
Ordinary Love and Good Will
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Narrated by:
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LJ Ganser
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Suzanne Toren
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By:
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Jane Smiley
From Jane Smiley, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Thousand Acres: a pair of novellas chronicling difficult choices that reshape the dynamics of two very different families.
In Ordinary Love, Smiley focuses on a woman's infidelity and the lasting, indelible effects it leaves on her children long after her departure. Good Will describes a father who realizes how his son has been affected by his decision to lead a counterculture life and move his family to a farm. As both stories unfold, Smiley gracefully raises the questions that confront all families with the characteristic style and insight that has marked all of her work.
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The reader of the second story had a very assertive tone that, to me, didn’t really reflect the proper tone, unless Smiley’s intent was to make the narrator a dominating know-it-all whose arrogance led to ruining his family’s country life. A different reader might had adopted a less aggressive, more reflective tone and made the story less dark and more nuanced, but not less sad in outcome. Had I read the book rather than listened, I would have enjoyed the second story a lot, but I ended up just not liking the guy at all and feeling sorry for his wife and son.
Interesting tone in both stories, but uneven results
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Superb Novellas
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Not her best work
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Enjoyed these novellas!
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boring way too much
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