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When We Argued All Night (2012)

by Alice Mattison(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0062120379 (ISBN13: 9780062120373)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: An enjoyable trek through most of the 20th century with two close friends and their families, through trials and tribulations and the significant events of the century from World Wars to McCarthy all the way up to Obama's nominating speech in 2004. Many of the characters are not pleasant. They certainly aren't perfect. But then again no one is and life is messy. But they are always interesting. It was almost like a memoir and in fact morphs into a memoir at the end by one of the characters. Thanks for the recommendation Keith.
review 2: I finished it. I enjoyed it immensely as a piece of history, as a story about flawed individuals (aren't we all?), as a story about generations, children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, and all the messes we make of... more our relationships. And how history can muck with our personal luck or fortunes, or not and some of us do okay anyway. This was a story that related to my life but also didn't so it was interesting and helpful and nuanced. I like this writer very much -- first book of hers that I've read. less

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