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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780375727177
ISBN number: 0375727175
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: July 29, 2008
Publishing house: Vintage
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 49958
Studio: Vintage
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Liz and Sarabeth were girlhood neighbors in the suburbs of Northern California, brought as close as sisters by the suicide of Sarabeth's mother. In the decades that followed, their relationship remained a source of continuity and strength. But when Liz's adolescent daughter enters dangerous waters, the women's friendship takes a devastating turn, forcing Liz and Sarabeth to question their most deeply held beliefs about their connection. From the bestselling author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier, Songs Without Words is the gripping story of a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.
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I read The Dive from Clausen's Pier and didn't love it. This book was amazing... the characters richly detailed and entirely believable, the subject matter dealt with gently but realistically. It really resonated with me, and I didn't want it to end, which I can say only about one other book I read this year (The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay).
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I agree with so many other reviewers here: this was not a very good book. The idea of the story intrigued me but the two women were uninteresting and even a little annoying. But more than the women or the plot, what bothered me the most was the poor writing. The author writes paragraphs of excessive detail that don't do anything at all for the story, don't tell me about a character, don't move the story forward, nothing. More annoying than that are sentences like this: "Esther was an elderly woman Sarabeth had sort of adopted." Huh? Who is saying this? This is like some kind of authorial intrusion to explain things to the reader, because she couldn't do it within dialogue. Also the entire very first paragraph of chapter three which explains the company Brody works for - I kept wanting to shout, "Show, don't tell!" - one of the very very first lessons in any creative writing class.
Perhaps this book was rushed into print. Perhaps, as someone else suggested, she needed more help from an editor. I've heard that the Claussen Pier book is good and I might borrow it from the library to find out. But this one? Naw. Not a good book.
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I devoured Ann Packer's earlier novel, "The Dive From Clausen's Pier," in a matter of days. "Songs Without Words," however, proved to be a major letdown. Packer's eye for detail makes her writing compelling, to be sure, but "Songs" is mired deeply in exhaustive detail that quickly grows tedious. The very first hundred pages describe nothing but characters going about their everyday lives, with bits of backstory thrown in for good measure. The book has very little plot, and what plot it does have moves at a sluggish pace, dragged down by excessive and unnecessary details. I grew frustrated with reading it and eventually gave up. (I skipped to the end, though, to make sure nothing exciting happened -- and sure enough, nothing did.)
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I enjoyed this book and was never bored. I came to care about the characters and wanted to know how their stories turn out. In a time when non-fiction memoirs seem ridiculous, it's nice to read an honest portrayal of life in a work of fiction.
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I loved Clausen's Pier. This one started out intriguing with rich characters but they then went NOWHERE.
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