I started and finished A Sense of Direction in one evening; I couldn't really stop thinking about it, so I couldn't put it down. I found it...
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I just finished this book and it was wonderful-very powerful and beautifully written. There is this constant dread though-what is going to happen? You know Hurricane Katrina is out there looming..waiting... and the book is overwhelming with that anticipation of what will happen to this family because of it, but also their own actions and decisions-they are so close to one another, but so strained and loving and damaged all at once.
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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Kathryn Prybylski, January 31, 2012
I just finished this book and it was wonderful-very powerful and beautifully written. There is this constant dread though-what is going to happen? You know Hurricane Katrina is out there looming..waiting... and the book is overwhelming with that anticipation of what will happen to this family because of it, but also their own actions and decisions-they are so close to one another, but so strained and loving and damaged all at once.