Cynthia Rogers Parks
Paperback | Pages: 362 pages Rating: 4.27 | 37 Users | 15 Reviews
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| Title | : | Houses: a novel |
| Author | : | Cynthia Rogers Parks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 362 pages |
| Published | : | November 13th 2009 by Leigh Walker Books |
| Categories | : | Novels |
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This is a very soft, very subtle book. It reads like the memory of a fireside chat you once had with your favorite aunt or a special neighbor . An easy read, you'd tell your bookclub. Piece of cake. But this one haunts you. The narrator's voice gets in your head and surfaces when you're standing at the kitchen sink, in the carpool line, microwaving your lunch at work. The gender issues and problems that this ordinary character confronted twenty, thirty years ago are the same ones that women,and men, are addressing now. The economic conditions that thwarted Lacey Winter's simple desires to have a home, be a mother and wife and still be a "person" are as real today as they ever were. But in this book there's no gender "war". Only dialectic. Only the questioning, reminiscing voice of that favorite aunt,that special neighbor or grandparent.Don't write this one off as simple nostalgia. It IS an easy read. Because the narrator's voice is so intensely honest and accessible. But HOUSES is a complex novel, even if it's a gentle complexity.
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| ISBN: | 0615328938 (ISBN13: 9780615328935) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.27 From 37 Users | 15 ReviewsWeigh Up Out Of Books Houses: a novel
"Sometimes you own houses. Sometimes they own you." I am 42 and living at the moment in the 8th house of my lifetime. I never actually counted the places I've called home until now. It's something interesting to do, stirring up memories and emotions, branding each dwelling with quick adjectives: one or two in sadness. Another recounted for its consoling wallpaper remodel days after 9/11, when we all sought comfort, security, and control within our rooms when the world outside had none. A few IThis is a very soft, very subtle book. It reads like the memory of a fireside chat you once had with your favorite aunt or a special neighbor . An easy read, you'd tell your bookclub. Piece of cake. But this one haunts you. The narrator's voice gets in your head and surfaces when you're standing at the kitchen sink, in the carpool line, microwaving your lunch at work. The gender issues and problems that this ordinary character confronted twenty, thirty years ago are the same ones that women,and
This was a fascinating read, written like a memoir, though it is fictional, of Lacey Winters, a southern girl growing all the way to middle age and how she views her life through the years. It's written almost like your neighbor telling you her life story. Houses took me from the early 1950's all the way into the year 2000, with political and social commentary the whole way through. I found that I could really relate to so many things the author, Cynthia Parks, had to say, particularly when it
This is a very soft, very subtle book. It reads like the memory of a fireside chat you once had with your favorite aunt or a special neighbor . An easy read, you'd tell your bookclub. Piece of cake. But this one haunts you. The narrator's voice gets in your head and surfaces when you're standing at the kitchen sink, in the carpool line, microwaving your lunch at work. The gender issues and problems that this ordinary character confronted twenty, thirty years ago are the same ones that women,and
This book just seems to brush over the top surface of the boomer life experience. I think it's popularity relies on the fact that the reader can flesh out the stock characters from their own experience. Cultural references bring back the reader's memories, so the feeling of satisfaction with the book is a mix of the story and the reader's experiences during the time frame referenced. For example, I had a lot of memories around the mention of Pound Puppies. We had a Pound Purrie-and it HAD to be
"Houses" is about the many beautiful, enduring and literally earth-shattering epidodes that women and men experience in life. It's how the locust-like numbers of "baby boomers"...in our gusto for living, for challenge and change, helped bring about impassioned awareness, and long standing, meaningful new ways of living in our generation...not just social unrest, mindless war, entitlements and greed. And, we continue to effect social, spiritual, political and cultural change even today.Ms Parks
I really enjoyed this book. I think it would be MOST appealing to female baby boomers. I don't think those under 40 would appreciate it as much. I had a similar feeling to the one I had after seeing the movie "The Butler", of a review of my life and times.
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