Things Unspoken

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Author(s):

Anitra Sheen

Binding: Paperback
Format(s): Bargain Price
List Price: $12.95

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Product Description

The halcyon days of Los Angeles in the '50s are the seductive setting for this mesmerizing novel, chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Best Books of the year. After her mother's death, young Jorie grows up with her two older brothers and a mostly absent physician-father. While her brothers become increasingly wild, Jorie becomes the central force holding the family together. And as they discover more of their father's entangled secret life, Jorie embarks on her own relationships that threaten their strange-but-stable world.

Customer Reviews

soso

initally has a good start but then drags on...good book to take to beach on a long vacation...kind of flat from middle to end....mostly b/c "things" are held in by the main character so in that sense true to plot...3/4 of the way through I started to skim to find out end of story...which was predictable and flat...

Things Unspoken

Excellent book~!! I enjoyed it from Page One until the very end. Well written, it will keep your attention until the story is over. You will miss the characters for days, after you have finished the book.

Highly recommended.

So real it seems like non-fiction

I swear, I had to check several times to make sure this book was fiction. It is so well written, it feels like an autobiography.

Jorie is little more than a toddler (and her two brothers not much older) when their mother dies of polio-related causes. This is the 1950's, and their father is a doctor (and by the looks of it a successful doctor) who stands by helplessly as the mother of his children dies.

This happens in the first few pages of the story, and life doesn't get much better for these kids through the story. There is financial stability in their lives, but that is all. Their father rears them intellectually, but he disdains any emotion. And they only know him through the few stories he chooses to tell.

The novel is spun in such a way that you can't help but zoom along through it, wondering what will become of these poor scraps. It is a glimpse of what growing up without affection could be like, but it is not hopeless. In fact, just the opposite, Jorie is always full of hope. You cheer for her and her brothers as they grow.

I really enjoyed this story, though I found it completely heartbreaking.

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Marvelous!

A well written, fast paced and fascinating book. One of the best reads I've found in a long time. The writing style reminded me of Dani Shapiro's (especially Slow Motion): very descriptive, highly intense and totally unflinching.

An excellent read

I hope Anitra Sheen will write a sequel to this moving book. This is one of the best books I have ever read.

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