The Almost Moon
by Alice Sebold
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Author: Alice SeboldEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-09-08
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 291
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: Mental Illness Ain't Logical
Summary: 4 Stars
Not surprised that this book got so many negative reviews... the author deals with REAL life tragedy and suffering- rape and murder of a 14 year old girl (The Lovely Bones); rape (Lucky) a true story about this author's experience with this violent crime; and her second novel about a daughter killing her mother.
Best Selling "MONEY" author's would never write about such theme's or plot lines, because it's not the stuff readers will BUY. Some authors write multiple books each year (i.e. James Patterson) and people buy them... no matter that many are published to enhance the author's and his publisher's bank accounts... these "novel's" are just short story's if you delete empty pages and double spacing, large type... they do have a HOOK that "forces" people to buy them.
The Lovely Bones was an exception as a novel, as was Lucky an auto-biography... the former a smash bestseller, and the latter a VIEW of the effects of rape on the victim which received a higher rating in this crib than her bestseller.
Readers who gave both books few stars and negative reviews didn't get the MESSAGES being sent by the author to the audience. The Lovely Bones does an excellent and realistic job of explaining what an entire family goes through, their entire life after a child dies (rape/murder being the most horrific for parent's, et al family members to "accept"). The readers get comfort knowing that Susie is in limbo/heaven trying to help her family survive her death, without such comfort the book would very likely not have been such a success on the market. The movie required double the box's of eye tissues cause you SEE Susie, her family and killer... not just read words on paper.
Her 2nd novel doesn't have a anti-depression "pill" while covering a topic people don't want to think about (matricide)... let alone read. People (book readers) who have had family members with mental illness, suicide, etc. may find the book on target and give it a tad more stars cause mentally ill people ain't like you and me ("normal" people) who THINK rationally and logically... not just the opposite.
Summary of The Almost Moon
A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky.For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.
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