Read The Year That Follows (2009)

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Author

Scott Lasser

Genre

Fiction

Rating

3.32 of 5 Votes: 1

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ISBN

0307271196 (ISBN13: 9780307271198)

Language

English

Publisher

Knopf

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The Year That Follows (2009) - Plot & Excerpts

I enjoyed the human connections in this book. A book of loss, of secrets kept, of love that overcomes human error, twists of fate and character flaws. I truly believe every family is dysfunctional in its own ways. That is what makes them unique, funny and most of all cherished. This book reminded me that despite the downfalls of fathers and mothers, siblings and friends, love bonds us. When we want to be bonded and when we don't. A quick uplifting read that I couldn't put down. A fair read - maybe good beach reading. Some of this doesn't work as reality, but in many ways, it's more fantasy, a tale really. I liked the portraits of parent and child very much, across generations and eras. I also liked reading this after The Emporer's Children, which ends (basically) with 9/11, and then this begins with it. Lasser and Messud are in different categories, but this spoke to me about the surreal nature of that time.