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Title: Crow Lake (Today Show Book Club #7) by Mary Lawson ISBN: 0-385-33763-9 Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 13 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (63 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Short and sweet
Comment: Crow Lake is a great book: quick, well-written, and thoughtful. The central character Kate is a Toronto zoology professor in her mid-twenties, who is reflecting on her childhood in Northern Ontario. Her parents died in a car accident when she was seven, and she was left with her two older brothers and her baby sister. The family's tragic story becomes entangled with a neighbor family's tragedies, but the book is, in the end, uplifting. The characters are beautifully drawn. Bo, the baby, is amazing; her mannerisms are dead on.
Mary Lawson reflects on what the essence of life is: education and advancement, as Kate has always believed, or other things. she paints a suspenseful tale set in a desolate, but beautiful, landscape, and she illuminates on how nonsensical family relations can be and how difficult, but necessary, it is to re-evaluate our beliefs as we grow older. I recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Story of Sacrifice
Comment: This is an extraordinary novel about sacrificing what you most want in life and shattering dreams in the process.
Lawson has set the story in rural Ontario revolving around a farming community. The descriptions of the land and encompassing environment is both stark and beautiful. The author has demonstrated her ability to tie the surroundings in with her characters and plot. Both are reliant upon each other.
The story is narrated by Kate, the second youngest in a family that has just learned that their parents have been killed and they are now orphans, struggling to stay together and exist as a family. Through this storyline the author is able to reveal the true nature of family relationships and ones expectations on certain outcomes. Unfortunately, as Kate learns, things are not always as they appear.
By way of vivid characterization of all the siblings, Luke, Matt, Bo and of course Kate, the reader is able to fully capture the reality of their situation and how the past and present often collide with one another.
This was a wonderful read for me. I will look forward to Ms. Lawson's next novel.
Rating: 3
Summary: Is That IT??!!
Comment: Mary Lawson is a very good writer. I was instantly drawn in by her prose and could feel why the main character, Kate, was so emotionally withdrawn; myself the product of such an austere, WASPy upbringing. I kept reading impatiently to find out what exactly was the big tragedy that befell her beloved brother Matt so many years ago. Only to find myself exclaiming aloud "THAT'S IT??!!" What a big disappointment! I feel gypped, like the author has violated the unwritten contract between author and reader.
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Title: Three Junes by JULIA GLASS ISBN: 0385721420 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Shadow Baby (Today Show Book Club #14) by Alison McGhee ISBN: 0312423772 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Middlesex : A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides ISBN: 0312422156 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Today Show Book Club #13) by Mark Haddon ISBN: 0385512104 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 31 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Clothes They Stood Up In and The Lady in the Van (Today Show Book Club #5) by Alan Bennett, Alan Bennett ISBN: 0812969650 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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