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Eine Exklusive Liebe (2011)

by Johanna Adorján(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

3442738849 (ISBN13: 9783442738847)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

btb

review 1: An Exclusive Love by Johanna Adorjan, what a beautifully written book. Before starting this book I knew what it was about and I said that I wouldn't cry, but I did, it was such a sad memoir about an elderly couple (Adorjan's grandparents) living in Denmark and the authors attempt to recreate her grandparents last day together before taking their own lives. Adorjan explores their lives leading up to their last day, what they have been through together and how much they loved each other. Overall I found this book very sad, but also eye opening, it is a book I would recommend reading if you like memoirs, but not if you are looking for a happy, light novel, I found myself having to put this down a few times to overcome some of the topics brought up in this book. But I loved re... moreading it and would definitely recommend.
review 2: I found this book uneven. There were parts that were deeply affecting. But nowhere near enough to lift this book above the average. The author's late in life discovery of her Jewishness led no further than a couple of failed internet dates. That all seemed rather gratuitous. But it was the recreation of her grandparents final day that most jarred with me. It was just too detailed - going beyond what the author could possibly know or guess. On those occasions when she kept her imagination in check, I realised just how good this book could have been. less

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