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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
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My library has a program called "Books To Go". It's kind of like how grocery stores position the candy bars right in the checkout line, but less fattening. Books that are being made into movies or that have gotten a certain amount of press recently are typically featured on a shelf right next to the library checkout.
I expected this book to be lightweight chick-lit, a guilty-pleasure read, but I was pleasantly surprised.
The novel starts when Pippa is 50 years old, and looks to all the world to be a typical suburban wife and mother.
But people are hardly ever exactly what they seem, and Pippa is no exception. The story then goes back and forth in time from Pippa's childhood to the present to tell the story of her life and how she became the person she is.
Incidentally, the book was made into a movie starring Robin Wright Penn and Alan Arkin. I don't think it fared so well at the box office, but the book was quite enjoyable.
I expected this book to be lightweight chick-lit, a guilty-pleasure read, but I was pleasantly surprised.
The novel starts when Pippa is 50 years old, and looks to all the world to be a typical suburban wife and mother.
But people are hardly ever exactly what they seem, and Pippa is no exception. The story then goes back and forth in time from Pippa's childhood to the present to tell the story of her life and how she became the person she is.
Incidentally, the book was made into a movie starring Robin Wright Penn and Alan Arkin. I don't think it fared so well at the box office, but the book was quite enjoyable.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
January 28, 2010
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Finished Reading
March 13, 2010
– Shelved
I recently watched Memento for the 4th time. The use of non-linear narrative there is simply brilliant.
I have way too many books to go out and specifically get this one, but I'll keep it in mind in case I see it at a yard sale. Or if I do ever write that essay, maybe I'll be motivated to check it from the library to cite it as an example of the technique.
:)