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A review by pattydsf
Carry the One by Carol Anshaw
4.0
I checked this talking book out after reading a favorable review. I had run out of audio books and this sounded like a good possibility. I wavered through most of the book - do I like this? Should I continue? There would be chapters that I loved and then parts that were difficult listening. I was starting the last CD when a friend asked me if they would like this novel. I had to answer that I was not sure - wait until I reach the end.
When I got to the end and the whole book came together, I knew I had experienced an extraordinary book. Anshaw takes us through decades of family, friends, marriage, children, divorce. All that happens is influenced by one event that happens at the very start of the story. How Anshaw kept the threads running smoothly and kept track of all of them, amazes me. Her language is beautiful and made even better by Renee Raudman's narration.
I am struggling to know how much to tell about this tale in my review. If I give you the bare facts, I won't have done justice to how Anshaw puts everything in context with the accident that starts the tale. Let me just say if you want to know more about this, read it.
I recommend this book to lovers of the movie, The Big Chill, to readers of literary fiction, to listeners who want to live in other peoples' lives for awhile and to my friend who asked if she should read this. No one who lived through the 1970's until now should miss this book.
When I got to the end and the whole book came together, I knew I had experienced an extraordinary book. Anshaw takes us through decades of family, friends, marriage, children, divorce. All that happens is influenced by one event that happens at the very start of the story. How Anshaw kept the threads running smoothly and kept track of all of them, amazes me. Her language is beautiful and made even better by Renee Raudman's narration.
I am struggling to know how much to tell about this tale in my review. If I give you the bare facts, I won't have done justice to how Anshaw puts everything in context with the accident that starts the tale. Let me just say if you want to know more about this, read it.
I recommend this book to lovers of the movie, The Big Chill, to readers of literary fiction, to listeners who want to live in other peoples' lives for awhile and to my friend who asked if she should read this. No one who lived through the 1970's until now should miss this book.