Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
"Edith grows up in her big sister Vivienne's shadow. While the beautiful Viv is forced by the girls' overbearing mother to compete in child beauty pageants, plain-looking Edith follows in her father's footsteps: collecting oddities, studying coins, and reading from old books. When Viv rebels against her mother's expectations, Edith finds herself torn between a desire to help her sister and pursuing her own love for a boy who might love her sister more than he loves her. When Edith accepts a job at the National Gallery of Canada, she meets an elderly cryptozoologist named Theo who is searching for a bird many believe to be extinct. Navigating her way through Vivienne's dark landscape while trying to win Liam's heart, Edith develops an unlikely friendship with Theo when she realizes they might have more in common than she imagined; they are both trying to retrieve something that may be impossible to bring back to life. The Gallery of Lost Species is about finding solace in unexpected places - in works of art, in people, and in animals that the world has forgotten"--… (lisätietoja)
The writing in this book is excellent, with well developed characters. The story itself is so, so sad. A mom (Constance) who dreamed of being an actress and feels trapped in her housewife role, A dad (Henry) who'd like to be an artist but works as a janitor. And two sisters. The eldest is Vivienne , a beautiful child pushed into the beauty pageant world by her mother. And Edith, in love with a boy who loves her sister. No character has more than fleeting moments of happiness throughout the book.
That said, it's a compelling read about the bond between sisters. Beautifully written. ( )
This is a well written but exceedingly bleak story of two sisters, Vivienne and Edith, growing up in Ottawa, Canada in a dysfunctional and loveless family. Their parents married when the girls' mother, who had come to New York from France to pursue fame and fortune, got pregnant. Their father (at the time a struggling artist in New York) did the "right"(actually, very wrong!) thing and so begins the terrible story of the family's apparently unending unhappiness. Her own dreams unrealized, Con, the girls' mother primps, preens, and pushes the beautiful elder daughter, Vivienne, through endless childhood beauty pageants, placing the family in debt in order to do so. Later, Vivienne, a talented artist begins the downward spiral of addiction from which Edith, who lives in Viv's shadow, attempts to rescue her. Berkhout's story is layered and accomplished, but the subject matter is certainly dark and depressing. I was sufficiently interested in the sisters to complete the book, but it is not one I'd recommend, nor am I convinced that I'd read anything further from Berkhout. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Real magic can never be made by offering up someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back. -- Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
crypto-zoology noun the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the Loch Ness monster and the sasquatch [Etymology: literally "study of hidden animals from Greek kryptos (hidden) + zoos (aminals) + logos (study)]. -- Canadian Oxford Dictionary
Omistuskirjoitus
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
For R. and for my sister, Nadine
Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
When I was thirteen, I saw a unicorn.
Sitaatit
Viimeiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Then, out of the corner of my eye, this brilliance.
"Edith grows up in her big sister Vivienne's shadow. While the beautiful Viv is forced by the girls' overbearing mother to compete in child beauty pageants, plain-looking Edith follows in her father's footsteps: collecting oddities, studying coins, and reading from old books. When Viv rebels against her mother's expectations, Edith finds herself torn between a desire to help her sister and pursuing her own love for a boy who might love her sister more than he loves her. When Edith accepts a job at the National Gallery of Canada, she meets an elderly cryptozoologist named Theo who is searching for a bird many believe to be extinct. Navigating her way through Vivienne's dark landscape while trying to win Liam's heart, Edith develops an unlikely friendship with Theo when she realizes they might have more in common than she imagined; they are both trying to retrieve something that may be impossible to bring back to life. The Gallery of Lost Species is about finding solace in unexpected places - in works of art, in people, and in animals that the world has forgotten"--
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That said, it's a compelling read about the bond between sisters. Beautifully written. (