false 2555550 3 This is the story of three people: Julia Blackburn; her father, Thomas; and her mother, Rosalie. Thomas was a poet and an alcoholic who for many years was addicted to barbiturates, which would often make him violent. Rosalie, a painter, was sociable and flirtatious; she treated Julia as her sister, her confidante, and eventually as her deadly sexual rival. After Julia&#8217;s parents divorced, her mother took in lodgers, always men, on the understanding that each would become her lover. When one of the lodgers started an affair with Julia, Rosalie was devastated; when he later committed suicide, the relationship between mother and daughter was shattered irrevocable.<br><br>Or so it seems until the spring of 1999, when Rosalie, diagnosed with leukemia, came to live with Julia for the last month of her life. At last the spell was broken, and they were able to talk with an ease they had never known before. When she was very near the end, Rosalie said to Julia, &#8220;Now you will be able to write about me, won&#8217;t you?&#8221;<br><br><i>The Three of Us </i>is a memoir like no other you have read. The writing is magical, and the story is extraordinary, not only for its honest but also for its humor and its lack of blame. Ultimately, this is a tale of redemption, a love story. It will surely become one of the classics of that genre. 2563804 book 22 7 2008 The Three of Us: A Family Story total:91|5:11|4:31|3:31|2:11|1:7| 91 301 289 35 5 1 false false Thu Sep 11 12:30:20 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 14:24:46 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 12:30:20 -0700 2008
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
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It's written by Thomas Blackburn's (a poet's) daughter, and her home life was insanely rough. Just insane, really. In the book she reconstructs it through letters and jou...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 07:24:32 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 14:24:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 18 20:02:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:06:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 04 19:32:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:35:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:35:55 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 06:34:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:07:09 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:10:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 10:01:25 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:02:36 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 11:05:42 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 09:36:36 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 05:16:48 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 05:16:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 15:39:53 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 15:41:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:46:36 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:51:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 06:39:19 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 06:57:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 14:12:59 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 15:04:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:50:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:51:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 08 07:57:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 07:57:12 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 18:54:06 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 19:02:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2555550