false <![CDATA[Life Before Man]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170815989m/72584.jpg 72584 27 Imprisoned by walls of their own construction, here are three people, each in midlife, in midcrisis, forced to make choices--after the rules have changed.  Elizabeth, with her controlled sensuality, her suppressed rage, is married to the wrong man.  She has just lost her latest lover to suicide.  Nate, her gentle, indecisive husband, is planning to leave her for Lesje, a perennial innocent who prefers dinosaurs to men.  Hanging over them all is the ghost of Elizabeth's dead lover...and the dizzying threat of three lives careening inevitably toward the same climax. 2762468 1980 Life Before Man total:1017|5:122|4:337|3:403|2:132|1:23| 1017 3454 1407 58 2 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 23:12:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 23:21:17 -0700 2009 This book has giving me the "false" impression that Canadians are not pretty people and are so guilt...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 16:21:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:36:39 -0700 2009 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If there are such things as "poet's novels," Margaret Atwood writes them. Each of hers has a controlling, spooking metaphor; here the ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 12:01:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 15:59:26 -0700 2009
It was hard to feel sympathetic for any of the characters, but I think she accurately brings to life those characteristics within all of us that ar...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 07 19:27:10 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 19:28:54 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 15:16:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 15:22:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:54:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:57:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 04 19:13:14 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 19:27:51 -0700 2009 Life Before Man examines the difficulties people face in their relationships: cheating, divorce, beginning a relationship when o...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 08:27:37 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:29:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 17 10:27:29 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 10:29:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 05:59:04 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 20:35:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 18:08:46 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:41:44 -0700 2008 Life Before Man is the story of Elizabeth, Nate, and Lesje (pronounced Lashia). Nate and Elizabeth are married, but unhappily so, and have agreed to basically live in the same house for the benefit of their two daughters and keep lovers on the side. Lesje is Nate's lover, but no fling; she is the o...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Mar 11 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Apr 21 07:44:36 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 07:44:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:28:47 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 10:49:24 -0700 2009
It captured me from page one, and I read it eagerly...until it just began to lack luster and punch. I found myself annoyed by all the characters and comp...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 04:20:56 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 04:23:03 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Apr 11 20:08:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 20:09:21 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 15:50:42 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 08:51:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:50:16 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:51:44 -0700 2009 1 0 true false Fri Jul 10 14:17:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:53:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 14:17:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:25:56 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 18:20:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 16:58:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 17:00:05 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=72584