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published
August 4th 2005
by VINTAGE (RAND)
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Paperback, 208 pages
isbn
0099437627
(isbn13: 9780099437628)
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Read in October, 2008
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found it at the libraryrecommends it for: anyone
I hadn’t read anything by the Irish novelist Anne Enright when I began her record of her journey through the birth of her two children and her first few years of motherhood but having finished it, I’m on a mission to the library to check out her other work.
Enright tells it like it is and she is witty, incredibly open and very moving. Much of the book was written in pieces while her baby daughter was sleeping in the same room. She writes about the beauty and strangeness of pregna...more
Enright tells it like it is and she is witty, incredibly open and very moving. Much of the book was written in pieces while her baby daughter was sleeping in the same room. She writes about the beauty and strangeness of pregna...more
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
parents, prospective parents, people who know parents
i first read anne enright's short story "the house of the architect's love story" in an anthology of irish writers or for a class or something, and i looked in vain for years for her collection, The Portable Virgin -- which, via amazon, i happily own. i have also read her novels The Wig My Father Wore, What Are You Like? and The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. and i liked them all... but the wit of her short stories was somewhat elusive in her novels (except in Wig, which is quite funny). ...more
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Read in October, 2008
recommends it for:
women who have had a baby - probably not expectant mothers unless they are very strong!
Fabulous book on childbirth and motherhood - not for the faint-hearted. Honest and funny and moving. Great writing.
After finishing it I upped the star rating from 4 to 5. I am in awe of Enright's writing - her insights and her way with words. This book made me laugh out loud several times, so it's not all tears and tantrums. She puts into words things about motherhood that I didn't even know I knew. Please - if you have kids, read this now.
After finishing it I upped the star rating from 4 to 5. I am in awe of Enright's writing - her insights and her way with words. This book made me laugh out loud several times, so it's not all tears and tantrums. She puts into words things about motherhood that I didn't even know I knew. Please - if you have kids, read this now.
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I read a short piece by Anne Enright in the TLS and fell in love. Literally have been carrying the piece around and re-reading it like a love letter. I have a suspicion she writes extremely well about having children. To be seen...
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Read in January, 2008
very funny and so true.. a real insight to this amazing journey , from you to mummy, i laughted and cried and will certainly make it part of all maternity hampers!
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I got this book after I read "The Gathering" which is at the top my list. Her essays were not nearly as inspiring, although the very last one was beautiful.
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