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Run by Ann Patchett
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it was ok
bookshelves: trite, fiction, new-england, adoption, race

This was so bad. (Sorry Janet!) I really don't understand how the same person who wrote Bel Canto wrote this. Oh man it was the definition of trite. As an adoptive parent, I probably took greater offense at the tired old storyline that biological parents are out there just yearning and searching for the children they gave up so many years before, but here it just bordered on completely idiotic. Patchett so clearly wanted to write this book about the great racial divide but it just comes across so insincere and heavy handed. The story is set in Boston and I wonder how much she actually "researched" the city; it seemed like she threw in random street names and T lines just to add some local color without any basis in reality. It is like she took a stock list of requisite "Bostonians": under-privileged blacks (check), Catholic priest (check), uber-liberal white politician who understands the black plight far better than they do themselves (check). Thank god it was a short quick read!
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July 16, 2008 – Shelved
Started Reading
September 10, 2008 – Finished Reading
January 1, 2011 – Shelved as: trite
January 1, 2011 – Shelved as: fiction
January 1, 2011 – Shelved as: new-england
January 1, 2011 – Shelved as: adoption
January 1, 2011 – Shelved as: race

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message 1: by Kristen (new)

Kristen Guess you've saved me from this book....it's been on my "to read list" for awhile. I guess there's a reason I haven't gotten around to it!


Rhonda Actually the street names and T stops are totally accurate. The walk from Cathedral to Back Bay station was described perfectly. I'm actually unsure of the accuracy of the Cambridge setting since I'm not quite sure where Tip's lab was. Seems like the lab is in Allston (at the med school and near Harvard Stadium?) so they would go over the bridge to Cambridge to get to Mt. Auburn? If that's the case, then the Cambridge geography is also accurate.


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