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Ladataan... The Funeral MakersTekijä: Cathie Pelletier
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Debut novel about Mattagash, Maine, a small, remote, small-minded town populated with the McKinnons, who control the town, and the Giffords who because of one thieving ancestor have been made to feel low and insignificant and are now proud of being a family of thieves, cheats and bullies. Pelletier’s incredible skill in creating some of the funniest scenes while simultaneously showing the dark, dysfunctional side of the main characters’ lives – cruel parenting, loveless marriages, unfulfilled dreams – exacerbated by the drudgery of a provincial, deliberately unsophisticated town - makes it difficult to believe this is her first novel. näyttää 4/4 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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"A crazy, rollicking whoop of a book, written with a poet's sensibility and deeply wacky down-home wisdom."-Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls A century after the impulsive McKinnon brothers set out to tame the Canadian wilderness and instead landed in Mattagash, Maine, their madcap legacy reigns supreme. It's 1959, and Pearl and Sicily McKinnon have gathered to plan a funeral for Marge, their older sister dying from the rare disease beriberi, thanks to her eccentric diet. Pearl, who skipped town with big-city dreams only to marry a funeral director, soon clashes with the long-suffering Sicily, who herself is coping with an unfaithful husband. To make matters worse, Sicily's teenage daughter is lusting after the town's blackest sheep, a ne'er-do-well twice her age. Brimming with darkly quirky humor and irresistible spunk, The Funeral Makersexplores the inescapable ironies of American life and family dynamics and captures the spirit of a world that is as once familiar and quickly fading from view. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Google Books — Ladataan... LajityypitMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Kongressin kirjaston luokitusArvio (tähdet)Keskiarvo:
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I started it because to description emphasized the humor in the story. While there was some humor, the characters evoked a much stronger feeling of sympathy and even pity. Mattagash seemed like a much meaner version of Mayberry, and everyone in the story seemed to be trapped by it, rather than comfortable. ( )