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Repeat It Today With Tears (2010)

by Anne Peile(Favorite Author)
3.5 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
1846687462 (ISBN13: 9781846687464)
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English
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Serpent's Tail
review 1: Anne Peile successfully creates a disturbing character whose actions are at once incomprehensible and pitiful. A story of neglect that leads to an extreme, misplaced desire for affection, the calm attitude of Susie when relating her tale heightens the chilling atmosphere. At times I felt the diaogue was a little stilted, but even with that I found this to be a well-crafted novel, driven by the depth of character that Peile has portrayed.
review 2: Like The Kiss, but fictional and therefore not as shocking (The Kiss, for anyone who doesn't know, is about a woman who has a consensual affair with her father.) Part of what makes The Kiss such an amazing book is that though most of us have not had incestuous affairs, the story is instantly relatable to anyone who gr
... moreew up with an emotionally manipulative parent, even if their own relationship never crossed that line. But in Repeat It Today with Tears, the father never knows that Susie is his daughter, and so all the evil and manipulation lies in her. That being said, the writing was beautiful and reminded me of early Kate Atkinson, before she started doing mystery/thrillers and did coming of age. less
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lavenderbrown
Beautifully written, utterly compelling, finished it off in an afternoon.
112282
It is a difficult one to read but a good book nevertheless...
khaycee
2011 Orange List
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