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Natural Order (2011)

by Brian Francis(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0385671539 (ISBN13: 9780385671538)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Doubleday Canada

review 1: Natural Order is a beautiful novel about an experience we rarely read in novels--the story of a grieving, regretful and homophobic mother of a gay man. Francis writes Joyce with amazing clarity, taking us with her as she ages and grapples with her life and her mistakes. The book is layered with her memories and the way they bump into the story of a first love and his disappearance. I read this book over the weekend, neglecting all else until I could finish it.
review 2: Wow! What an amazing novel. This author is telling the story from an elderly woman's view point...spans 70 years of her life from a young teenager in love with a "different" boy to her life as wife and mother of her own 'different" son. Timeless story deals with the many traditions we have an... mored hold onto in a changing world. You really get a feel for what it's like to be a senior living alone and also in a nursing home. This story will stay with me for a long time to come. less

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