Every Light in the House Burnin'
by Andrea Levy
published
February 23rd 1995
by Headline Review
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binding
Paperback, 250 pages
isbn
074724653X
(isbn13: 9780747246534)
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Every Light in the House Burnin' is made up of two interwoven parts - one is a family memoir which is very funny, and the other covers the narrator's father's death from cancer. This part is very sad, and quite unflinching. For a nurse it can be uncomfortable reading, as you get the impression that the general horribleness of the situation portrayed is all too commonplace. There were bits that made me giggle aloud and bits that were really moving. A really good read written in a lucid unpretenti...more
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Read in April, 2008
Semi-autobiographical story with a few funny parts but I'm afraid I found it overall, very depressing as one caring for elderly parents.
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