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Title: And Sometimes Why
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Rebecca Johnson
Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-18-08
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
With wit and warmth, And Sometimes Why captures the fragile rhythm and unpredictable drama of family life. When Sophia and Darius say good-bye to their teenage daughters one unremarkable morning,l they have no idea how permanently their family will be affected by a decision made around the breakfast table. One of the daughters will have a terrible accident; the other will meet a boy. Both events will change their lives forever.
Profoundly honest and rendered with a deft lightness of touch, And Sometimes Why is a novel about how quickly life can change and how we must learn to change with it.
Critic Reviews:
"Unflinching and heartbreaking....Powerful." (Booklist)
"Johnson's portrayal of a family's grieving is exquisitely crafted." (Publishers Weekly)
Members Reviews:
Shimmering
Rebecca Johnson's debut novel sets the bar pretty high. It's not often you find a gripping story that effortlessly weaves arcane and interesting information with perfectly rendered descriptions of the inner workings of the heart and mind. I also found it helpful in letting go of certain losses in my own life.
Best Book of the Year
This book is startling good. Not a young adult book at all like this last reviewer wrote. please ignore all that junk. This is one of the best books I've read in years. It's dramatic and funny and moving and touching without ever being maudlin. I was moved to tears. This woman is a writer to watch with skills this great in her first book I can't wait to watch for the great work this writer is destined for. So thank you Ms Johnson for this amazing book. You're now one of my favorite writers along with Carolyn See, John Updike and all the great modern authors of this modern era. I was so amazed by the quality of this book! Clancy OHara
AND SOMETIMES WHY
It was interesting to read reviews on how people liked this book. I could not get beyond 50 pages and feel buying this book was a waste of money and time. This book most likely fits with this generation where many live dsyfunctional lives, find lying easy and can't complete a sentence without a lot of four-letter words. For me, this is not a quality book and could have been written by a teenager who views life in a negative way. There are a lot of quality books to buy, and this one is not. However, it will probably appeal to the Hollywood colony to make a movie of people who fit their taste.
Beautiful, not tragic
This book is extremely powerful if you like your spouse, feel understood by him or her, are accustomed to disagreeing about big things, and believe that even major problems will sort themselves out. The writer makes the storm of resentment between husband and wife both a logical outcome of events and a complete mystery. She resolves the disorientation and anger in a way I didn't expect but was sure would be true. The end is spare and incredibly beautiful.
As a mother of two young daughters, I thought I might not be up for the plot. Interestingly, there are no manipulations that force you to tears. The book asks good questions about how much parents can know, or should try to know, about their teenage kids, and about the usefulness of research as a technique for reorienting oneself and building inner resources in a tragedy.
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crude and the story line fell flat
Halfway through the book I became discouraged.