FOUR stars
This was such a sweet exploration of womanhood and becoming the highest and best version of ourselves. I loved how Sister Holland expressed her ideas ... there was very little I hadn't heard before, but it was the way she said it that touched me. Her thoughts on parenting were especially poignant. The idea that children are so pure that they know when their parents are treating them unfairly struck me. It would indeed make it hard to judge right from wrong after seeing parents behave in ways they shouldn't. Anyway, it was a great read. One I plan to read again soon.
FIVE stars
This is the ... millionth? time I've read this book. I've listened to it on CD, I've read it until it was so battered and bruised I needed to buy a second copy. I love this book. I resonate with so much of it that it's literally a kind of addiction. I love to watch the movie, I love to watch Liz on any talk show or conference where she shares her thoughts ... I just really admire her. We're nothing alike, which is why it may seem admittedly odd that I love her so much. I just think she's good and smart. Her writing style is totally unique and insightful and I read everything with her name on it. Period.
THREE stars
I admire strength. Portia went through a lot of difficult things and found her way into being a happy, healthy woman. I appreciate how honest she is in her portrayal of the eating disorder that ravished her life for so many years. So many girls suffer from unhealthy body image and life-threatening addictions. Although I don't agree with her lifestyle or a lot of her opinions, I think she is a remarkable woman. I even checked out Arrested Development after I read the book just to see her as an actress. :) I like her. And I'm glad she's happy.
THREE stars
Picoult sure picks the very most controversial of topics for her books. Eldon teased me that I was reading a lot of lesbian books ( I was also reading Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett, but stopped because I didn't like it). This story is about a women who falls in love with a woman after a nasty divorce from her husband, with whom she had struggled for 10 years with infertility and the loss of several pregnancies, including one stillborn son. Devastating. She and her new wife want custody of the frozen embryos from her previous marriage, and her ex-husband disagrees on religious grounds. Picoult does a decent job of presenting each side equally, with warts and all, but I found myself resenting the way some Christians decide to manifest their beliefs. I'm sure that was her point. I was ashamed that people who claim to follow Christ would treat others in such an un-Christlike manner. But she's right. Too many of us do that. Anyway, well-written. She does SO much research for her novels. I enjoyed it. I like to think, and this book certainly made me think.
I love "A Quiet Heart." I read during the week I was overdue with Jordan and I've referred to it many times since. Love it. I
ReplyDeletem glad you enjoyed "Unbearable Lightness" too.