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Title: The Hills at Home : A Novel by Nancy Clark ISBN: 0-375-42203-X Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (15 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Editing failure
Comment: I know I'm being picky, but I couldn't get past page 10. On that page alone "shutter" (a decorative item on a window) was spelled "shudder" once and "shutter" twice. Similarly, "ladder" (something on which to climb) was spelled correctly twice and "latter" once. I can only guess what the rest of the book was like. That's shoddy editing, and it ruined my reading. If you are not bothered by such a thing, do finish the book. The plot sounds interesting.
Rating: 5
Summary: Take Jane Austin and add a dash of Richard Russo.
Comment: I cannot say enough superlatives for this book and the Hill family that Nancy Clark has created. It is funny, character-driven, (with an emphasis on characters), and never failed to keep me interested. It is the year or so long story of the large and extended Hill family who have come to stay with and do not leave their Aunt Lily's home in Massachusetts. On the surface, it looks like nothing happens, but we watch the Hills' lives change over the year, and yes, they finally do leave. It takes place around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and even the Ramones have a brief cameo in the book, which I loved. (Joey Ramone so loved being present at the fall of the Berlin Wall). Take the time to read this book if you love well-drawn, interesting, funny characters, if you delight in a long chattery sentence, and want to be with Hills once you have finished the book. We may get our chance, because Nancy Clark is working on a second novel about the Hills, and I want to see what Lily, Ginger, Harvey, Becky, and the group have been doing. This is great reading.
Rating: 2
Summary: The Hills at Home
Comment: This is a tedious, implausible book with a huge cast of characters, none of which you can actually like and many of which you'll actually dislike. There are spots of bad grammar and weird non sequiturs. One thing I cannot understand is how 12 people, more or less, could share one bathroom so conveniently. I was told the book was funny - I waited and waited to laugh, but it never happened. Ms. Clark thinks she knows a lot about a lot of things, but I don't think so, e.g., her knowledge of horticulture leaves much to be desired.
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Title: The Hazards of Good Breeding: A Novel by Jessica Shattuck ISBN: 0393051323 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy ISBN: 0743244354 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum ISBN: 0670032131 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 08 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by ELINOR LIPMAN ISBN: 0679463135 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Marriage of the Sea: A Novel by Jane Alison ISBN: 0374199418 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 16 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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