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Loading... The Little Friend (2002)by Donna Tartt
don't go in expecting something justified, something wound around your finger and neatly tied. just go in and be all right with where you go. (  ) usefuljack | May 17, 2013 |  don't go in expecting something justified, something wound around your finger and neatly tied. just go in and be all right with where you go. ( ) usefuljack | May 17, 2013 | I just couldn't stick with this at all (  ) Melanielgarrett | Apr 2, 2013 | Okay. Maybe I should have read the reviews before attempting this. Everyone, whether they loved or hated it, describes the book as slow and descriptive. Which is fine. Except for audio books that you need to hold your attention. I couldn't listen to this for more than 5- 10 minutes at a time. I'm not going to give up on Tartt yet, I still want to read her other book. ( ) pam.enser | Apr 1, 2013 | It took me a long time to finish "The Little Friend"; although some parts could have been a little less detailed it was worth it. The book doesn't give you all the answers, but that's how life is. In some cases you will never know what really happened. At some times you really feel sorry for Harriet and you wonder where she finds the strength to carry on. (  ) Johanna11 | Jan 13, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0679439382, Hardcover)The hugely anticipated new novel by the author of The Secret History—a best-seller nationwide and around the world, and one of the most astonishing debuts in recent times—The Little Friend is even more transfixing and resonant.In a small Mississippi town, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes grows up in the shadow of her brother, who—when she was only a baby—was found hanging dead from a black-tupelo tree in their yard. His killer was never identified, nor has his family, in the years since, recovered from the tragedy. For Harriet, who has grown up largely unsupervised, in a world of her own imagination, her brother is a link to a glorious past she has only heard stories about or glimpsed in photograph albums. Fiercely determined, precocious far beyond her twelve years, and steeped in the adventurous literature of Stevenson, Kipling, and Conan Doyle, she resolves, one summer, to solve the murder and exact her revenge. Harriet’s sole ally in this quest, her friend Hely, is devoted to her, but what they soon encounter has nothing to do with child’s play: it is dark, adult, and all too menacing. A revelation of familial longing and sorrow, The Little Friend explores crime and punishment, as well as the hidden complications and consequences that hinder the pursuit of truth and justice. A novel of breathtaking ambition and power, it is rich in moral paradox, insights into human frailty, and storytelling brilliance. (retrieved from Amazon Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:08:31 -0400) "In a small Mississippi town, Harriet Cleve Dufresnes grows up in the shadow of her brother, who - when she was only a baby - was found hanging dead from a black-tupelo tree in their yard. His killer was never identified, nor has his family, in the years since, recovered from the tragedy." "For Harriet, who has grown up largely unsupervised, in a world of her own imagination, her brother is a link to a glorious past she has only heard stories about or glimpsed in photograph albums. Fiercely determined, precocious far beyond her twelve years, and steeped in the adventurous literature of Stevenson, Kipling, and Conan Doyle, she resolves, one summer, to solve the murder and exact her revenge. Harriet's sole ally in this quest, her friend Hely, is devoted to her, but what they soon encounter has nothing to do with child's play: it is dark, adult, and all too menacing."--BOOK JACKET.… (more) |
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