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40 ratings,
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published
May 10th 2005
by Anchor
binding
Paperback, 352 pages
isbn
1400078504
(isbn13: 9781400078509)
description
A wary, middle-aged widow numbed by loss and disappointment. A preternaturally intelligent little girl who eavesdrops on the dead. A charming, sybarit...more
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Read in May, 2008
I just re-read this book -- I was looking for a short segment to read at a friend's wedding and it had been a long time since I had originally read it, but I remembered it as a book full of love.
And it is. It's a beautiful first novel. Part of my enjoyment is that I feel such kinship with the protagonist -- a terrible mother who feels neither matronly or nurturing, a scientist at heart, but a loving grandmother and friend. She opens herself up to a love that would remind her of he...more
And it is. It's a beautiful first novel. Part of my enjoyment is that I feel such kinship with the protagonist -- a terrible mother who feels neither matronly or nurturing, a scientist at heart, but a loving grandmother and friend. She opens herself up to a love that would remind her of he...more
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I did enjoy this book. I found it really hard to get into at first because it just didn't really pull you in with anything in particular. But the good news was that it actually did get better and at one point I felt like I just wanted to go meet the characters and go to a party and hang out with them and get to know this weird little entagled group of people. I would recommend this book to someone who truly thinks it looks interesting, but I'm not going to lie and tell you that it's a great re...more
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Read in June, 2007
This book is very depressing and very, very good. I admit that I didn't read this book when I was necessarily in the best situations, so I had a little bit of trouble concentrating on the writing style, not to say that there was anything wrong with it. The characters are so fascinating that you can't help not to care about them and want to know what comes next. A wonderful woven little story about family and self-discovery.
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
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In Above the Thunder, Manfredi takes a look at what it means to be a family, but creating a wonderful cast of characters who meet through circumstance. They discover that blood is not the only connection that create a familial bond. This is a wonderful look at relationships as well as the world of AIDS.
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Read in June, 2009
More traditional writing style than i usually like, but subject matter was very interesting. Likable but extremely flawed characters.(Hard to do. . .sign of a very talented writer.) Ending made me want to cry.
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Read in November, 2006
recommends it for:
those who enjoy a good read
At first I thought is was a "woman's book." Andthat it is, but the craft and story draw you in with its gay story and how he loves his partner and the dissaray this love brings to him and to others. This is a book about the "family" all gay and lesbians seem to talk about.
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Read in January, 2008
This book started off slow, but really kept me intrigued from the middle until the end. I couldn't put it down!
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"Every human being, he believed, must do one of three basic things during his lifetime: leave something living, create something lovely, or make something better."
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