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Same As It Ever Was
by Claire Lombardo
Julia Ames grows up w a mother who lacks the energy to be maternal. When the book opens, she’s in her thirties, married to a warm, caring husband. Julia often comes off as prickly and jaded with Gen X punky style (note title lyrics). As a new mother, she doubts her abilities and worries that she will be like her mother, Anita.
The book moves bw past and present scenes, building to a dramatic scene of betrayal in each time period.
The dramatic moments meant far less than the mundane scenes about motherhood, friendship, and marriage. I saw how the two dramatic moments were necessary for narrative spikes. Julia and her husband Mark grow toward and recede from one another. A friendship Julia enters with an older woman, Helen Russo, is another key piece. Some of the chaps from Julia’s youth seemed like they were included to fit the then-and-now pattern.
This is a big-hearted portrait of a cynical, self-abrading woman that had me in tears at the end.
The book moves bw past and present scenes, building to a dramatic scene of betrayal in each time period.
The dramatic moments meant far less than the mundane scenes about motherhood, friendship, and marriage. I saw how the two dramatic moments were necessary for narrative spikes. Julia and her husband Mark grow toward and recede from one another. A friendship Julia enters with an older woman, Helen Russo, is another key piece. Some of the chaps from Julia’s youth seemed like they were included to fit the then-and-now pattern.
This is a big-hearted portrait of a cynical, self-abrading woman that had me in tears at the end.