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Three Fallen Women
by
Amy Guth (Goodreads Author)
Amy Guth's violent and shimmering debut novel is the story of three women caught in the vortex of breaking down. For Helen,a painter reawakening after a long period of self-destruction, peace is the choice between the love of her life and her new-found freedom. For Carmen, addiction will define the final throes of her broken heart. And for Frieda, the perfect housewife, ca...more
Paperback, 200 pages
Published
October 2nd 2006
by So New Media
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Amy opts for a very interesting narrative voice here. Her narrator, omniscient, almost a deity, muses not only on the behaviors and psychological states of her three protags, but also on the intervention of the fates, metaphysics, the emotional life of characters' organs and cells, etc. Sometimes Amy's risks (which I totally respect and admire) pay off brilliantly, as with a powerful recurring image of the invisible psychic threads that literally crosscut our world. Other times, I found the narr...more
Dec 03, 2007
Katie Schwartz
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Lovers of dark beautiful fiction
Amy spins a yarn like nobody's business. She's exquisitely dark in all the right ways. Each character has heart and soul and purpose. If you haven't read it, READ IT.
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(My full review of this book is much longer than GoodReads' word-count limitations. Find the entire essay at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com].)
As a lot of CCLaP's readers are probably already aware, one of the first rules of artistic criticism is that the reviewer in question is never supposed to inject their personal lives into their essays, write in the first person, or other such things that unduly call attention to themselves; it's a rule I sometimes break...more
As a lot of CCLaP's readers are probably already aware, one of the first rules of artistic criticism is that the reviewer in question is never supposed to inject their personal lives into their essays, write in the first person, or other such things that unduly call attention to themselves; it's a rule I sometimes break...more
Nov 10, 2009
Kate
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Once in a while there's a book that takes awesome characters and punk rock prose and blends the two into such an interesting story that it takes your breath away. This is one of those stories.
In my old age I'm finding that I like the indie-press liturature more because it's engaging, raw, and unapologetic.
Anyways, this story is about three women Helen, Carmen and Frida who are caught in their own vortex of breaking down. Amy Guth does a great job of plopping the reader into the midst of the act...more
In my old age I'm finding that I like the indie-press liturature more because it's engaging, raw, and unapologetic.
Anyways, this story is about three women Helen, Carmen and Frida who are caught in their own vortex of breaking down. Amy Guth does a great job of plopping the reader into the midst of the act...more
Oct 29, 2008
Canan
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I want to read this book but can't find it anywhere online!! I've asked So New Media if they'll ship to the Netherlands and got no answer, as for Amazon, it's out of stock... any idea how I could get it?
I just finished it last night. After I read the last line I said, "holy motherf*cking shi*t" out loud.
I've heard this is great. Looking forward to reading it.
Amy is cracked in just the right way.
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Amy Guth is digital news editor for books for the Chicago Tribune. She founded of Pilcrow Lit Fest and is author of Three Fallen Women (2006). She co-hosts the Chicago reading series Reading Under the Influence and is a Red Cross disaster and mass care volunteer and marathoner. Previously, Guth has written for various national publications, collaborated on several sketch comedy productions at Seco...more
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“Mismatches destroy us all, even the most tender ones, and most never have the courage to break someone else's heart to follow their own.”
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“There was a time Jeff and Helen loved each other and touched each other's hands and ate breakfast in cafes together and secretly fucked in public, the way people in like do. Then came a time they made each other crazy and beat their hands on steering wheels and tore up love letters and photographs and said goodbye.”
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