Helpless: A Novel
by Barbara Gowdy
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Author: Barbara GowdyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 0312427662
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Picador
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Book Review: Love
Summary: 4 Stars
In its many forms comes, as Michael Stipe said in strange currencies. This is a story about love of the misguided kind, even though you are aware of the inherent 'wrongness' it causes you to look at the subject matter in a different way.
Ron a middle aged emotional misfit runs a repair business, his girlfriend, Nancy - loves him with an almost teenage adoration, keeping on her person a 'charm' to keep him faithful.
Together they participate in the abduction on a nine year old girl named Rachel, though strictly Ron is solely responsible for its instigation, Nancys love prevents her from doing 'the right thing' initially, how can the man she loves have done something so wrong? she justifies and rationalises his reasons, both to herself and to Rachel. This novel explores the effect of the kidnapping on the three main characters along with Rachels mother Celia and her friend and landlord Mika.
It nudges the reader to question commonly held beliefs on love and the concessions made in its name - Can a love that is so wrong be anything other than wicked?
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