false 127392 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 127392 13 1070014 2001 Never Change total:1156|5:215|4:440|3:404|2:75|1:17| 1156 4230 1498 134 3529 3.62 27924 3923 79239096 889333 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.67 1013 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 28 16:47:48 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 16:57:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 66293814 2580984 1083249 0743504941 9780743504942 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180844236m/1083249.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180844236s/1083249.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1083249.Never_Change 3.71 7 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 5 0 false Thu May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Aug 05 08:59:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 09:00:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77376853 2232316 791254 0743411323 9780743411325 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656m/791254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656s/791254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791254.Never_Change 3.74 31 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 5 0 false Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 17:15:28 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 06:04:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 21706305 214910 791254 0743411323 9780743411325 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656m/791254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656s/791254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791254.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 4 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 10:30:24 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 11:51:29 -0700 2008 P.S. I Love You.]]> 61737465 2473464 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 04:40:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 04:46:36 -0700 2009 1

Myra Lipinski - 51 year old spinster nurse - meets up with Chip Reardon, the golden boy she adored in high school He has a brain tumor and comes home to his hometown to die. She is his home health care nurse. They fall in love and it is a t...more...]]> 48020268 787995 791254 0743411323 9780743411325 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656m/791254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656s/791254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791254.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:26:54 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:33:10 -0800 2009
This novel explores death, dying, and love. I enjoy...more...]]> 33416764 842772 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 5 1 false Sun Sep 21 05:44:58 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 05:45:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 66491993 739304 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 5 0 false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 19:28:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 19:32:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72309694 1328950 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 22:11:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:36:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50124276 2143983 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Mar 22 19:26:38 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 03:16:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61234839 2378558 237229 0743411331 9780743411332 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172990010m/237229.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172990010s/237229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237229.Never_Change 3.57 94 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 4 0 false Fri Jun 26 16:56:08 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 17:01:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56738849 96892 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 5 0 false Wed May 20 08:49:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 08:04:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79087476 885751 791254 0743411323 9780743411325 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656m/791254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178392656s/791254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791254.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 4 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 21:02:15 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 16:56:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 49164157 1279767 246155 1402534779 9781402534775 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225289184m/246155.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225289184s/246155.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/246155.Never_Change 3.00 3 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 11:41:35 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:32:56 -0700 2009
Notes to self. 62,800 words. On the short side as most of Berg's books are. Simple plot - straight through with a few flash backs...more...]]> 81967376 3027237 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Sat Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 14:17:12 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 26 12:02:49 -0800 2009 1
Never Change has wonderful characters, most of whom are Myra's patients. DeWitt is my favorite - so real and funny. And, well, I fell in love wi...more...]]> 77511971 1602708 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 5 0 false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 21:09:28 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 21:29:45 -0800 2009
But what I loved most about this book was the way the characters would surprise me. They defied my expectations, showed me they were ma...more...]]> 50151712 728791 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 04:23:06 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 14:39:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 36469871 346637 246155 1402534779 9781402534775 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225289184m/246155.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225289184s/246155.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/246155.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 true Fri Nov 14 06:11:07 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 07:02:39 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 06:11:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 71076543 1429936 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 3 0 false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 12:04:34 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 12:06:39 -0700 2009
Very quick read - started it on ...more...]]> 67877034 1042569 127392 0099461277 9780099461272 112 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103m/127392.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171934103s/127392.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127392.Never_Change 3.66 1156 In Never Change, Berg uses her gift to great advantage. Middle-aged Myra Lipinsky describes herself as "the one who sat on a folding chair out in the hall with a cigar box on my lap selling tickets to the prom, but never going." And despite a flourishing career as a visiting nurse, she feels as much an also-ran as ever. As the novel begins, in fact, high school seems to be rearing its ugly head again: Chip Reardon, the heartthrob of Myra's youth, has returned to town to live with his parents. Chip is dying from a brain tumor, and Myra becomes his nurse. Berg is not the kind of writer to lay bare the unsettling power dynamics of such a situation. Instead, Chip and Myra become friends and, well, learn how to love each other. It's a testament to the author's strong sense of character that we actually believe--and what's more, care about--Myra's emergence from her emotional cocoon. And the book is full of nice details, like this snapshot of children being read to at a library, "rising up on their knees to see the pictures, resting their hands unselfconsciously on those ahead of them so that they would not lose their balance." Such careful observations, recounted in Myra's voice, make us believe that she is a character worth knowing, and worth saving. --Claire Dederer

]]> 2001 2 0 true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 07:58:25 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:00:52 -0700 2009
Not very exciting book nor a satisfy...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=127392