The story is rooted in Shakespeare (which my husband figured out from the title. Brush up your Shakespeare for this read.) and tells the story of three sisters and their lives after they return home to care for their ailing mother. Sister Rose (Rosalind) is the responsible, motherly, accomplished never left home sister. Sister Bianca has fled from their home and developed a nasty NY lifestyle of lies, stealing, and cheap one night stands. Cordelia just runs and keeps the life of a vagabond, not really caring much about anyone or anything. One summer they all return home and begin to solve all of thier problems and heal their mother.
The one interesting twist on this novel was that it was told from a first person plural point of view. All the sisters are apparently telling this story from the point of view as a single sisterly unit. It was most unusual, and I have never read anything like this before. It is probably the single facter that kept me reading until it finally turned into a page turner for me.
As a general rule if a book does not compel me to keep reading within the first 10-20 pages of the book, I don't usually continue. The fact that I kept plowing through this, really says a lot for the hope I had that it would get better.
You will enjoy this if you know your Shakespeare and like a nice tidy ending for your fiction. Also, if you enjoy unique perspectives, this one is worthy of taking a look at. We might be able to learn a thing or two about writing. Maybe this was why there was such a long waitlist for it.
For those of you waiting, I am returning it today.
1 comment:
Esme - It's not exactly a memoir, but have you read At Home? I've just completed it - a very interesting way to learn history!
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