false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174439942m/400258.jpg 998133 19 Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative portrait of a large Irish family and a shot of fresh blood into the Irish literary tradition, combining the lyricism of the old with the shock of the new. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him—something that happened in their grandmother’s house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations her distinctive intelligence twists the world a fraction and gives it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. The Gathering is a daring, witty, and insightful family epic, clarified through Anne Enright’s unblinking eye. It is a novel about love and disappointment, about how memories warp and secrets fester, and how fate is written in the body, not in the stars. 2513655 10 9 2007 The Gathering total:3890|5:388|4:906|3:1291|2:860|1:445| 3890 11602 6204 1130 400258 0224078739 9780224078733 64 21 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174439942m/400258.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400258.The_Gathering 5 12 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 14:23:40 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 15:09:01 -0700 2008
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Let me start with the one perk I can honestly give this book. Ann...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 1 9 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 17:30:08 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 14:51:00 -0700 2007 The Sea, and I did not enjoy my time with that book. However, I thought I needed to give The Gathering a shot. No, I was not pleasantly...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 5 7 false Fri Sep 19 01:17:06 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 06:57:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 1 7 false Mon Jun 23 08:11:43 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 07:16:42 -0700 2008
"I know, as I write these... that they require me to deal in facts. It is time to call an end to romance and just say what happened in Ada's house, the year that I was eight and Liam was barely nine."
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Well, it wasn't terrible, but once again, I was deathly bored. More and more, I find myself ver...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 5 9 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 02:46:45 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 03:38:24 -0800 2008
Enright captures the peculiar relationship of close siblings perfectly. It is not about love - you don't "love" a close sibling just as you don't "love" your arm. They are a part of you. When they die...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 5 4 false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 18:46:36 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 04:45:52 -0700 2008
I am not a grieving middle-aged woman with a large family who has lost her brother to suicide. But the strong and accurate portrayal of alienation, loss, and grief - a...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 1 4 false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 09:35:43 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 17:00:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 4 4 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 18:54:34 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 11:19:29 -0800 2007 After reading the Gathering you can begin to understand why. The Irish seem to be haunted not only by guilt and shame, but by the ghosts of their dead rela...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 4 3 false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 20:19:44 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 20:14:56 -0700 2008
Veronica Hagerty narrates the story about her Iris...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 4 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 11 20:54:20 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 21 12:32:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 1 4 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 18 17:05:42 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 08:40:04 -0700 2008 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 4 3 false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 21:19:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 09:08:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 1 2 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 09:58:31 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 09 12:13:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1935188 0224078747 9780224078740 24 6 2.98 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1935188.The_Gathering 2 2 false Tue Jul 08 05:42:11 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:15:08 -0700 2008
First of all, while I would be the last person to minimize molestation, its prevalence, and its traumatic effects...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 5 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 09:49:10 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 08:25:45 -0800 2007 The Gathering is a bleak, often brutal, and sometimes viciously humorous, gem of a novel. Veronica Hegarty is on her way to London to collect the body of her dead brother, Liam, who committed suicide by drowning himself. In her grieving, Veronica navigates her past, and Liam’s, and th...more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 4 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 07:01:14 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 29 17:46:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 4 2 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 10:29:33 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 10:38:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 998133 0802170390 9780802170392 3747 1090 2.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180103812m/998133.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/998133.The_Gathering 3 2 false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 21 18:37:20 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 03 17:59:55 -0800 2008 The Gathering is a book full of very fine sentences and moments of uncanny insight--some (sentences and moments) quite stunning. But it was not an enjoyable reading experience for me. It's dreary book about grief and shame in which a self-indulgent narrator wanders randomly through memories old and ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=400258