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I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
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I Know This Much is True

by Wally Lamb

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I loved this book! Wally Lamb is an incredible storyteller! Powerful, realistic characters - I was so taken in by the story and the story within the story. An ending that makes you go "Ahhhh" - a bit of a surprise and gives you hope.
  ei214 | Apr 22, 2013 |
SO I only read 40 pages, but gah. I didn't like anything about it. Boo. ( )
  KristySP | Apr 21, 2013 |
Haunting, chilling. Years later the premise of this book still breaks my heart. ( )
  Capnrandm | Apr 15, 2013 |
on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 I wrote:


I've started reading I Know This Much is True on the 15th of May. It is now the 25th and i am nearly finished.

I have to say that I do think this book could have been cut at least 200 pages.
It was hard to get into, .
i think it took me at least up til page 200, if not page 300 to get in to it.
Now i am at page 785 and am loving it.

But i did read other books while I was reading this one.
I am glad I did not quit though.
It is a very interesting book and story about 2 identical twins, one of them turns out to be schizophrenic. It is mostly about the brother who is not sick and how he is coping.

I will update this journal when I've finished but I'm happy I was able to read this.

Update May 26 2004

I wrote this journal last night. I took the book to bed with me and could not stop reading so I've finished it last night (at 2 am)


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  Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 |
this book was far FAR too long. It could have told the same story by cutting down the number of subplots, like a) the painting business and his mad customer, b) the girlfriend that he doesnt even care about - why should we, and c) the AIDS non-issue.

I also didnt like how he the author felt compelled to wrap everything up in a bow in the end. Too simplistic and not authentic ( )
  karalawyer | Mar 13, 2013 |
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This book is for my father and my sons.
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On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, my twin brother Thomas entered the Three Rivers, Connecticut Public LIbrary, retreated to one of the rear study carrels, and prayed to God the sacrifice he was about to commit would be deemed acceptable.
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"That's the trouble with survival of the fittest ... The corpse at your feet. That little inconvenience."
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Tony award-winning Ken Howard (1776, Child's Play) reads I Know This Much Is True with the conviction of a used car salesman and the charm of a seasoned politico. Reminiscent of a former football coach recalling his glory days, Howard's booming, rich voice is a beefy compliment to Lamb's powerful prose. Never to be mistaken as a ventriloquist, Howard makes little distinction when moving in and out of character--his voice barely cracks an octave for dainty female personalities. However, this understatement (so to speak) lends to smooth transitions and believable, down-to-earth narration. (Running time: six hours, four cassettes) --Rebekah Warren

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Dominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation.

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