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Her luminous first novel, Moon Women, won the hearts of both readers and critic. Now Pamela Duncan returns to the rich landscape of the human heart with a lush, resonant novel about mothers and daughters, family and friendship and a woman at a turning point in her life. It's the holiday season in Russell, North Carolina. For Laurel Granger, it can't pass quickly enough. With her fifteen-year marriage ending, her obligatory visit to her hometown is bound to be even more painful than usual. And the worst part will be looking at the lives of her mother, Pansy, and Pansy's gossipy group of friends, for whom life revolves around the plant, the aging textile mill where for decades they have found companionship, a modest livelihood, and a purpose. But with her own marriage disintegrating, Laurel has nowhere else to turn except Russell and the women of the plant. And soon what Laurel begins to see is not the stifling town she couldn't wait to leave, nor women whose lives seem petty and plain, but a place where powerful secrets have been kept, where hearts and lives have been broken and where a group of extraordinary women may have a thing or two to teach her about life.… (mais)
Laurel Granger lived for her husband, Scott, then he left her for another woman. Depressed, rootless, and alone in Vegas, Laurel decides to head back home to Russell, North Carolina. Without telling her parents what happened, she moves in with them. Well, it becomes obvious that Laurel isn't going back to Vegas and she needs a job. The only place that will hire her is the plant (factory) where her mother has worked for umpteen years. Laurel isn't happy to be going to work there, but at least it's a desk job. She finds herself a part of a group of women who have been friends and helped and hated each other for years. With their help, she starts to finally heal and move on.
I had never even heard of author Pamela Duncan until I saw her speak at a book festival I attended last year. I loved her. I agreed with everything she said and felt like she could be me talking. Plus, Lee Smith, who wrote one of my favorite books ever, was her teacher. I bought all three of Ms. Duncan's books, had her sign them, and actually had a delightful, short conversation with her. (Me at most signings: "How are you? My name is Jennifer. Yes, it's spelled the normal way. Thank you.")
I couldn't really justify buying three books for myself, so I gave this one to my mom. She has worked in a plant for about as long as I remember. I need to ask her more about what she thought of it, but from the outside looking in, this book looked like it was spot on. My mom has spoken of the same women for years and years. They mostly love each other. Some days, they do get on each other's nerves. But they are always there at the weddings and the funerals and in sickness and in health. That's the complicated relationship the author captured in this book.
This was funny and sad and everything in between. I was hoping for Laurel to find a good man, and I picked out the one I wanted her to have very quickly. I was frustrated with her when she didn't see how perfect he was. I was rooting for Laurel's mama Pansy to pull out of her issues. My heart hurt for her in her past. I didn't like Pansy's mama at first, but in her brief chapters, I started to understand her as well.
I recommend this for a lovely celebration of the complexity of female relationships. ( )
Really enjoyed this book, the story was very real, at times it felt like I knew the characters and could really identify with what they were going through. Similar to Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bon's and other books of that ilk. Will definitely be keeping an eye out for other books by Duncan. Recommend. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
It is not just work. It is as if the blood these people shed at their machines, and the fibers they ingested over time--'eatin' cotton,' they call it with a smile--have made the mill a part of them and them a part of it, all mixed together, metal, cotton, flesh and bone. Rick Bragg
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
For Pat Eaton, Marie Moore, Neese, Jamie Pryor, and mill workers everywhere, the best people in the world. And for Kelly Jerome Duncan and Aaron Wade Henderson
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
There's a reason folks cries at weddings. I tried to tell Laurel the day she got married, tried to stop her.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
"That's all right," Lottie May said. "Long as I'm blowing toward home."
Her luminous first novel, Moon Women, won the hearts of both readers and critic. Now Pamela Duncan returns to the rich landscape of the human heart with a lush, resonant novel about mothers and daughters, family and friendship and a woman at a turning point in her life. It's the holiday season in Russell, North Carolina. For Laurel Granger, it can't pass quickly enough. With her fifteen-year marriage ending, her obligatory visit to her hometown is bound to be even more painful than usual. And the worst part will be looking at the lives of her mother, Pansy, and Pansy's gossipy group of friends, for whom life revolves around the plant, the aging textile mill where for decades they have found companionship, a modest livelihood, and a purpose. But with her own marriage disintegrating, Laurel has nowhere else to turn except Russell and the women of the plant. And soon what Laurel begins to see is not the stifling town she couldn't wait to leave, nor women whose lives seem petty and plain, but a place where powerful secrets have been kept, where hearts and lives have been broken and where a group of extraordinary women may have a thing or two to teach her about life.
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I had never even heard of author Pamela Duncan until I saw her speak at a book festival I attended last year. I loved her. I agreed with everything she said and felt like she could be me talking. Plus, Lee Smith, who wrote one of my favorite books ever, was her teacher. I bought all three of Ms. Duncan's books, had her sign them, and actually had a delightful, short conversation with her. (Me at most signings: "How are you? My name is Jennifer. Yes, it's spelled the normal way. Thank you.")
I couldn't really justify buying three books for myself, so I gave this one to my mom. She has worked in a plant for about as long as I remember. I need to ask her more about what she thought of it, but from the outside looking in, this book looked like it was spot on. My mom has spoken of the same women for years and years. They mostly love each other. Some days, they do get on each other's nerves. But they are always there at the weddings and the funerals and in sickness and in health. That's the complicated relationship the author captured in this book.
This was funny and sad and everything in between. I was hoping for Laurel to find a good man, and I picked out the one I wanted her to have very quickly. I was frustrated with her when she didn't see how perfect he was. I was rooting for Laurel's mama Pansy to pull out of her issues. My heart hurt for her in her past. I didn't like Pansy's mama at first, but in her brief chapters, I started to understand her as well.
I recommend this for a lovely celebration of the complexity of female relationships. (