Kenya
Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Massachusetts, USA
Educação
Tufts University (BA|1968)
Dedham High School
Ocupações
teacher (English, high school)
journalist
writer
Organizações
Chi Omega
Prémios e menções honrosas
New England Book Award (Fiction, 1998)
O. Henry Prize (1976)
Agente
William Morris Agency

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Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting (published in 1975), was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.

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This book was okay, but could have been SO much better. It was hard to get into because of the way it was written. I think that had the book been told from the eyes of only one narrator, perhaps just Mike, then it would have been better. The potential for a good plot is there, the author just didn't take advantage. Mike and Anna's affair came out of the blue, even though it was integral to the story and what happened to Silas. The cameraman remained a mystery until the end, even tho he too was important to the story. I'm all for giving Anita Shreve a "do-over" for this book and letting her write it again and tell the story better.… (mais)
 
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thatnerd | 142 outras críticas | Mar 2, 2024 |
Could NOT finish this book. Did not like it. Will try some of her other books...hope it was the book and not the author.
 
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Cathie_Dyer | 57 outras críticas | Feb 29, 2024 |
Anita Shreve once again brings us the story of woman fenced in by the dictates about women’s place during the Post World II era who comes into her own, drawing on inner strength and character her husband wants to squash. Thoroughly enjoyable. The literary world has lost a star with Ms. Shreve’s death.
 
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bschweiger | 52 outras críticas | Feb 4, 2024 |
Good story. Really enjoyed. Email this reviewKIRKUS REVIEWShreve?s latest takes on natural disasters, public and private.The summer of 1947 was unseasonably hot, leading to a drought that had devastating consequences for the state of Maine. Shreve?s novel tells the story of the Great Fires of Maine from the perspective of Grace, a housewife living near the coast. Grace faces a drought of a different kind, in her marriage. Husband Gene, a surveyor, never talks about the war experiences that left him with inner and outer scars, but ?the other husbands don?t either.? What is unusual, at least compared to how Grace?s neighbor Rosie describes her love life, is how brutal Gene can be in bed. With two children under 2 and another on the way, Grace?s domestic arrangements are increasingly stressed as blistering summer advances. By October, the entire state is a tinderbox; even a dropped cigarette can set a parched lawn ablaze. As wildfires threaten, Gene leaves with a crew of men to dig a fire break. Awakened in the middle of the night, Grace realizes her town is burning. She flees to the seashore with her children and the clothes on her back and spends the night along with Rosie and many others huddled under soaked blankets. After rescue comes, Grace?s baby is stillborn. Now homeless, with the children and her mother in tow, Grace moves into a vacant beach-side mansion which, she thinks, was left to Gene by his late mother, Merle. Except that Gene has been declared missing, and the mansion is not unoccupied: Aidan, an Irish pianist, has been squatting there since the fire disrupted his concert tour. Gene?s absence seems downright salutary. A brief affair with Aidan shows her what Rosie was talking about, and he resumes his tour, promising to return. All the contentedness stalls the novel, until Shreve shakes things up in a way that descends into woman-in-jeopardy territory. The back stories of the main characters are so sketchy that their actions seem unmotivated and arbitrary.Formulaic plot aside, worth reading for the period detail and the evocative prose.… (mais)
 
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Obras
32
Also by
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Membros
41,046
Popularidade
#426
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
975
ISBN
813
Línguas
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Marcado como favorito
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