D R từ Ząbrowo, Poland

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11/22/2024

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2019-05-09 20:30

Kỹ Thuật Nuôi Lợn Con An Toàn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I have had a mixed relationship with Anne Tyler and, to be honest, I picked this up at the library because I was driving to Portland and needed a book on CD. I ended up really liking it. It is one of those books about basically dull people to whom nothing much happens (my favorite kind). William (known as Liam - I never realized that was a nickname for William!) is 60 years old, ABD in philosophy but has taught 5th grade history in private schools for many years until he is laid off in the school downsizing. He has been married twice and has 3 daughters - one in high school, one married with a young son, one older and single. He is not estranged but also not close to his daughters and his ex-wife. He has few friends and his interests tend to be ones that are solitary like reading philosophy. Liam is basically a nice person, frustratingly nice and undemanding to a flaw. To accommodate his lower income, he moves to a smaller, less expensive apartment. He has few needs and feels contented with having a place to live and clean sheets. The first night in his new apartment he is assaulted by a burglar and ends up in the hospital with a concussion and a bite mark on his hand. He has no memory of the assault at all. Otherwise his memory is fine. Liam becomes mildly obsessed (everything he does is mild) with remembering the assault. He develops a relationship with a younger woman whom he first noticed as a person who seemed to be helping an old man with remembering things.My favorite scene is his visit to his father who left to marry another woman when Liam was quite young. His father's wife decides to tell Liam's fortune - to read his palm. She is distressed by the wound on Liam's hand and says she cannot read the fortune because the scar hides the past and you cannot predict the future without knowing the past. After this, Liam actually begins to gently uncover his past - to see beneath the scars. He remembers things he didn't know he had forgotten. I really liked the tiny changes and slight alterations in Liam's life brought about by his concussion and search for the memory that night. Nothing particularly dramatic, but change nevertheless.

Người đọc D R từ Ząbrowo, Poland

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.