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Title: Range of Motion by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0-515-11978-4 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (45 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another fast read by Elizabeth Berg.
Comment: RANGE OF MOTION by Elizabeth Berg is the story of Lainey, whose husband Jay is in a coma due to an icicle falling on his head and knocking him out. Lainey sees the humor in all this, and at the same time tries to deal with a future that may not include the love of her life. Her emotions are up and down and she prays and hopes that he will awaken one day. She tries all sorts of things to bring him out of his coma, bringing to the hospital things from home that may stir his mind and help bring him out of the coma. She also spends a lot of time reminiscing about time spent with Jay, the romantic things, the every day things.
At the same time, Lainey notices how her two children are dealing with this tragedy. The oldest Sarah does not seem to be coping well at all, and at times refuses to even see Dad.
Lainey struggles with her emotions, and gets support from her neighbor Alice, who is going through some rough times of her own. The book gets into Alice's troubles, where she is worried that her husband is having an affair with someone at work. The conclusion to this subplot was rather interesting, and I was glad that it got resolved! (The reader was not left hanging).
I think this is my 4th book by Elizabeth Berg, and as with the others I enjoyed reading it a lot. However, I don't feel this is my favorite of her books. I was expecting something with more substance. The book was well-written as all her books are, but I felt that she could have delved more into Lainey's past with Jay and maybe got more into detail about the relationship with the two daugthers. Overall, though, this was a good read!
Rating: 5
Summary: Gets under the surface of things, and sticks with you
Comment: This was the first book I read by Elizabeth Berg. It was one of those happy accidents where you decide to try that book in the bargain pile by an author you don't know, and it turns out to be one of your favorites. I love the tenderness of Lainey's relationship with Jay, how she so deeply misses him, the images of how hard it is to have your partner in the terrible limbo of a coma, and how hard it must be to be the only one who believes he'll ever wake up. Lainey's internal dialogue is very interesting, how her view of the world both evolves and doesn't while she deals with her situation. And as with all of Elizabeth Berg's novels (at least the several I've read), you can't help but find cause for optimism at the end, no matter what happens.
The images that stick with you are the way she uncovers the beauty, the poetry, in the most everyday things. That's a hallmark of her writing. It tends to point out why you should tell your partner and your children why you love them, why you should remember to look at the sunset, stop to catch snowflakes on your tongue, etc.
Just read it. Especially for this book, but to some degree for all of her novels, it's hard to describe the charm of Elizabeth Berg's writing.
Rating: 4
Summary: Berg always has Range!
Comment: I've read every book by Berg except this one, "Range of Motion."
And every single time Berg manages to move my insides around a bit, tug at my heart, and continually make me laugh, even in the midst of tragedy...
She's that kind of writer.
What I love about Berg the most is her observations about life. It's like, "Yea, man. I know just what you're talking about. I've been there. I've thought the same thing."
This is her greatest strength---Identifying with other women.
"Range of Motion" is about a marriage. It's about Lainey who is so in love with her husband that she is willing to wait for him,love him right out of a coma.
It's about believing in something so despartely that one can make impossible things happen.
And of course Berg adds characters like Alice, the next door neighbor, because she adores and knows we all adore having girlfriends to lean on,confide in, love.
Berg is a writer who does not let the reader down...but gives them a safe place to go, even if that place is falling apart at the seams, a light flickers in the distance as a kind of hand for us to hang on to.
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Title: The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0515120898 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Joy School by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0345423097 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0345435028 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 0385318782 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Until the Real Thing Comes Along: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 034543739X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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