Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Paperback | Pages: 375 pages Rating: 3.12 | 1028 Users | 176 Reviews
Specify Containing Books December
| Title | : | December |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 375 pages |
| Published | : | December 26th 2008 by Sceptre (first published January 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Adult. Family |
Explanation In Favor Of Books December
I don't think I have ever said this before about a book - but it was just too realistic. By which I mean, too many sighs, too many dumb comments, a couple with a sad marriage that I have totally seen in real life, a conflict that's interesting but ultimately goes nowhere. Blah, mundane, disappointing.December is about an eleven year old girl Isabelle who, one day, inexplicably, falls mute and proceeds to remain such for almost a year. Trauma? Spicy event that triggered this? Nope. She just felt like it. The concept of someone falling into silence is interesting, certainly it shows you how much power silence has and how it can shake up a family dynamic, but guess what is also is - BORING. This book really needed more action. Isabelle's not talking highlights the failing marriage (not that this was explored, we just got to witness it - overbearing obnoxious critical woman and cuckolded extremely washed out husband) and makes their lives sad and complicated. Then one day it all ends just as randomly as it began. I didn't HATE this per se as much as it just wasn't worth the time.
List Books Conducive To December
| Original Title: | December |
| ISBN: | 0340961430 (ISBN13: 9780340961438) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Containing Books December
Ratings: 3.12 From 1028 Users | 176 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books December
I read this a while back and liked it but it wasn't what I expected, so was a but disappointed. An okay read.Although the author is good at describing the troubled teenage mind, the parents are highly irritating and empty. They live exclusively in function of their daughter and apparently have no inner life. The fact they kept referring to an hypothetical trip to Africa as some sort of amorphous thing they could do, is probably one of the most annoying things ive read in fiction lately.
December was very readable. It was a curious look at elective mutism and I liked how it portrayed Isabelle as a child with whom one could be both irritated and empathetic. I did find her mother, Ruth, a rather unlikeable character for a lot of the book as she seemed to be perpetually having a go at someone. Maybe that is what we are supposed to think happens to someone in her predicament. At times I thought it odd that so much verbiage could go into e.g. the depiction of a carpet and so little
This is the second time I have read this book. The first time I remember really enjoying it and recommending it to a friend interested in psychology and speech who thought it was well written. This time enough time had passed so it felt like a new book and I found it difficult to get into until Part II which was much more engaging for me at this time.I recommend trying it and if you can make it halfway I think it's worth the time. If you're finding it difficult to engage, stop, there are many
A family falls apart because a child has taken the decision to stop speaking. Why? Is there a reason? Does she need a reason? and the adults become even more estranged than before. Well written. Different.
Imagine being 11 years old. In a bid to control just a part of your life you build a wall of silence around yourself. However, soon the silence that protected you becomes an entity unto itself and it becomes your jailor.This beautiful novel portrays a family in crisis. Dad Wilson and mum Ruth have no explanation for thier daughter Isabelle's self imposed silence, and trying to find a reason is slowly tearing them apart, both as individuals and as a couple.Isabelle herself is in turmoil, knowing
Imagine all the stages of puzzlement, anger, frustration, and terror you'd go through if your 11-year-old daughter gradually stopped talking. Now imagine it's 9 months later - not only has she not said a word to anyone, but she has become more and more withdrawn and secretive, spending most of her free time reading or drawing, often not even responding to her parents' attempts to communicate.That's the situation that two NYC parents, Ruth and Wilson, and their daughter Isablelee find themselves
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