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A title recommended and passed on to me by my daughter recently. I read it in one afternoon session sitting in the shade in the garden.
As a little boy Willie Chandran wanted to know why his middle name was Somerset. His father explains tha...more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 2 0 true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 20:07:53 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 20:43:31 -0700 2009
It started out strong and has some great things to say about writing. And you root for the young Willie Chandran, applaud him for rejecting his father's hypocritical and inef...more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 16:46:52 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:36:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 5 1 false Thu May 10 07:20:52 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 07:52:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 2 0 false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 19:30:45 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 17:05:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 01:35:04 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 01:37:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 5 0 true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:55:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 15:00:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 2 1 false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 16:41:07 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 12:36:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 4 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 13:01:05 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 07:08:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 3 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 31 08:55:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 08:55:15 -0700 2007
This book was on a class list for a mixed genres writing course (memoir and fiction blended), but we never got to the book. I had picked it up once before and tossed it aside, but this time the story engaged me. I continuously pondered the meaning of half of a ...more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 2 0 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:37:22 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 19:10:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 2 0 false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 17:48:25 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 17:48:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 29 15:53:19 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 15:53:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun May 17 07:19:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 09:57:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 05 20:49:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 19:04:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 02 16:12:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 16:12:56 -0800 2009 5853 037570728X 9780375707285 564 88 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553233m/5853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5853.Half_a_Life_A_Novel 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 27 06:25:58 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 06:29:01 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5853