The Weight of Water
by Anita Shreve | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0316780375 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0316780375 Global Overview for this book
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Found this at the thrift store yesterday, while wandering around. . .
I found The Pilot's Wife very compelling, so whenever I see a good-condition of one of Shreve's books, I grab it.
Found this at the thrift store yesterday, while wandering around. . .
I found The Pilot's Wife very compelling, so whenever I see a good-condition of one of Shreve's books, I grab it.
It's very rare that a book -- especially a standard-issue novel -- sends me to the dictionary. This one did not once, but twice, and early in the book. Although I've heard both words many times, and knew in general what they meant, I felt compelled to look up their real meanings, given the sentences they fell in. The sentences, with the words in italics below:
"The island is not barren, but it is sere and bleak."
"The Isles of Shoals, an archipelago, lie in the Atlantic, ten miles southeast off the New Hampshire coast at Portsmouth."
Another quote that stuck out to me -- not a new expression, but a good interpretation, and also something indicative of the immigrant experience: "I have found, in the course of my adult life, that the best cure for melancholy is industry."
I don't have much to say about this book -- it was very interesting, but also pretty depressing. I think this is only my second Shreve book, but she seems to be overly preoccupied with extramarital affairs. I'd like to see her pick a new topic, or not write about marriage at all. She's such a good writer that her books are intriguing, regardless of the subject matter, but wow, they're depressing. I'm trying to think of anything redemptive in this book, and don't think it exists. The descriptions of a part of the country I'm unfamiliar with were very interesting, though.
"The island is not barren, but it is sere and bleak."
"The Isles of Shoals, an archipelago, lie in the Atlantic, ten miles southeast off the New Hampshire coast at Portsmouth."
Another quote that stuck out to me -- not a new expression, but a good interpretation, and also something indicative of the immigrant experience: "I have found, in the course of my adult life, that the best cure for melancholy is industry."
I don't have much to say about this book -- it was very interesting, but also pretty depressing. I think this is only my second Shreve book, but she seems to be overly preoccupied with extramarital affairs. I'd like to see her pick a new topic, or not write about marriage at all. She's such a good writer that her books are intriguing, regardless of the subject matter, but wow, they're depressing. I'm trying to think of anything redemptive in this book, and don't think it exists. The descriptions of a part of the country I'm unfamiliar with were very interesting, though.
Journal Entry 3 by Antof9 at Post Office - By Federal Center On Alameda in Lakewood, Colorado USA on Friday, October 6, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/6/2006 UTC) at Post Office - By Federal Center On Alameda in Lakewood, Colorado USA
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Left this one on the counter across from the P.O. boxes. I forgot my "I'm Free!" stickers (it's been that long since I released a book -- I forgot how), so if you feel like "hunting", this might be the book for you!
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site; welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, Antof9, as the member who referred you. If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing!
Left this one on the counter across from the P.O. boxes. I forgot my "I'm Free!" stickers (it's been that long since I released a book -- I forgot how), so if you feel like "hunting", this might be the book for you!
If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site; welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, Antof9, as the member who referred you. If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll journal so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing!
