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Loading... One True Thing: A Novel (original 1994; edition 2006)by Anna Quindlen
Work InformationOne True Thing by Anna Quindlen (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I've never really wanted to read this book, mainly because I thought the trailer for the movie looked so incredibly stupid. I know, I know. I'm not even really sure where the recommendation to read it came from this time; I think it showed up in the "new ebooks" section on my library's website a couple of months ago and I slapped a request on it without really thinking, so when I got the notice that it was available I went ahead and checked it out. And I loved it. It reminded me of the women's fiction I used to like to read in the 80s and 90s, about the time this book was published--the kind of thing my book group used to read. I stayed up way too late for a couple of days in a row. My family couldn't pry my Nook away from me. I didn't like the characters much, except for the mother and one of the brothers (although I had a hard time telling the brothers apart; maybe that was the point). I think that actually made it a more effective story; it's easy to read about relationships between likable people. The ones between people who aren't necessarily very likable are more interesting. I loved the way Quindlen explored the dynamic between parents and their adult children, and what happens when their respective roles change--it was like probing an achy tooth with your tongue. It hurts, but you just... can't... stop. no reviews | add a review
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276 "We'd made her simpler all her life, simpler than her real self. We'd made her what she needed to be. We'd made her ours, out one true thing. It's all anyone wants, really, to make life simple."