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Title: Three Women : A Novel by Marge Piercy ISBN: 0-06-093702-5 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (21 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Novel, Awful Cover!
Comment: Poor Marge Piercy, her novels are so serious, and so political, and yet they are so often saddled with the most ridiculous cover art! Piercy has no equal in weaving multiple characters and plot lines into an intellectual page-turner. She's been doing it for thirty years. The central plot of this novel, although there are many side plots, concerns mom/grandma/daughter all living together after grandma has a stroke and daughter loses her job. It's quite a page-turner as we discover a mystery from the daughter's past, a relationship unfolding for the mother, and the difficulties encountered by the grandmother.
My only complaint with the book was that the portrait of the attorney's work did not ring true to me as an attorney, and I found the anecdotes of the grandmother's career as a union organizer to be rather cliched. (This character has been beaten up by Union bosses AND has been firebombed by the Klan AND....okay, we get the point, Marge.) However, this is still a first class read.
Rating: 4
Summary: For all Mothers, Daughters, and Grandma's
Comment: I have learned so much from Marge Piercy's books and this one is no exception. I didn't always like the book because it is uncomfortable to read about a powerful woman so weakened by a stroke. And the young girl's lifestyle may turn off some readers. But the characters have stayed with me - I read this book when it was first released. Last summer, when my grandmother died after a fall that incapacitated her mind, this book came back to me. I found it amazingly helpful to view the accident from the perspective of the grandmother in this book. Marge Piercy is incredibly gifted. She brings readers into different worlds. Her books have helped me find the perspective and inner strength to be a strong person who can stand on her own.
Rating: 3
Summary: Underdeveloped Characters, Shallow Story
Comment: I'm a longtime fan of Marge Piercy, ever since I devoured Gone to Soldiers, Woman on the Edge of Time and He, She and It. Another enjoyable read was Ms. Piercy's frank and affectionate memoir, Sleeping with Cats. This effort, however, didn't do much for me. I didn't feel emotionally involved with any of the characters and basically could have cared less what happened to them. I felt this was a superficial read; nothing gripped me at all. It's too bad; was it written in in a hurry? I won't give up on Ms. Piercy, though, and will keep an eye out for her future works.
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Title: Sleeping with Cats : A Memoir by Marge Piercy ISBN: 0060936045 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Third Child : A Novel (PIERCY, MARGE) by Marge Piercy ISBN: 0066211166 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: City of Darkness City of Light by Marge Piercy ISBN: 0449912752 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: He, She and It by Marge Piercy ISBN: 0449220605 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy ISBN: 0449210820 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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