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A review by phaedosia
Intrusions by Ursula Hegi
5.0
My response to this book the whole time I was reading it was, "Yes. Exactly." As a mother of small children, I immediately felt a kinship with both the author and the fictional family she created. Those "intrusions" are such a part of my life.
I had to laugh as the author is writing her story and is constantly interrupted by her small sons, her family, her guilt, the characters themselves talking to her, etc. because just trying to finish up the last few chapters yesterday, I had to put the book down to change the baby's diaper, let the dogs in, let the puppy out, help my middle child get to the potty, take up dinner, and on and on.
I loved that there were no easy answers in this book, no beginning--middle--end. Nice to know I'm not the only one who has a very clear picture of how the future should be only to be vaguely disappointed when it's not exactly like I'd planned. (How many times have I made that trek to the lighthouse. . . .)
As you can tell, this book spoke to me. It's on my keeper shelf next to Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons.
I had to laugh as the author is writing her story and is constantly interrupted by her small sons, her family, her guilt, the characters themselves talking to her, etc. because just trying to finish up the last few chapters yesterday, I had to put the book down to change the baby's diaper, let the dogs in, let the puppy out, help my middle child get to the potty, take up dinner, and on and on.
I loved that there were no easy answers in this book, no beginning--middle--end. Nice to know I'm not the only one who has a very clear picture of how the future should be only to be vaguely disappointed when it's not exactly like I'd planned. (How many times have I made that trek to the lighthouse. . . .)
As you can tell, this book spoke to me. It's on my keeper shelf next to Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons.