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Love in Complete Sentences : A Novel by Mary E. Mitchell (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Novel
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9780312656690
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312656696
ISBN-13
9780312656690
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112117420
Product Key Features
Book Title
Love in Complete Sentences : a Novel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Family Life
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Mitchell (Starting Out Sideways, 2007) arrestingly depicts a family consumed by grief. Two years after the sudden death of her husband from an undiagnosed heart condition, Kate Cavanaugh's family is virtually unrecognizable. Her daughter, Charlotte, has morphed into a sullen, tattooed teenager. Her four-year-old son Hunter, the book's most affecting and lovable character, quietly toddles around clutching a ketchup bottle to his chest. The only person keeping the Cavanaughs functioning, it often seems, is their neighbor "Auntie Marge," a wealthy tech geek with the body of a linebacker and a heart of gold. Kate's professional success as a guidance counselor at Charlotte's high school underscores her difficulties with her personal life. She effortlessly soothes the problems of the likable, charismatic misfits in the school's "touchy feely" support group, but she is unable to have a conversation with her daughter that doesn't devolve into yelling and slamming doors. Kate's further breakdown after a school tragedy is painful to witness, but well handled by the author's delicate description and organic dialogue. The myriad relationships--between mother and daughter, sister and brother, husband and wife, children and grandparents, friends and co-workers--are artfully rendered. The characters give the novel its shape; each acts as a window into seemingly inescapable grief and the strength required for revival. Mitchell keeps it honest by painting multidimensional people whose dark sides she's willing to expose. Readers will be surprised at how quickly they are sucked into the Cavanaughs' grief and how much they root for this small clan. The title alludes to the isolation and ungrounding of Kate, Charlotte and Hunter after a quarter of their family is unfairly taken away. Mitchell lets her characters drift further apart, their individual trials breaking our hearts until, mercifully, she brings them back down to earth. Get out the tissues, but plan on reading this impressive, stirring novel straight through." -- Kirkus Reviews, Mitchell (Starting Out Sideways, 2007) arrestingly depicts a family consumed by grief.Two years after the sudden death of her husband from an undiagnosed heart condition, Kate Cavanaugh's family is virtually unrecognizable. Her daughter, Charlotte, has morphed into a sullen, tattooed teenager. Her four-year-old son Hunter, the book's most affecting and lovable character, quietly toddles around clutching a ketchup bottle to his chest. The only person keeping the Cavanaughs functioning, it often seems, is their neighbor "Auntie Marge," a wealthy tech geek with the body of a linebacker and a heart of gold. Kate's professional success as a guidance counselor at Charlotte's high school underscores her difficulties with her personal life. She effortlessly soothes the problems of the likable, charismatic misfits in the school's "touchy feely" support group, but she is unable to have a conversation with her daughter that doesn't devolve into yelling and slamming doors. Kate's further breakdown after a school tragedy is painful to witness, but well handled by the author's delicate description and organic dialogue. The myriad relationships-between mother and daughter, sister and brother, husband and wife, children and grandparents, friends and co-workers-are artfully rendered. The characters give the novel its shape; each acts as a window into seemingly inescapable grief and the strength required for revival. Mitchell keeps it honest by painting multidimensional people whose dark sides she's willing to expose. Readers will be surprised at how quickly they are sucked into the Cavanaughs' grief and how much they root for this small clan. The title alludes to the isolation and ungrounding of Kate, Charlotte and Hunter after a quarter of their family is unfairly taken away. Mitchell lets her characters drift further apart, their individual trials breaking our hearts until, mercifully, she brings them back down to earth.Get out the tissues, but plan on reading this impressive, stirring novel straight through.