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“Spellbinding.”—The New York Times Book Review
“In a tale that rings strikingly true, [Anna] Quindlen captures both the beauty and the breathtaking fragility of family life.”—People
“We come to love this family, because Quindlen makes their ordinary lives so fascinating, their mundane interactions engaging and important. . . . Never read a book that made you cry? Be prepared for a deluge of tears.”—USA Today
“Anna Quindlen’s writing is like knitting; prose that wraps the reader in the warmth and familiarity of domestic life. . . . Then, as in her novels Black and Blue and One True Thing, Quindlen starts to pull at the world she has knitted, and lets it unravel across the pages.”—The Seattle Times
“Packs an emotional punch . . . Quindlen succeeds at conveying the transience of everyday worries and the never-ending boundaries of a mother’s love.”—The Washington Post
“A wise, closely observed, achingly eloquent book.”—The Huffington Post
“If you pick up Every Last One to read a few pages after dinner, you’ll want to read another chapter, and another and another, until you get to bed late.”—Associated Press
“Quindlen conjures family life from a palette of finely observed details.”—Los Angeles Times
“[Quindlen’s] emotional sophistication, and her journalistic eye for authentic dialogue and detail, bring the ring of truth to every page of this heartbreakingly timely novel.”—NPR
“In a tale that rings strikingly true, [Anna] Quindlen captures both the beauty and the breathtaking fragility of family life.”—People
“We come to love this family, because Quindlen makes their ordinary lives so fascinating, their mundane interactions engaging and important. . . . Never read a book that made you cry? Be prepared for a deluge of tears.”—USA Today
“Anna Quindlen’s writing is like knitting; prose that wraps the reader in the warmth and familiarity of domestic life. . . . Then, as in her novels Black and Blue and One True Thing, Quindlen starts to pull at the world she has knitted, and lets it unravel across the pages.”—The Seattle Times
“Packs an emotional punch . . . Quindlen succeeds at conveying the transience of everyday worries and the never-ending boundaries of a mother’s love.”—The Washington Post
“A wise, closely observed, achingly eloquent book.”—The Huffington Post
“If you pick up Every Last One to read a few pages after dinner, you’ll want to read another chapter, and another and another, until you get to bed late.”—Associated Press
“Quindlen conjures family life from a palette of finely observed details.”—Los Angeles Times
“[Quindlen’s] emotional sophistication, and her journalistic eye for authentic dialogue and detail, bring the ring of truth to every page of this heartbreakingly timely novel.”—NPR
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Mary Beth Latham has built her life around her family, around caring for her three teenage children and preserving the rituals of their daily life. When one of her sons becomes depressed, Mary Beth focuses on him, only to be blindsided by a shocking act of violence. What happens afterward is a testament to the power of a woman’s love and determination, and to the invisible lines of hope and healing that connect one human being to another. Ultimately, as rendered in Anna Quindlen’s mesmerizing prose, Every Last One is a novel about facing every last one of the things we fear the most, about finding ways to navigate a road we never intended to travel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Intense,
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This review is from: Every Last One: A Novel (Paperback)
This novel is difficult to review without giving too much away. However, I wish I'd known a little more before I read it. If I had, I wouldn't have felt sucker punched. Or, more likely, I wouldn't have read it. The jacket blurb warns of a "shocking act of violence" but I grossly underestimated the shock. In fact, for the first 100 pages, I was bored by the mundane details of the ordinary life of the narrator--Mary Beth Latham, a middle class woman, mother of three, wife, landscaper. But the writing was very good so I settled for the well-written character study and started to enjoy the quotidian minutiae. I grew to love the Lathams. I was lulled into believing that the violence was also going to be ordinary, that the jacket blurb had misrepresented the plot for marketing purposes. When the horrific event occurs, I was so distressed, I didn't touch the book for days. It was foreshadowed. I knew who would likely perpetrate the violence. But in my wildest imagination, I couldn't have predicted the act itself, or the scope of it. I picked the book back up (in broad daylight) and finished it, with hopes that there was some mistake, that the event was a dream sequence. It wasn't. Quindlen was very cunning in introducing the reader to normal life, then pulling the rug out in a way that makes it feel very real. The aftermath also feels very real. I gave it 4 stars because it was well done. But I certainly didn't enjoy it. I don't read this genre. This would have been a great, enjoyable read for me had the horror been upfront and the "before" life been told in flashbacks, thus giving me me a comfortable distance from the casualties. I loved "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "Lovely Bones" because I knew from the outset what horror I was dealing with.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
True to life story,
By BigJspice (Manitoba, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Every Last One: A Novel (Hardcover)
This is the first Anna Quindlen book I have read and it definitely made me want to read more. Every Last One is a story about a regular middle class family doing regular family things and dealing with mostly regular problems. Somehow Quindlen makes this "regularity" totally interesting to read about. I think it is because everyone can relate to some part of the family's story. The book is told from the matriarch's viewpoint and Quindlen really gets what it's like to be a mother; kids come before friendships, spousal relationships so easily taken for granted; present and future revolves around children. The novel takes a tragic turn and honestly, it was NOT cliche or completely foreshadowed. I was completely surprised and shocked at the turn of events. Quindlen writes of the characters resilience and brings hope to this tragic situation in the last pages of "Every Last One."
4.0 out of 5 stars
Turning the Pages Review,
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This review is from: Every Last One: A Novel (Paperback)
You can also read my review here:[...]From reading the summary of this book, I knew that something 'horrible' happens so to be honest, I was waiting for it and started each chapter with a slight anticipation. This likely skewed the beginning of the book for me because I found the pages until 'the event' too descriptive and too... boring, for lack of better word. Once the 'shocking act of violence' took place, the book did a 180 degree turn for me. I began to turn each page with a new vigor and couldn't wait to read what would happen next. As a parent, this was a hard read. The images of the children in the book had the face of my son and as a result, I spent a good part of the book with tears in my eyes. Have you ever tried to read a book with tears in your eyes? It's not very easy. However, I have to say that if a book can make you cry, it has to be well written. To be able to relate to it on such a personal level is a sure sign that the autor, Anna Quindlen, researched her topic well and knew how to relate to her readers. Overall, I feel that this book should be added to the 'to be read' list for most women but especially mothers. It really does make you look at your life and appreciate what you have while you have it right in front of you. Taking each day as it comes and not looking too far in the future!
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