The Orphan Game
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Book Overview
Beautifully written, wonderfully observed, and deeply felt, Ann Darby's haunting first novel marks the debut of an important voice in women's fiction. The Orphan Game tells the story of a young... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0688177824
ISBN13:9780688177829
Release Date:April 2000
Publisher:Harpperen
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
An accomplished writer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Ann Darby is an accomplished writer who captures one's emotions through an engaging style and a powerful story. She writes of a teenage girl's struggle for sense and freedom from a family stretched to its limits. Ann Darby's prose is simply brilliant. She writes with structure and clarity that is rare in this time of speedily written, puffed up fiction. A wonderful novel.
CAN'T SAY ENOUGH -- SO I WON'T SAY MUCH AT ALL
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I just deleted the three paragraphs I had written about this book. It seems as if to tell anything about this story is to tell too much. It needs to tell itself -- I guess, that's why it was written. (But it's AMAZING -- READ IT)WARNING: If reading further Customer Comments, don't read the one posted June 1, 1999 -- it gives away an important element.
rich in wisdom
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I love a novel that tells a great story, especially when I find bits of wisdom tucked between the lines. I love finding a new author who can make me FEEL. I'll never forget Maggie. The scene where the kids play Hangman in the car while their parents fight is pure agony jumping off the page. You can smell the smoke from the fire in this book. Also the smoke from Darby's writing that burns up the pages. More. More. More.
OUTSTANDING!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
One of the best books of this or any other year, Ann Darby's "The Orphan Game" seems destined for some of the literary communities top honors. At once haunting, compelling and ultimately redemptive-"The Orphan Game" seems to find a place in our minds that, once there, it refuses to leave. Ann Darby gives us a much needed dose of hope for the future of literature.
wonderful novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A beautifully written and fully realized portrait of the Harris family in California in the early sixties, a conservative milieu, at the cusp of real social change. I thought the best character was the father: a businessman scheming of wealth, and saddled with debt. He leaps off the page, all his frustration and fury placed in a broad context, amid drought-ridden California hills spouting developments and highways. And then there's Bruce, a boy who puts CLEAN SHEETS on a bed, dreaming of the Army. I loved this book.
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