Gabrielle Zevin
Paperback | Pages: 293 pages Rating: 3.46 | 1078 Users | 188 Reviews
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| Title | : | Margarettown |
| Author | : | Gabrielle Zevin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 293 pages |
| Published | : | April 19th 2006 by Miramax Books (first published May 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Romance. Young Adult. Adult. Fantasy |
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Barnes & Noble Discover Great New WritersReaders who enjoyed exploring the power and limitations of love in The Time Traveler's Wife and The Confessions of Max Tivoli will find a similarly magical set of circumstances at work in Zevin's tenderhearted novel. The narrator of this tale, simply known as "N.," is a teaching assistant who falls in love with one of his students, Margaret Towne. Though his love is reciprocated, it comes with a caveat. For Maggie declares she is "cursed." Undaunted by her admission, N. wants to marry her, so Maggie takes him home to meet her family. But it doesn't take long for N. to realize that something very strange is afoot in Margarettown; for Maggie's family consists of a handful of women -- of varying ages -- each of whom carries a name derived from that of his beloved.
Zevin's novel takes several unusual turns as she leads readers on a survey of the many forms of love. Ultimately, the tale is revealed as a kind of diary, which N. has written for his daughter. But the narration changes midstream, and Maggie gets a chance to tell her side of the story before handing it off to the couple's unborn children. In Margarettown, Zevin ingeniously demonstrates the challenges faced by an enduring love, during which time the beloved changes, only to become a conglomeration of many different personas.
(Fall 2005 Selection)
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| Original Title: | Margarettown |
| ISBN: | 1401359965 (ISBN13: 9781401359966) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mia, Marge, Greta, Maggie, Libby, May, Aunt Bess, Uncle Jacques, Old Margaret, Margaret Towne, Jake Glass, N. |
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Ratings: 3.46 From 1078 Users | 188 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books Margarettown
From the synopsis, I thought I was picking up a book that was going to be an artsy metaphor about how people change over time. That's probably what it wanted to be, but it wasn't.It started out well enough, though I found that the characters spoke in a very unnatural, Fred Astaire movie sort of way, and the titular Margaret was some sort of manic pixie dream girl gone wrong from the getgo. The book eventually drops the metaphor and goes the fairytale route: there are quite literally severalI loved this book so much. ♥
An extraordinary little gem of a novel. Made my cry for the last 50 pages or so which no other book has done to me in decades. A tender story about love and, well, loss. Is this a spoiler? Thank you!
A slightly magical, quirky, insightful and sad story about various stages of life and love, Margarettown is a gem of originality. Our narrator, unreliable N. falls in love with Maggie, a self-proclaimed"cursed" woman, who then takes him home and introduces him to several versions of herself. The story then becomes more mundane, a marriage falling apart, slowly, but that also makes it more beautiful, more real, as the fairy tale love story is never really quite real, is it? The last part of the
Ah... this book was perfect for me right now, it seemed. Just one part-Margarette Towne's daughter ends up being named Jane. And near the end, N. gives her advice; it seems as it is written to me. It says: "I wish i could tell you to always follow your heart, but i think it is bad advice. You have a heart, yes, it is true, but also a brain and also a soul. I've come to believe that we love with our brains as much as our hearts. Real Love is not just instinct, but intent...... From year to year,
Not as strong as her other books. I like the magical feel but it also confuses me.The idea of leaving behind a trail of women you once were while you progress to age is fascinating and paints a great mental picture. This helped me a lot to become more okay with how distanced I feel to my past.
An unconventional tale of love, life and death. But specially of love.You could say this is another story of an ordinary couple who fall in and out of love, as we all do sometime in life.Or you could say this is a unique tale of an extraordinary woman, who is five different women at the same time, and who dies because she is eighty-seven or thirty-five.A cursed woman or a blessed one, because she is loved, deeply and intensely loved by her husband, the narrator of the story.His voice is steady
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