--Kirkus Reviews, Mitchell (Starting Out Sideways, 2007) arrestingly depicts a family consumed by grief. Two years after the sudden death of her husband from an undiagnosed heart condition, Kate Cavanaugh's family is virtually unrecognizable. Her daughter, Charlotte, has morphed into a sullen, tattooed teenager. Her four-year-old son Hunter, the book's most affecting and lovable character, quietly toddles around clutching a ketchup bottle to his chest. The only person keeping the Cavanaughs functioning, it often seems, is their neighbor "Auntie Marge," a wealthy tech geek with the body of a linebacker and a heart of gold. Kate's professional success as a guidance counselor at Charlotte's high school underscores her difficulties with her personal life. She effortlessly soothes the problems of the likable, charismatic misfits in the school's "touchy feely" support group, but she is unable to have a conversation with her daughter that doesn't devolve into yelling and slamming doors. Kate's further breakdown after a school tragedy is painful to witness, but well handled by the author's delicate description and organic dialogue. The myriad relationships--between mother and daughter, sister and brother, husband and wife, children and grandparents, friends and co-workers--are artfully rendered. The characters give the novel its shape; each acts as a window into seemingly inescapable grief and the strength required for revival. Mitchell keeps it honest by painting multidimensional people whose dark sides she's willing to expose. Readers will be surprised at how quickly they are sucked into the Cavanaughs' grief and how much they root for this small clan. The title alludes to the isolation and ungrounding of Kate, Charlotte and Hunter after a quarter of their family is unfairly taken away. Mitchell lets her characters drift further apart, their individual trials breaking our hearts until, mercifully, she brings them back down to earth. Get out the tissues, but plan on reading this impressive, stirring novel straight through., Mitchell (Starting Out Sideways, 2007) arrestingly depicts a family consumed by grief. Two years after the sudden death of her husband from an undiagnosed heart condition, Kate Cavanaugh's family is virtually unrecognizable. Her daughter, Charlotte, has morphed into a sullen, tattooed teenager. Her four-year-old son Hunter, the book's most affecting and lovable character, quietly toddles around clutching a ketchup bottle to his chest. The only person keeping the Cavanaughs functioning, it often seems, is their neighbor "Auntie Marge," a wealthy tech geek with the body of a linebacker and a heart of gold. Kate's professional success as a guidance counselor at Charlotte's high school underscores her difficulties with her personal life. She effortlessly soothes the problems of the likable, charismatic misfits in the school's "touchy feely" support group, but she is unable to have a conversation with her daughter that doesn't devolve into yelling and slamming doors. Kate's further breakdown after a school tragedy is painful to witness, but well handled by the author's delicate description and organic dialogue. The myriad relationships-between mother and daughter, sister and brother, husband and wife, children and grandparents, friends and co-workers-are artfully rendered. The characters give the novel its shape; each acts as a window into seemingly inescapable grief and the strength required for revival. Mitchell keeps it honest by painting multidimensional people whose dark sides she's willing to expose. Readers will be surprised at how quickly they are sucked into the Cavanaughs' grief and how much they root for this small clan. The title alludes to the isolation and ungrounding of Kate, Charlotte and Hunter after a quarter of their family is unfairly taken away. Mitchell lets her characters drift further apart, their individual trials breaking our hearts until, mercifully, she brings them back down to earth. Get out the tissues, but plan on reading this impressive, stirring novel straight through. --Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Life is a challenge for 36-year-old Kate Cavanaugh, high school guidance counselor to a motley group of at-risk students. Two years after finding her young husband dead in bed beside her, Kate's storybook life has vanished, and she and her two children are still reeling. Her daughter Charlotte, once a sweet girl, has morphed into an angry, tattooed, tongue-studded teen; and Hunter, Kate's four-year-old, keeps his feelings sealed tight inside and an empty ketchup bottle clasped to his heart. When a tragedy occurs at the Alan B. Shepard High School, it's Kate who finds herself in need of counsel and guidance. What she does next catapults her and her family down an unfamiliar road, on a trajectory into space--toward understanding, forgiveness and healing.
LC Classification Number
PS3613.I8596
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