The Year of Pleasures: A Novel
by Elizabeth Berg
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Author: Elizabeth BergEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-28
ISBN: 0812970993
Number of pages: 225
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: A Lightweight Anne Tyler
Summary: 2 Stars
Having read and enjoyed Elizabeth Berg's earlier books, I was really disappointed with The Year of Pleasures. The first half of the book was really really good, then it just fell apart. Totally incohesive. Doesn't the author check back on what she had written a few chapters earlier? Betta sells her brownstone in Boston for almost $2 million, buys the "small" Victorian home for $350,000, which I find hard to believe since homes in "small town" America never sell for that much!
So, unless she had a mortgage on the Boston home, Betta is set for life and should not worry whether she could afford the vacant store and the apartment upstairs. That did it for me! And the elderly owner of the Victorian who is languishing in a filthy old folks home, why didn't she do something with that $350,000 to have a better "end of life?"
I was hoping to see more of Zeke the dog, but no. And what middle aged woman would move into a dumpy filthy apartment with two slobs when she could have rented out a spare bedroom if she was so scared to live alone! Or get a dog!
Sorry folks, save your time and don't bother with this silly book. Ms. Berg has obviously lost her touch and should retire.
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