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The Forrests
Emily Perkins
出版
A&C Black
, 2013-04-01
主題
Fiction / General
Fiction / Sagas
Fiction / Literary
ISBN
140883149X
9781408831496
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-RWuaAlGHyYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013
Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd, disenfranchised family moves from New York City to the wide skies of Auckland, to the very end of her life, this is her great gift and possible misfortune.Through the wilderness of a commune, to falling in love, to early marriage and motherhood, from the glorious anguish of parenting to the loss of everything worked for and the unexpected return of love, Dorothy is swept along by time. Her family looms and recedes; revelations come to light; death changes everything, but somehow life remains as potent as it ever was, and the joy in just
being
won't let her go.In a narrative that shifts and moves, growing as wild as the characters,
The Forrests
is an extraordinary literary achievement. A novel that sings with colour and memory, it speaks of family and time, dysfunction, ageing and loneliness, about heat, youth, and how life can change if 'you're lucky enough to be around for it'.