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Title: Nearer Than the Sky: A Novel by T. Greenwood ISBN: 0-312-28051-3 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful, Disturbing, and Beautiful!
Comment: Never has a book inspired so many conflicting emotions within me as "Nearer Than The Sky". T. Greenwood, author of "Breathing Water", has penned an incredibly nuanced story of a family beset by an insidious and dangerous mental illness: Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. This relatively unknown illness goes unreported in so many cases, mostly because it's almost impossible to detect (especially in it's subtler forms), and is hard to prove in a court of law. But it's very real...as real as your baby's next breath.
This is the story of Indie Brown, a woman who wishes that her childhood had never happened. But in the way of all life, nothing is ever completely over and done with. Happily settled into adulthood with her loving and steadfast husband, Peter, Indie begins to be drawn ever so slowly backward into her past when she begins to suspect her sister Lily of causing harm to her own newborn baby. Upon this discovery, Indie realizes that their mother is the one responsible for Lily's illness, as Lily is responsible for her own daughter's mysterious sicknesses.
Writing with poetic insight and incredible subtlety, Greenwood wraps the reader up in the darkness of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, illustrating its far-reaching effects and ultimately destructive force. Greenwood's characters are multi-dimensional and real, reacting to each crisis in wholly human ways, flawed and believable. With each breathtaking revelation, Greenwood captures the moment with startling clarity and brilliant depiction. Add "Nearer Than The Sky" to your reading list immediately, and grab the tissues. You'll need them.
Rating: 4
Summary: Brilliant Writing
Comment: This is the story of Indie Brown. A young woman who has moved from the drama of her childhood life into a peaceful home in the woods with her partner Peter.
Indie's life has not been an easy one. Her mother suffered from Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. This is a disturbing mental illness that affects all of the family, especially Indie's sister Lily. Lily was her mother's shining star growing up which put her in some grave situations as a child and left her scarred to the core. Indie must return home to the very place where her nightmares began. Her mother is ill and Lily has called Indie to return. Upon arrival, Indie suspects that Lily may be following in their mother's footsteps and wreaking havoc in her own household now.
We are told about the family's plight through a series of flashbacks. It's almost eerie to read about the mother's behaviour and see it through Indie's eyes as a child.
Ms. Greenwood's writing is wonderful and lyrical. I was captivated by the quality of her style.
Indie and Lily's story will stay with me for a long time to come.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow! This book is fantastic!
Comment: I am not going to give a story summary - the rest of the reviewers have done a good job at that. What I will tell you is that this book is fantastic. I could not put it down. Lately I have had a hard time focusing on reading because my books have not grabbed at me very well. Nearer Than the Sky grabbed at me. The prose is lyrical, smooth and enchanting. I did not like Greenwoods first book much, but greatly loved this one. I am going to begin Undressing the Moon tonight.
You go Tammy! Keep up the good work.
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Title: Breathing Water by T. Greenwood ISBN: 0312262892 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Undressing the Moon by T. Greenwood, Tammy Greenwood ISBN: 0312303270 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Things Unspoken by Anitra Sheen ISBN: 0811831574 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: I Loved You All: A Novel by Paula Sharp ISBN: 0786886153 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Rainlight by Alison McGhee ISBN: 0312277032 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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