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Title: Good-bye and Amen
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Beth Gutcheon
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-10-08
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The complicated marriage of the gifted Danish pianist Laurus Moss to the provincial American child of privilege Sydney Brant was a mystery to many who knew them, including their three children. Now, Eleanor, Monica, and Jimmy Moss have to decide how to divide or share what Laurus and Sydney have left them without losing one another.
Secure and cheerful Eleanor, the oldest, wants little for herself but much for her children. Monica, the least-loved middle child, brings her youthful scars to the table, as well as the baggage of a difficult marriage to the charismatic Norman, who left a brilliant legal career, though not his ambition, to become an Episcopal priest. Youngest and best-loved Jimmy, who made a train wreck of his young adulthood, has returned after a long period of alienation from the family surprisingly intact but extremely hard for his sisters to read.
Having lived through childhoods both materially blessed and emotionally difficult, with a father who could seem uninvolved and a mother who loved a good family game of "let's you and him fight," the Mosses have formed strong adult bonds that none of them wants to damage. But it's difficult to divide a beloved summer house three ways and keep it too. They all know what's at stake---in a world of atomized families, a house like Leeway Cottage can be the glue that keeps generations of cousins and grandchildren deeply connected to one another. But knowing it's important doesn't make it easy.
Critic Reviews:
"An undeniably rich, no-holds-barred portrait of an American family. Strongly recommended." (
Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
OK, but not as good as Leeway Cottage
Leeway Cottage was such a fantastic book with well developed characters and distinct voices. "Leeway" was so good that as soon as I finished it, I immediately re-read the whole book. I'm half through this sequel but "Goodbye...Amen" just doesn't have the depth of the first book. It's more like wandering through a cocktail party and overhearing different conversations without really knowing what's behind the comments or even who all the characters are. This book does have a secondary storyline that offers a comforting theory on the hereafter...one which we'd all like to believe. Read Leeway Cottage for sure then decide whether you want to give this one a shot.
SIFTING THROUGH BELONGINGS & REDEFINING RELATIONSHIPS: A FAMILY'S GOOD-BYE
How does one say good-bye to the parents who have died and left behind not only their possessions but a host of memories? The grown children of Sydney and Laurus Moss must discover the answers as this story takes us from the process of dividing up things in the old summer cottage in Maine to the sorting out of moments that defined each of them.
At first I didn't like the writing style of presenting short snippets of the story from each character's point of view, but as I gradually grew accustomed to it, I could see how it gave a unique voice to the family and friends who "told" the story.
When at first it seemed as though Jimmy, the youngest, who immediately laid claim to the baby grand piano, was selfish and "entitled," by the end of the book there was another version of Jimmy.
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Title: Good-bye and Amen
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Beth Gutcheon
Narrator: Joyce Bean
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-10-08
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The complicated marriage of the gifted Danish pianist Laurus Moss to the provincial American child of privilege Sydney Brant was a mystery to many who knew them, including their three children. Now, Eleanor, Monica, and Jimmy Moss have to decide how to divide or share what Laurus and Sydney have left them without losing one another.
Secure and cheerful Eleanor, the oldest, wants little for herself but much for her children. Monica, the least-loved middle child, brings her youthful scars to the table, as well as the baggage of a difficult marriage to the charismatic Norman, who left a brilliant legal career, though not his ambition, to become an Episcopal priest. Youngest and best-loved Jimmy, who made a train wreck of his young adulthood, has returned after a long period of alienation from the family surprisingly intact but extremely hard for his sisters to read.
Having lived through childhoods both materially blessed and emotionally difficult, with a father who could seem uninvolved and a mother who loved a good family game of "let's you and him fight," the Mosses have formed strong adult bonds that none of them wants to damage. But it's difficult to divide a beloved summer house three ways and keep it too. They all know what's at stake---in a world of atomized families, a house like Leeway Cottage can be the glue that keeps generations of cousins and grandchildren deeply connected to one another. But knowing it's important doesn't make it easy.
Critic Reviews:
"An undeniably rich, no-holds-barred portrait of an American family. Strongly recommended." (
Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
OK, but not as good as Leeway Cottage
Leeway Cottage was such a fantastic book with well developed characters and distinct voices. "Leeway" was so good that as soon as I finished it, I immediately re-read the whole book. I'm half through this sequel but "Goodbye...Amen" just doesn't have the depth of the first book. It's more like wandering through a cocktail party and overhearing different conversations without really knowing what's behind the comments or even who all the characters are. This book does have a secondary storyline that offers a comforting theory on the hereafter...one which we'd all like to believe. Read Leeway Cottage for sure then decide whether you want to give this one a shot.
SIFTING THROUGH BELONGINGS & REDEFINING RELATIONSHIPS: A FAMILY'S GOOD-BYE
How does one say good-bye to the parents who have died and left behind not only their possessions but a host of memories? The grown children of Sydney and Laurus Moss must discover the answers as this story takes us from the process of dividing up things in the old summer cottage in Maine to the sorting out of moments that defined each of them.
At first I didn't like the writing style of presenting short snippets of the story from each character's point of view, but as I gradually grew accustomed to it, I could see how it gave a unique voice to the family and friends who "told" the story.
When at first it seemed as though Jimmy, the youngest, who immediately laid claim to the baby grand piano, was selfish and "entitled," by the end of the book there was another version of Jimmy.