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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. The idea of a house telling stories about the many people who have lived within its walls seems like an interesting idea. I thought I would enjoy this more than I actually did. The stories are good and often reflect historical events that happened over 60 years or so. I wanted the stories to be more cohesive and the characters to have more depth. ( )This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Decent story of a family and their grand beach house. Enjoyable read with interesting links between events going on in the world and how it affected the lives of those within the walls of this grand Victorian home. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I received a copy from the publisher via Librarything to read and review.The premise of the story interested me. A house telling the stories of the people who had stayed within her walls sounded very intriguing. When I first started reading I didn’t get the idea of the story. They were all short stories that didn’t seem to have any connection, un til I realised that it was about world events and how these events affected the people that stayed at the holiday house. The stories started to grow on me when John and Mary DiStefano bought the house and I could watch the family grow and read their stories interspersed with the stories of other holiday makers. With mentions of war, baseball, race riots, Woodstock, music, TV, 9/11 and many more world events it makes this story a small history of the world and society. Simply written this is an easy read and I did become emotionally attached to the DiStefano family and their highs and lows of life. The twist at the end made it all much clearer. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I really tried, a few times to get into this book but really was not able to. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This was a truly excellent book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Gray Lady is a Victorian beach house in Long Branch, New Jersey and the chapters are about different occupants (owners) of the house through the years. The stories are told from the perspective of the house and what it could see and hear. Also included are historical events. A good read. no reviews | add a review
If walls could talk...A grand Victorian beach house in Long Branch, New Jersey is the setting -- and narrator -- of this novel that weaves a rich and colorful tale of the home's owners. A wealthy banking family, and later the flawed but endearing DiStefano family celebrate milestones and make memories in the "Gray Lady." Their stories intertwine with those of some of the interesting vacationers that occasionally rent this Jersey Shore beach home.In addition to observing and reporting on the people that dwell inside, the Gray Lady is witness to seven decades of cultural touchstones and historical events, as experienced by the home's different inhabitants. She takes the reader on a Jersey Shore journey during the Vietnam War, the 1960s, the death of Princess Diana, Y2K and September 11th as these events relate to those who seek shelter under her roof over a period spanning seven decades.The Gray Lady of Long Branch is a boardwalk roller coaster ride of ups and downs right to the very last entertaining sentence. No library descriptions found. |
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