Still Life with Bread Crumbs
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3.9
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Anna Quindlen
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “marvelous romantic comedy” (The New York Times Book Review) from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anna Quindlen “[A] wise tale about second chances, starting over, and going after what is most important in life.”—Minneapolis Star TribuneStill Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendent, her bank balance shaky, and she has fled the city for the middle of nowhere. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all there is to life. Brilliantly written, powerfully observed, Still Life with Bread Crumbs is a deeply moving and often very funny story of unexpected love, and a stunningly crafted journey into the life of a woman, her heart, her mind, her days, as she discovers that life is a story with many levels, a story that is longer and more exciting than she ever imagined.
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Author
Anna Quindlen
Pages
272
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2014-01-28
ISBN
1400065755 9781400065752
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"Twas OK. I never got bored. I did find it predictable which I didn't love, but it held my interest. I really liked the main character, Rebecca and her relationship with her son was my favorite part. Good read."
Alicia Jones
"It was ok. The plot was derivative and even some of the character types were not original or all that interesting. I liked best that it was short. Rebecca Winter is a famous, or once was, photographer short on cash and decides to rent her high end ew York City apartment while she rents a cottage in the woods to save money. She has to take care of her aging parents and her son while trying to figure out how she can afford to keep her fancy NYC apartment. While staying in the cottage she discovers a new way of living and a cast of curious people living in a small town. Sarah is the talkative one, Jim is the burly man of few words and Tad was a child soprano prodigy turned clown. Honestly, Tad was the most interesting character but unfortunately the story centers on one of the least interesting. I was bored because the plot was predictable and the majority of the cast was nothing new or different."
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Allison Freeman
"I have read 4 or 5 of Anna Quindlen,I love her...the book I have read that impacted me ,and have read again,we were the Mulvaneys...Joyce Carroll Oates...it stays with you..."
Shelly Deisher
"It's been a few years since I read it, so I can't really remember my favorite part, but I love anything written by Anna Quindlen. Every Last One is the one I remember most."
Amie Vance
