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The Sock Wars (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Maia Sepp (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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Lucy Tuttle is a workaholic financial planner whose biggest worry is how to line up the sticky notes on her desk just so, but when her free-spirited, vivacious aunt dies in a car accident halfway across the world, Lucy's carefully ordered life spins out of control.

With her last family member gone, the big 3-0 approaching, domestication closing in, and her faltering biological clock a never-ending reminder of the time she isn't spending building a family, Lucy tries to make a home for herself and her eco-activist boyfriend in the fixer-upper she's inherited. But as she struggles to settle into a life of cohabitation, organic lentils and sock thievery, she starts to wonder how she ended up there--and when she'll feel alive again. As she works through her grief and tries to find somewhere to belong, Lucy begins to understand that sometimes, realizing one dream might mean giving up another.

Poignant, quirky, and humorous, The Sock Wars is a contemporary women's fiction story from author Maia Sepp that reminds us there's only one thing harder than living up to other people's expectations: facing your own.
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Starr
4,0 su 5 stelle and personal issues was a good read. Also
Recensito in Canada il 19 agosto 2015
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Following Lucy through all of her dealings with society, family, job, and personal issues was a good read. Also, I enjoyed the humor the writer shows. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
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Crazybread
4,0 su 5 stelle A wonderful book with themes of loss, the expectations of others, and relationships
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 1 agosto 2013
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This book really spoke to me. The author really seems to get a lot of things right - dealing with loss, dealing with other people's expectations, compromise in relationships, difficult people at work and at home... It all rang very true to me.

Aside from good subject matter, the writing is very good. It's written from the point of view of Lucy, the main character, and your view into her world is coloured by her own prejudices and expectations (something I talk about in more detail below, in the spoilers section). It was a technique I've never seen used before, or at least, never so subtly or effectively. The book is peppered with these kinds of moments and revelations, and the ever changing perspective really made me understand the main character better.

This is a wonderful book with a great insight into modern life. I highly recommend it.

Spoilers from here down:
There were some interesting perspective changes in this book, such as the mother-in-law, who started out as a two dimensional caricature of a character, until "the gravy incident", at which point she becomes a full fledged, three dimensional character. For me, it was at this point that I realized that the reason she started out as a caricature was because that's how the Lucy character saw her - and after the gravy incident, Lucy (and by extension, the reader) became aware of more of her character and nuance, and started seeing her as a person. I found the effect of her shrugging off her prejudices subtle, but very powerful - it made me wonder about some of the other characters in the book, and if her prejudices were colouring our perspectives there, as well. It also made me wonder about the preconceived notions I hold towards people in my own life.

The book follows Lucy as she deals with the death of her aunt, moves into her aunt's old house with her long-term boyfriend, and makes it her own. In the process of renovating her house, and dealing with her sense of loss, she comes to learn about and change her own life. The renovation itself became a metaphor for her own life, its overhaul, and her coming to terms with herself. The entire book was an excellent read which I have enthusiastically recommended to others.
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Debbie
4,0 su 5 stelle A lovely read by a promising new writer
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 26 dicembre 2012
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I came across this book by chance on GoodReads and was intrigued by the catchy title and cute cover. I read it to wind down for the Christmas holidays - a great choice.

It's a witty, observant and poignant story of how financial consultant Lucy Tuttle, about to hit the big 3 0, comes to terms with the loss of her only relative, a much-loved, unconventional aunt. The late Aunt Maren is a little like the aunt in Graham Greene's wonderful "Travels with my Aunt" but in New York in the 21st century. In doing so, she discovers much about herself that she never realised or dared to recognise, having for so long sought comfort and distraction in financial-led safety mechanisms, such as counting to her favourite high number to calm her nerves.

The characters and settings are well drawn. Indeed, the whole book is well written, with realistic conversation, atmospheric description and scene-setting and a plausible, likeable narrator.

I'd recommend it to anyone who is:

(a) recently bereaved (having been widowed some years ago, I found this a touching, realistic portrait of the grieving process)
(b) approaching 30 - or any other big birthday - and having a crisis about where they're going with their lives
(c) worried about her biological clock and not sure what it's telling them
(d) interested in the New York City lifestyle
(e) in need of a simple, good, entertaining contemporary story about modern life

Although I'm old enough to be the heroine's mother (yikes!), this book rang lots of bells with me and made me think about my own life choices (about which I'm currently very happy, I should add!)

Incidentally, the parallel to Graham Greene's great book never entered my head till I started writing this review, and I'm not suggesting for a moment that The Sock Wars is derivative or imitative. But there are lots of pleasing similarities,including a very satisfying ending that will have you punching the air with delight.

Why 4 stars instead of 5? Well, there were a few clunky plot moments where there could have been a bit more "showing" instead of "telling", as they say - e.g. characters telling Lucy what to do and how to lead her life which were necessary to move the plot on to the next stage. These didn't quite ring true (or maybe other people's friends and relations are more direct than mine!) But the quality of the writing is top notch - a very good start for this new young writer who is definitely one to watch.
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allthatjazz
5,0 su 5 stelle Refreshing
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 11 novembre 2016
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At last a book NOT entirely focused on having 2.5 kids, dog and husband. LOVE it. Can't wait to read more from her.
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T. Tracy
5,0 su 5 stelle The Sock Wars
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 9 ottobre 2013
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This was an easy read and totally unexpected. I got this free and just dove in not knowing what to expect. It was kind of sad and bittersweet at times. But the idea of living your own life and following your heart more than doing what others expect of you is quite a revelation that many struggle with. Lucy was well written coming from such a difficult childhood to her future. It made me sad as I read, but I did like the ending wrapped things up rather nicely
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