Object Lessons
by Anna Quindlen
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Read in May, 2008
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Patricia Mavor
This book teaches that we are always in a phase of learning and discovery about ourselves, our relationships, and our environment. I would like to say it is mainly a coming of age story, but the mother and father are also learning lessons. Quindlen has a marvelous way of expressing feelings that we experience as we learn these lessons. The second quote (I typed below) rang SO true to me, it was like she could read my mind.
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Read in November, 2007
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Johanna
My second favorite of Anna Quindlen's books, after "One True Thing". "Object Lessons" is about a young girl on the cusp of adolescence, growing up the favored grandchild in a big Irish family. Her grandfather is a power broker, her mother the barely accepted Italian shotgun bride, and the girl is caught in the cross-currents of a family in which emotion runs high. Very well drawn and believable characters, grips your attention from the first. A great read!
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Read in December, 2007
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Quindlen fans
This, her first book, published in 1991, is a delightful read. While I'd read some of her later books, had missed this one. Description: "...moving, beautifully depicted novel shows a young girl - and her Irish-Italian family (circa 1960's) coming of age. She leaves the innocence of childhood, goes forward to real life of an adult. The others, too, move forward on to new levelsof maturity and grace."
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Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
young teens all the way to the very old
This was Quindlen's first novel after her success as an essayist. She has a wonderful true voice as the young girl Maggie and I found the relationship between Maggie and her conflicted mother to be authentic and touching. The characters of Maggie's two grandfathers were also so real that I could see each of them while I read those parts of the book.
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Really good characterization of a girl on the cusp of womanhood. I am always impressed when authors can write from a younger person's point of view so realistically. The well-developed characters are what made this simple and touching story compelling.
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Read in January, 2005
A coming of age story whereby a young woman learns to make her own decisions after being controlled by her very strong father, the patriarch of a large family. Good but not as compelling as the usual Quindlen novel.
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Read in September, 2007
I quite liked this story. When I finished it I had a feeling that I wished I could read a book just like it about my own family. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have someone insightful describe your own life for you?
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People who like memoirs and fiction
I read this book so long ago that I can't really remember it that well (I was probably 16, 17, 18 when I read it), but something about it really struck a chord in me and I started reading her column in the NYT.
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It was good. A very easy read but held my attention. Complex family, a young girl trying to learn about life and learns that the decisions that you make at age 12 and 13 can alter your life dramatically.
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Read in April, 2001
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pat and melissa
One of my favorite writers and for me this is one of her best and I believe her first. Great book about a young girl coming of age in the 60's. I can realate!
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Read in June, 2007
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This was a quick, easy summer read. I'd recommend it for anyone who enjoys studying a (dysfunctional) family dynamic.
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Read in September, 2007
I read Anna Quindlen's NYT column and I've read many of her essays, so I thought I would give her fiction a try.
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Read in November, 2004
Anna Quindlen's first novel and a departure from her essays. I enjoyed this.
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Read in October, 2007
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pretty good. anna quindlen is one of my favorite authors. her first novel.
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