false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182193427m/277532.jpg 277532 14 From Graham Swift, Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders, comes a masterful and compassionate novel of rare emotional power and narrative skill. On a midsummer’s night, Paula lies awake beside her sleeping husband. She and Mike have been married for twenty-five years, a good marriage; they have two teenage children, Nick and Kate, peacefully sleeping in their own nearby rooms. But Paula’s eyes won’t close: the next morning she and Mike have to tell the children something that will redefine all their lives. Recalling the years before and after her children were born, Paula begins a story that is both a glowing celebration of love possessed and a moving acknowledgement of the fear of loss, of the fragilities, illusions and secrets on which even our most intimate sense of who we are can rest. As day draws nearer, Paula’s intensely personal thoughts seem to touch on all our tomorrows. Brilliantly distilling half a century into one suspenseful night, as tender in its tone as it is deep in its resonance, Tomorrow is a magical exploration of coupledom, parenthood and individuality, and a unique meditation on the mysteries of happiness and belonging. 269158 11 9 2007 Tomorrow total:192|5:8|4:29|3:51|2:57|1:47| 192 470 304 70 2 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 13:15:30 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 13:25:20 -0700 2007
Problem is, i just kept wondering through most of the book, WHEN is this narrator going to get around to it... i just kept thinking : GET AROUND TO IT ALREADY!!! (most of ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 11:38:10 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 15:33:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 10:11:23 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 06:28:22 -0800 2009 Tomorrow, a mother musing at three a.m. about her family on the 'eve' of the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT to her sixteen year old twins (SPOILER ALERT) that they were products of (gasp) artificial insemination. She's not evil. And I spent quite some time trying to put my finger o...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Oct 02 04:09:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 04:10:12 -0700 2009
Well i say pfffffft to all that. I was so bored for so ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Mar 17 18:59:10 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:59:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Feb 05 09:50:39 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:50:39 -0800 2009 Bad books sometimes happen to good authors. Despite compelling themes-the unpredictability of life, the ways we mask emotional trauma to produce happiness-Tomorrow failed to muster praise from even the most generous of critics. After building up a doom-and-gloom scenario, Graham Swift led reviewers ...

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The first 1/4 was good, with a hook and a promise of a juicy, horrible secret. As others have said, the secret is lame and not at all upsetting to a normal person.

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i read now that the author has better books, wish i had read one of them instead. i work at a newspaper, not in features, but every year our newsroom sells all the proofs they get sent to them in hopes of reviews. they are sold...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 05:22:55 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 05:35:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 07:43:04 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 02 08:25:51 -0700 2009 Waterland), but this novel falls short. The premise of the novel is that Paula Cambell Hook (49) is unable to sleep because tomorrow she and her husband will share a secret with their children (...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 15:20:16 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 15:24:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 07:12:49 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 07:15:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Apr 09 23:10:46 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 23:13:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Sat Jan 03 10:31:01 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:34:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:10:42 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:06:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 03 07:05:30 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 14:10:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 07:17:01 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 19 08:21:02 -0800 2008 I'll admit that the reason I chose to r...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 31 13:53:09 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 08:43:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=277532