The Good Mother: A Novel
by Sue Miller
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Author: Sue MillerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-17
ISBN: 0060505931
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful book. Miller's language is rich and evocative - - as intense as the emotions she evokes. It is a cross between Mark Helprin and Alice Hoffman.
Anna is the protagonist and her passions is portrayed as realistically and all-consumingly as anything I've ever read. The only weak spot in the novel is the way that Miller treats the dissipation of Anna and Leo's relationship and the way Leo is portrayed as someone to pity and 'just a tad' removed from the mainstream. This part is written as though this fringe quality of his is the rationale or vantage point from which the tragedy can be viewed and understood. Anna's torment and tragedy is almost unbearable.
This book's force and beauty are almost beyond description. It is a book to be savored and remembered for a very long time.
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