Amy Bloom (1) (1953–)
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Amy Bloom (1) has been aliased into Amy Beth Bloom.
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The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 (1999) — Bidragyder — 516 eksemplarer
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Bidragyder — 452 eksemplarer
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Bidragyder — 389 eksemplarer
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Bidragyder — 367 eksemplarer
Wild Women: Contemporary Short Stories by Women Celebrating Women (1994) — Bidragyder — 150 eksemplarer
A Fictional History of the United States : with Huge Chunks Missing (2006) — Bidragyder — 77 eksemplarer
Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings (2007) — Bidragyder — 72 eksemplarer
More Stories We Tell: The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women (2004) — Bidragyder — 64 eksemplarer
Here Lies My Heart: Essays on Why We Marry, Why We Don't, and What We Find There (A Beacon Anthology) (1999) — Forord — 63 eksemplarer
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Bloom, Amy
- Andre navne
- BLOOM, Amy Beth
BLOOM, Amy - Fødselsdato
- 1953-06-18
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- American
- Fødested
- New York, New York, USA
- Erhverv
- Social Worker
Psychotherapist
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Scriptwriter
Author
Medlemmer
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Extraordinary, wise, sad, funny tale of novelist Amy Bloom's journey to Zurich to help her dementia-troubled husband realize his last wish. I learned a lot about our so-called freedom to die laws, and about a loving marriage.
I put this book ony to-read list nearly ten years ago, I think. I liked it a lot. The people in it and the worldviews they have are--ones that my existence would be a disappointment to, that I could only exist on the periphery of. It was interesting to inhabit them, for a while.
I read this in 2008 and I think it was among the first dozen books I read about transness, simply because it was on the HQ shelf in the college library. I don't recall a thing about it and I'm sure it wasn't anything special, but I'll respect my past self giving it 4/5 since I have no plans to reread.
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- 18
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- 21
- Medlemmer
- 6,623
- Popularitet
- #3,700
- Vurdering
- 4.0
- Anmeldelser
- 388
- ISBN
- 135
- Sprog
- 8
- Udvalgt
- 5
I looked forward with much enthusiasm to this fictionalized account of the relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickok (aka "Hick"). While historians are in near universal agreement about the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings (and the children that resulted from their union), the jury is still out on the exact nature of the arrangement between Roosevelt and Hick -- was it friendship? platonic? consummated? I was curious to see how Bloom would treat the subject.
The author gives us a story from Hick's point of view that veers off in every direction imaginable. I felt as though I was on a canoe ride exploring every little tributary off the main river. By the time I got to the end, I wouldn't have been able to retrace the route if I tried. This, combined with lots of obscure Roosevelt-era name dropping, made the book more of a chore than a treat.
2.5 stars rounded down.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (mere)