Ever After
Registered by geishabird of Toronto, Ontario Canada on 12/31/2009
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While struggling to reconstruct his life after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, middle-aged narrator Bill Unwin confronts his inescapable past. Numbed by the deaths of his wife and his mother, Bill had become a reluctant and skeptical academic researching notebooks written by a Victorian ancestor named Matthew Pearce. These notebooks provide a narrative vehicle for traveling backward and forward in time, giving Bill abundant opportunity to expound on such diverse topics as academia, dinosaurs, Darwin, railroads, death, and, ultimately, the enduring and life-sustaining power of love. Swift has created a marvelous character whose wry humor and perspicacity uncover the elusive relationship between history and fiction.
Often a very sad read but well-written and quite touching, especially when dealing with subjects like grief and loss. Matthew Pearce's history is also very moving and a compelling portrait of a man paying the price for being out of step with his times. Slow-moving but not annoyingly so, and often a lovely testament to love of different kinds.
Often a very sad read but well-written and quite touching, especially when dealing with subjects like grief and loss. Matthew Pearce's history is also very moving and a compelling portrait of a man paying the price for being out of step with his times. Slow-moving but not annoyingly so, and often a lovely testament to love of different kinds.
Journal Entry 2 by geishabird at Starbucks - Yonge And Bloor in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Thursday, December 31, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/31/2009 UTC) at Starbucks - Yonge And Bloor in Toronto, Ontario Canada
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Released as part of the "What's In A Name" challenge (EVEr).
Happy New Year, and happy reading!
Released as part of the "What's In A Name" challenge (EVEr).
Happy New Year, and happy reading!
