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Lily King

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Lily King is an award-winning American novelist. She was born in 1963 and grew up in Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her M.A. in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. She has taught English and Creative visa mer Writing at several universities and high schools in the States and abroad. King's first novel, The Pleasing Hour was published in 1999, and was followed by The English Teacher and Father of the Rain. Her latest work, Euphoria, won the inaugural Kirkus Award for Fiction 2014, the New England Book Award for Fiction 2014 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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Verk av Lily King

Euphoria (2014) 2,627 exemplar
Writers & Lovers (2020) 1,571 exemplar
Father of the Rain (2010) 447 exemplar
The Pleasing Hour (1999) 387 exemplar
Five Tuesdays in Winter (2021) 342 exemplar
The English Teacher (2005) 278 exemplar

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It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art (2018) — Bidragsgivare — 71 exemplar

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Margaret Mead was a pathbreaking scholar and eminent public intellectual. I don’t understand why the author, after successfully evoking her personality and work, would have her die in childbirth at an early age — which did not happen! —as the book ends. It recalls code movies where the rebellious heroine has to die for her transgressions. A very strange choice.
 
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astorianbooklover | 161 andra recensioner | Mar 9, 2024 |
It is the story of a woman English teacher and her son. It is alternately told from both their perspectives. She was a single parent. We meet her while she is teaching at an exclusive New England private school. She lives with her son for whom she has been a single parent. The story is told alternately from both their perspectives. At the beginning we learn she has a fear that somehow she has killed her son in their sleeep. She is teaching Tess of the Deubervilles to her class and it turns out she identifies quite strongly with Tess as her son was born out of wedlock. Later we learn her pregnancy was the result of rape. The story is one of her personal growth and that of her son, Peter as they cope first with her marriage and then with her finally explaining to Peter his origins. Through the course of the narrative we see them both freed from the constraints that past placed on them.… (mer)
 
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waldhaus1 | 13 andra recensioner | Feb 12, 2024 |
Writers & Lovers by Lily King is a 2020 Grove Press publication.

Casey is holding on to her dream of being a novelist, even though she’s deeply in debt and grieving both the loss of her mother and a bad breakup. As she muddles through life, she begins dating two men, working several jobs, while hoping her novel finally sees the light of day…

I had the wrong idea about this book, based on its promotions, both the editorial and reader reviews. So, I went into it in the wrong frame of mind, I suppose.

Ultimately, though, this book should have been right up my alley in many ways. I read contemporary women’s fiction/romance on a regular basis, though these days, I’m looking for books featuring more mature- chronologically- characters than the ones in this book. Still, though, I know exactly how this should go and mostly it followed the formula, with a few exceptions.

The thing is that somehow this book managed to get a lift from the ‘literary’ crowd. The publisher or whoever- masterfully crafted promotions to draw in those who wouldn’t ordinarily read contemporary women’s fiction, or a book labeled as a romance. But, at the end of the day, that is exactly what this book is.

As such, for the veteran reader of books in this category, this one was just okay. Part of my discontent is the age of the characters- and while I would agree with some who have said there are ‘coming of age’ elements in the story- I thought Casey was too old to be ‘coming of age’.

I did appreciate the writing, the lack of uncomfortable and unnecessary content, and of course, I’m will always be a sucker for a happily ever after- even if it all comes hastily together in last ten percent of the book. I even agreed with her love triangle choice, but as far as drawing me into the drama, eliciting strong emotions, or creating great chemistry, I’m afraid the story fell woefully short.

Overall, it’s not a terrible effort by any means- it just not as good as the hype would have you believe. That said, I can see where folks who seldom read this type of material found themselves wrapped up in it. But I can assure you there are many, many others out there that can really hold you spellbound- but sadly, they will probably never get this level of credit because people just won’t give them an open-minded chance to impress them...

2.5 stars
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gpangel | 98 andra recensioner | Feb 5, 2024 |
Coming of age in your 30s after the death of your mother.
 
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librarian_peg | 98 andra recensioner | Feb 4, 2024 |

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