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Rent Crow Lake (Today Show Book Club #7)
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Fiction - General
Retail Price: $17.00
Pages: 293
Synopsis
Canadian writer Mary Lawson's debut novel is a beautifully crafted and shimmering tale of love, death, and redemption. The story, narrated by 26-year-old Kate Morrison, is set in the eponymous Crow Lake, an isolated rural community where time has stood still. The reader dives in and out of a year's worth of Kate's childhood memories--when she was 7 and her parents were killed in an automobile accident that left Kate, her younger sister Bo, and two older brothers, Matt and Luke, orphaned. When Kate, the successful zoologist and professor who is accustomed to dissecting everything through a microscope, receives an invitation to Matt's son's 18th birthday party, she must suddenly analyze her own relationship and come to terms with her past before she forsakes a future with the man she loves. Kate is still in turmoil over the events of that fateful summer and winter 20 years ago when the tragedy of another local family, the Pyes, spilled over into their lives with earth-shattering consequences. But does the tragedy really lie in the past or the present? Lawson's narrative flows effortlessly in ever-increasing circles, swirling impressions in the reader's mind until form takes shape and the reader is left to reflect on the whole. Crow Lake is a wonderful achievement that will ripple in and out of the reader's consciousness long after the last page is turned. --Nicola Perry, Amazon.co.uk
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Reviews
This book is well-written and creates empathy for the character; however, the ending is a disappointment after the suspense leading to it. Further, the main character was much more likable as her 'child-self' than as an adult - which I think was intentional, but doesn't quite work. Worth reading.
I found this book to be well written and quite touching. The first person narrative was used in an interesting way to explore the protagonist's self-realization.