Hi Esther,

Noticed that you recently added Antonio Damasco's The Feeling of What Happens to your library. Let me know what you think of it once you get around to reading it. I share an interest in studies pertaining to consciousness and his book seems to have garnered a lot of interest. I've added the book to my Mooch wishlist but am not holding my breath with this new reserve system...Take care, Eva.

posted by EAG at 4:17 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2008

Bedankt voor de tip en sorry voor de naamsverwarring...!

posted by veerle at 10:57 am (EST) on Jul 6, 2008

Hej westher,

leuk dat je de groep voor jeugdliteratuur al maakte; ik heb al meteen een paar berichten gepost!
Ik ben een paar dagen niet online geweest, vandaar dat ik niet eerder reageerde. Maar ik vind het in ieder geval heel fijn dat de groep er nu is!

Indrukwekkende bibliotheek trouwens:-)

Groetjes*
Veer*

posted by veerle at 4:28 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2008

Thx for searching me out, Ester. Love the notion of "philosophical cooking." LOL

posted by EAG at 11:29 am (EST) on Jul 1, 2008

Hi this was the short review I did. But additional colour is that... the story starts in the sixties with the birth of twins one of which has downs syndrome. The story sets up the motives why the father gives the child away(loss of his own sister and wanted to spare his wife the pain, why he gives it to the nurse(knows she loves him), why the nurse accepts the child and refuses to put her in a home(loves him, and the baby and what this means to her) This sets up the train of events that affect the both families for the next 30 years as the lies and evasions create distance and emotional loss. WE also see the families affected by the social changes and the growth in disability rights.

Well fought not to read it because it going to be some variation of chicklit BUT was hooked in and turned the pages gripped by the unfolding tragedy of the one innocent mistake. The writing was clever in the way it evoked the physical environment and time of the period as well as switching point of view from each of the main characters as the story moves to its climax. A key thing that makes the story works is that we understand why the main characters make the decisions they do. It also gives you a pain free overview of the changes in attitudes to learning difficulties from the mid 60's and now. Highly recommended.

posted by ablueidol at 2:33 pm (EST) on Dec 11, 2007

Hi I see you are a fellow BookMoocher! I will have to check out you library here, and your inventory there, I try to add all my fellow moochers to my friends list so I can find them easily. Thank you for finding me! Mary

posted by tobiejonzarelli at 7:54 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2007

Inderdaad, alleen was mijn 'motivatie' nog wat sterker, want ik heet niet alleen Esther W. maar zelfs Esther Westerveld ;-) Kon eigenlijk niet missen dus.

posted by westher at 5:19 am (EST) on Sep 10, 2007