She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)
3 journalers for this copy...
Bought this from Bookfest as a surprise for a stranger! I hope she enjoys it, it was on her wishlist :)
Journal Entry 2 by wombles at Bookcrossing Convention 2006 in Dunedin, Otago New Zealand on Monday, February 13, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (2/16/2006 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention 2006 in Dunedin, Otago New Zealand
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES: Giving this to a fellow traveller as a hello rabck!
Journal Entry 3 by Sherlockfan from Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on Monday, February 20, 2006
And what a lovely surprise.
My first introduction to the delightful cheerful Womble was to receive this book. The thought that someone could take that trouble in advance of meeting me was a thrill. As indeed was the whole convention.
No small part was Womble's curiosity about some Kiwi expressions that are quite normal to us - such as 'dairy' and 'jandals' - and seeing her look of astonishment when we interpreted words for her.
The idea of going to a dairy to buy a raspberry coke really mystified her.
There was no time for reading at the convention. I've already started to read about Dolores and her weird start to learning about life. The whole thing looks like living up to my preconceptions.
Loved meeting you Womble.
Thanks a million.
My first introduction to the delightful cheerful Womble was to receive this book. The thought that someone could take that trouble in advance of meeting me was a thrill. As indeed was the whole convention.
No small part was Womble's curiosity about some Kiwi expressions that are quite normal to us - such as 'dairy' and 'jandals' - and seeing her look of astonishment when we interpreted words for her.
The idea of going to a dairy to buy a raspberry coke really mystified her.
There was no time for reading at the convention. I've already started to read about Dolores and her weird start to learning about life. The whole thing looks like living up to my preconceptions.
Loved meeting you Womble.
Thanks a million.
Journal Entry 4 by Sherlockfan from Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on Wednesday, March 8, 2006
The book did indeed live up to my preconceptions.I had so enjoyed Wally Lamb's "I Know This Much Is True" that I just knew I'd like to read more of his work.
Inside the cover there is a comment from 'People'.
"This male writes so convincingly in the voice of a female, tracing her life from 4 to 40, that you have to keep looking back at the jacket picture just to make sure." Until I read that comment just now I'd forgotten, or not thought as I read the book, just how unusual it was that such a book should have been written by a male. It was not relevant in the first remarkable book that intorduced me to Wally Lamb.
My emotions were challenged as I read this book, liviing some of Dolores's feelings as her life progressed through roller-coasters of experiences. I empathised with her, flinched as she looked in the occasional mirror, felt hopeful at times, miserable at times, and above all angry. That she developed as she did was a great testimony to the author's understanding of human nature.
I'm not sure that I'll release this book just yet. I might save it up and take to read again on a long flight in June when we head to our son's family overseas. I'll try to take it to a bookcrossing meet-up in England - its is too precious a book to leave in the wild. In fact, almost good enough to become a permanent item on my shelves. We'll see how I feel in a few weeks.
Inside the cover there is a comment from 'People'.
"This male writes so convincingly in the voice of a female, tracing her life from 4 to 40, that you have to keep looking back at the jacket picture just to make sure." Until I read that comment just now I'd forgotten, or not thought as I read the book, just how unusual it was that such a book should have been written by a male. It was not relevant in the first remarkable book that intorduced me to Wally Lamb.
My emotions were challenged as I read this book, liviing some of Dolores's feelings as her life progressed through roller-coasters of experiences. I empathised with her, flinched as she looked in the occasional mirror, felt hopeful at times, miserable at times, and above all angry. That she developed as she did was a great testimony to the author's understanding of human nature.
I'm not sure that I'll release this book just yet. I might save it up and take to read again on a long flight in June when we head to our son's family overseas. I'll try to take it to a bookcrossing meet-up in England - its is too precious a book to leave in the wild. In fact, almost good enough to become a permanent item on my shelves. We'll see how I feel in a few weeks.
I was given the book by my mother in law, sherlockfan, (Wellington) and am now taking it to Haumoana Beach, Hawkes Bay to my sister who has just finished reading "I know this much is true" also by Wally Lamb we were chatting about our latest reads and realised it was the same author so are swapping books over.Thoroughly enjoyed a school holiday read. Thanks.
CAUGHT IN WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND
CAUGHT IN WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND
