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Still Life With Breadcrumbs (2000)

by Anna Quindlen(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: It's been a while since I last read a book by Quindlen. I've read both fiction and non-fiction that she's written, but this is my favorite! It's funny, quirky, sweet, a love story, but also a story about the reinvention of several lives. In many ways it reminds me of much of the best British contemporary fiction that I've read, full of characters I'd like to meet and get to know. I'm guessing that in a library or bookstore this might be grouped with "Romances", a truly terrible category to place it in, but that's because we haven't found a better way to categorize books written about ordinary people living ordinary lives. My idea of a romance novel is a "bodice ripper", one of those godawful books with a half-dressed woman on the front being embraced by some Chip 'n ... moreDales stripper type. Unfortunately all of Maeve Binchy's novels, Rosamund Pilcher's books, and the book I just read, as well as similar works, are all classified with the aforementioned trash. I highly recommend this book.
review 2: This is a gentle book about a maturing famous photographer from New York City who finds her career in decline at the same time as she needs to pay for nursing care for her elderly senile mother, an apartment for her dad and his carer and help support her son. Royalty cheques are few and far between and her bank balance is dwindling. As money troubles mount up, she decides to rent out her fancy New York apartment and take on a one year lease on a cottage in rural upstate New York. In the remote cottage in the woods, she struggles with loneliness and self doubt, but over time she rebuilds her career and her confidence and along the way makes new friends and gets a dog. There is nothing groundbreaking about the storyline or the characters. But it was a nice and enjoyable story. less

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Jess

I always enjoy Anna Quindlen's writing, but Still Life with Bread Crumbs had a sort of "chick lit for older ladies" feel to it that disappointed me. The plot was predictable and the characters not too complicated, the good guys and the bad guys easy to identify (down to the dog), and the dramatic tension minimal - even when there was a big misunderstanding the outcome was easily foreseeable. It was a great book to pick up during the holidays when I was really busy, and I enjoyed it, but it's not a "great read."

yb1996

I am so disappointed with this book and am having to force myself to finish reading it. I have always liked Anna Quindlen's writing, both her essays and her novels. But this book is trite, shallow and predictable. The plot is implausible. The main character is boring and evokes nothing to make the reader sympathetic with her. I hope Quindlen will forget about love stories and go back to her depth.

valerie

Predictable 2.5

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