false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171729702m/116760.jpg 116760 3 After a ten-year silence, Mary Robison has emerged with a novel so beguiling and funny that it has brought critics and her live-reading audiences to their feet. <I>Why Did I Ever</I> takes us along on the darkest of private journeys. The story, told by a woman named Money Breton, is submitted like a furious and persuasive diary--a tale as fierce and taut as its fictional teller. 112430 2001 Why Did I Ever total:225|5:101|4:63|3:45|2:10|1:6| 225 918 372 48 1 0 false false Sat Dec 27 17:17:13 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 17:20:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Fri Nov 28 18:02:56 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:58:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon May 21 21:15:24 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 21:15:59 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 10:40:37 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:51:06 -0700 2009
A novel written in short scenes (some just a paragraph) could easily go awry, but her wit, sharp eye & taut styling carry the narr...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 03 20:05:01 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 13:00:25 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:05:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 18:57:45 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:22:28 -0700 2008
18. Without Ritalin I can sustain an evil thought or two, such as: "That there feels like cancer of the esophagus." However, I'm liable to skip over more routine kinds of thinking...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 19:25:08 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 06:46:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 11:25:45 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 21:47:22 -0700 2009
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That being ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Mon Jun 25 15:02:55 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 15:04:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 19:35:39 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 08:16:02 -0800 2007 not linear, I never found myself lost. It was like the 500+ sections were puzzle pieces, detailed enough so that you could see the whole picture without having t...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=116760