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Loading... Talk Before Sleep: A Novel (original 1997; edition 2006)by Elizabeth Berg
Work InformationTalk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg (1997)
  
None No current Talk conversations about this book.   bentstoker | Jan 26, 2024 |   ) BookConcierge | Jul 17, 2023 | "How is it that we dare to honk at others in traffic, when we know nothing about where they have just come from or what they are on their way to?" "I remember the exact order of the canned soup in the cupboard, and then I think, well, it's probably been changed now, and that terrifies me. I want to go home. I just want to go home. Can't you understand that?" -- I could understand it perfectly. I have so often wanted to go home, which is just wanting to go back in time, just wanting to go back to something that sadly no longer exists anywhere. "Our conversations are silly--about nothing, really, less and less consequential. But they are comforting to both of us, I know. They remind me of what we talk about before we go to sleep, any of us, the lazy, low-voiced assurances we offer each other...Always we're just checking to see that we're safe. I've always thought that was the funniest thing, given the vastness of the dark we lie down in." I never actually thought I knew these women. I didn't relate completely to the lives they lead. Still, there is a deeper truth about them, about all of us, that Berg taps. I thought of my mother's long struggle. I thought of my sister breathing out of this world so softly and leaving me desperate to have one more conversation, one more laugh. Berg made me cry, and I learned early on that one of the great meanings of literature is catharsis. (  ) mattorsara | Aug 11, 2022 |  ) Tosta | Jul 5, 2021 |  ) terran | Jan 18, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Unforgettable . . . Truth rings forth clearly from every page. . . . One minute you’re laughing, the next you’re crying. . . . You’ll want to give a copy to every good woman friend you have.”—The Charlotte Observer What do you say when you know you don’t have forever? Ruth has been Ann’s closest friend for years—her confidante, her solace, her comic relief, her tutor in life’s mysterious ways. So when Ruth becomes ill, Ann is there for her without question. After all, it is Ruth who encouraged Ann to become who she is, Ruth whose rebellious, eccentric spirit provided the perfect counterpoint to Ann’s conventional, safe outlook. And so the friends go on as they always have . . . gossiping, consoling, and sharing intimate secrets—but with the knowledge that each shared evening could be their last. Acclaimed author Elizabeth Berg has created a searing novel about the strength and salvation of women’s friendships. Deeply moving and surprisingly funny, Talk Before Sleep is an intimate, uncensored portrait of love and loss, struggle and resilience. “Tender and irreverent by turns, [Talk Before Sleep] offers mature, intelligent and buoyant spirit, like a very good friend.”—Houston Post “Entertaining, finely crafted . . . Berg tackles serious issues with grace.”—San Francisco Chronicle. No library descriptions found. |
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