A Good House by Bonnie Burnard

A Good House

Bonnie Burnard

320 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

fiction contemporary historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who appreciate deeply emotional, multi-generational family sagas that explore the enduring bonds and quiet transformations of ordinary lives over decades.

Description

In Canadian short-story writer Bonnie Burnard's deeply moving novel, we meet the Chambers family: Bill and Sylvia and their three children, an ordinary family from Ontario. Beginning in 1949, we follow the Chambers for the next fifty years through...

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Community Reviews

3.67
based on 204 reviews

Moods

reflective: 71%

emotional: 57%

challenging: 28%

sad: 28%

dark: 14%

hopeful: 14%

informative: 14%

lighthearted: 14%

mysterious: 14%

relaxing: 14%


Pace

28% of readers chose medium
71% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

100% of readers chose Character
Character

Strong character development?

75% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Loveable characters?

25% of readers chose Yes
75% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
80% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

50% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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