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A carregar... A Hole in the Universepor Mary McGarry Morris
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. The characters in this book are so real, it feels as though you know them. I listened to this story on CD. There is a lot of bad language in it, but mostly the same 4-letter word over and over, so it's not real bad. It fits the characters who use it that often and the story wouldn't be as vibrant without it. Don't let that stop you from reading this book. The author does an amazing job at making the people in the book believable with all their flaws. The range of characters is wide. I felt an array of emotions while listening, it's so true to life. There are unexpected turns in the story. You won't want to live near drug dealers or addicts after reading this. I loved this book for it's honesty and earthy reality. There are no movie stars in this book and yet it is riveting. The reader did an excellent job differentiating the characters. ( ) I grabbed this book off the shelf, expectations not too high, and was mesmerized by the story from page 1. Gordon Loomis went to prison at the age of 18 for a crime that he didn't commit. He committed a crime but not the one he was incarcerated for. It is now 25 years later, and Gordon has been released, released into a world that is unknown and scary. Gordon's parents died while he was locked up and left him his childhood home in their will, so that's where he decides he wants to live. Unfortunately, the nice neighborhood he grew up in has deteriorated into a semi-ghetto. Drugs are sold on the street in broad daylight. The elderly lady next door remembers him and the "incident" and hates him. The 13-year-old girl across the street, Jada, has trouble written all over her but is also crying out for someone to care about her. Gordon does have people on his side: his brother and sister-in-law and a friend from the old days, Delores, but they have their own baggage and agendas. Gordon's adjustment is very difficult and very realistic. There is no happily-every-after ending, but the reader is left with the hope that Gordon will make it after some hard-learned lessons. I listened to the audio version and was immediately caught up in the characters' voices. They each have their own almost tragically appealing qualities. The underlying emotions of the interactions, as expressed by them as their thoughts, are truly painful. I enjoyed this book and unfortunately, was being a little childlike in my wish for a "happy, happy ending." Instead, with some reflection, I think it was exactly the right ending. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
At the age of eighteen, a young man is convicted for the murder of a woman during a robbery and sent to a high security prison. Twenty-five years later, he is finally set free, a changed man painfully entering a changed world. He emerges into a society that has grown unfamiliar and corrupt, his many years inside prison leaving him unprepared for the world beyond the gates. Unsure of the new rules of society, he is subject to the hidden motivations of those around him, the plans that his friends and family may or may not have for him. This is a darkly compelling story of how one man struggles to mend the gap that his crime and incarceration have torn in his life, coming to grips with the hole gouged in his personal universe. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — A carregar... GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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