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Carregando... We Are All Welcome Here: A Novel (original: 2006; edição: 2007)de Elizabeth Berg (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Diana is the daughter of Paige, a beautiful and kind woman who had polio when she was pregnant and is now disabled and relies on a ventilator and carers. Diana is 13 years old in the novel. She loves her mother but is also expressing her own will. They live in Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of Elvis, a small town and in 1960s Tupelo Diana and her friend spend their free time reading magazines in the local shop, visiting the hardware shop and annoying the woman in the dress shop. The glimpses into life for a woman with disabilities in the 1960s are interesting as are the sections about black voting rights but this is mainly a family story. ( ) The characters, Paige the polio stricken quadriplegic mother, Diana her early teenage daughter and somewhat willing hands, and Peacie the absolute miracle of a caretaker are the heart and strength of this book. The overwhelming horror of the polio is used as a bit of hand wave over the less likely good luck portions of the story, but it remains a real look at fairness and freedom seen from the backside. I loved this book. It's a fascinating story about a woman who was struck with the polio virus while pregnant with her daughter, and gave birth in an iron lung. The daughter ends up having to help take care of her mother, since she is a quadriplegic. They live in the 50's, about the time that blacks were fighting for their rights, and they had a black caretaker who'd been with the family since the daughter's birth.. they go through a lot of trouble that happens in their lives. I wish the story had not ended, as it was a fresh, clean, touching story, with plenty of heart, and real, true feelings. This woman is my favorite author, as well !! It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis’s birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently–and violently–across the state. But in Paige Dunn’s small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of the polio she contracted during her last month of pregnancy, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daughter, Diana, in the way she sees fit–with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie. As the summer unfolds, hate and adversity will visit this modest home. Despite the difficulties thrust upon them, each of the women will find her own path to independence, understanding, and peace. And Diana’ s mother, so mightily compromised, will end up giving her daughter an extraordinary gift few parents could match. WE ARE ALL WELCOME HERE is, by Berg's own admission, her only book that was based on a reader's suggestion, and not just her own idea. But she took that reader's story and made it pure Berg, i.e. a moving tale that grabs you early on and doesn't let go until the last page is turned. And it's quite a cocktail of ingredients too: small town Mississippi in 1964; polio, and a baby born in an iron lung; civil rights marches in the headlines; subtle undertones of racial tension seen through a child's eyes (a la Scout and Jem); a frank and gritty coming-of-age of a 13 year-old girl (that iron lung baby); and even Elvis is in here (it's Tupelo). And it all works wonderfully! But no surprise there, because this is Elizabeth Berg at her best. Loved this book, and love Berg too. (I met her at a reading just a week ago - a very down-to-earth, absolutely delightful woman.) My highest recommendation. - Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Three women are each struggling against overwhelming odds for her own kind of freedom. It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis's birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently--and violently--across the state. But in Paige Dunn's small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of the polio she contracted during her last month of pregnancy, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daughter, Diana, in the way she sees fit--with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie. Diana is trying in her own fashion to live a normal life. As a fourteen-year-old, she wants to make money for clothes and magazines, to slough off the authority of her mother and Peacie, to figure out the puzzle that is boys, and to escape the oppressiveness she sees everywhere in her small town. What she can never escape, however, is the way her life is markedly different from others'. Nor can she escape her ongoing responsibility to assist in caring for her mother. Paige Dunn is attractive, charming, intelligent, and lively, but her needs are great--and relentless. As the summer unfolds, hate and adversity will visit this modest home. Despite the difficulties thrust upon them, each of the women will find her own path to independence, understanding, and peace. And Diana's mother, so mightily compromised, will end up giving her daughter an extraordinary gift few parents could match. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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