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Mrs. Somebody Somebody (2010)

by Tracy Winn(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0812981456 (ISBN13: 9780812981452)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

review 1: Happily, I was fortunate enough to have read this book during an almost six-hour plane trip from Palm Springs to Chicago, giving me time to get almost all the way through it in one sitting. I loved this book. Each chapter is a short story and could stand on its own as a little gem. The setting is a northeastern mill town, and the stories span a period following WW II to present day. We meet the same character in the first and last chapters, which allows us to see her personal growth and how her life progressed---creating a complete story of her life and providing a novel's cohesiveness to the book. In the chapters in between the first and last, we meet a different set of characters, but there is a connection (often loose) between them. Each chapter is narrated by the m... moreain character of that story, and Winn is astonishingly adept at speaking in those diverse voices. Winn is also able to paint stunningly well-crafted pictures of the social classes her characters inhabit. Mrs Somebody Somebody made me marvel anew at how a really good writter constructs a story. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that this book will become a classic. Even if it doesn't, it's going on my list of favorites.
review 2: This is not a book I would have chose, but it was a requirement for my English class. My whole group is lost. It keeps jumping around and adding new characters that we can't keep straight. There's just too much going on in the book to get everything. Plus I was not getting the underlying things happening or going on other than what was being said. The book was so sad and depressing. Why is everyone cheating on everyone?! I couldn't connect with any of the characters. I didn't feel sorry for them when things happened except the children when they were children. I had to laugh and say,"Really?!" after the top of pg. 188. I did not feel sorry for the main character Stella. I just laughed. I was like Wow! I don't feel sorry for Frenchie. Now I have to write an essay on this. Joy! less

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