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2 out of 3 people (66%) think this is worth consuming…

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Back When We Were Grownups : A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by ANNE TYLER
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4 people have consumed this.

5 entries have been written about this.

On the Heels of Austen... — 3 years ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

The Jane Austen reference on the back cover drew me in, and I can’t say I’m disappointed. Enjoying Emma and Persuasion seemed somewhat counterintuitive at the time, and Grownups was similar, only more so. What had I to do with a fat, widowed older woman? Not much, really, but I still cared about her. That’s the genius of Tyler’s writing: characterization, dialogue, and motives spun with nuanced authenticity that convinces you without seeming to try. The conversations were so good I didn’t notice them. Likewise, the central premises, deftly developed. Has Rebecca become a person she doesn’t like? Domestic drama is seldom this fascinating.

I Rarely Read Books Like This — 3 years ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

My wife recently read this, and in a fit of post-final exams euphoria, I dove in. The Jane Austen comparisons on the back cover made me curious. The verdict is still out.

Corinne S.
Seattle

A story about this — 3 years ago

NOT WORTH CONSUMING

All done. I found the main character pretty pitiful. I guess I’m not that interested in a middle aged woman who thinks that her only chance to “find herself” is to look up the ex-fiance she dumped decades earlier.

Corinne S.
Seattle

A story about this — 3 years ago

NOT WORTH CONSUMING

I started this book recently. No opinion yet.

Neva Feva
Portland

A story about this — 5 years ago

Maybe I’m just not in the right mood for this particular book but I just can’t go on with it.


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