One Sweet Quarrel
A American, Literature, Fiction book. I choose to ignore him, he thinks. I choose to let his voice fade, his...
"Marvelous prose—McNamer's book is full of it, and full too of an unwavering commitment to, and wonder at, humanity. Add to those its grand story, its fine sense of irony and humor, its emotional accuracy, and One Sweet Quarrel becomes one sweet – and unforgettable – novel." —New York Times Book ReviewLeaving behind their provincial Midwestern upbringing, the Malone siblings go their separate ways to test their mettle in the...
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I choose to ignore him, he thinks. I choose to let his voice fade, his presence. I give him up. I give up my own poison, let it drip out the ends of my fingers, Deirdre McNamer, One Sweet Quarrel // This is how we are now, they thought. This is how we get to be. They Deirdre McNamer, One Sweet Quarrel //
Hard for me to get intoSupposedly well written? Doesn't flow well and the story left me dry. Finally just forced myself to finish it. Get it over with. The writing reminds me of Ken Haruff's writing in Plainsong and Evensong. McNamer displays a distinct style of incomplete sentences, vivid description and characters. It's difficult to follow the three main characters, two brothers and a sister, following their doomed optimistic lives, that end in unrealized dreams. However, pursuing... But for the shuffling chronology (1910-1973), I would have rated this book 5*, as the author nails her flawed but resilient characters to an unforgiving Montana plains landscape, while scenes and opinions drip with local historical color and detail and irony.
