Songs Without Words (Vintage Contemporaries) Summary and Reviews

Songs Without Words (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Ann Packer

Songs Without Words (Vintage Contemporaries)
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Author: Ann Packer
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-07-29
ISBN: 0375727175
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Sad, But a Good Sad...
Summary: 5 Stars

I really loved this book. I thought it was dead on as far as typical American families go. The women in the book are older than me, except for the daughter, but I still felt like I could relate. I related to Lauren a lot because I dealt with depression when I was a teenager and my feelings were similar to the ones she experienced. I liked that Ann Packer had put those weird feelings into words. I also liked Sarabeth a lot, she was flawed and perhaps a little selfish but it was clear that she too had suffered from depression, and Liz as well. I do wish that there had been more focus on Joe, who all but disappeared from the story towards the end, and I think Ann Packer sensed that and wrote that last bit from Joe's point of view, before moving on to the very ending. I thought the ending was good, if not maybe a little abrupt, and in a way I didn't feel like I had enough closure, but in life sometimes you don't get closure for certain things and maybe Ann Packer doesn't want to coddle her readers.

I liked this book more the The Dive From Clausen's Pier. I liked that one but I hated the ending. I'm planning to read Ann Packer's book of short stories soon.

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