![]() ![]() Nevertheless it does provide an ultimate resolution that it would be a shame to miss. ![]() The ending may be less than satisfying but then the entire story is. I could have bailed out several times along the way, but I kept coming back, intrigued to know "what happened next." I'm glad I lasted to the end. The story is rich in symbolism that remains subtle throughout. The weaving together of their lives is honest and believable. A woman runs away from her husband when she discovers she is pregnant, going to a Catholic school for girls, where she meets and marries another man, who raises the child as his own. With Dana Delany, Sada Thompson, Clancy Brown, Jill Gascoine. Patchett has taken difficult subject matter and woven a story through the viewpoint of three characters, each a unique voice. The Patron Saint of Liars: Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. That said, it is well-written and well-crafted. But there is just no getting around the fact that it is a sad story. It would have been helpful to have shown the reason for this more clearly - certainly the ending doesn't do it. A delight New York Times Book Review Beautifully writtena first novel that second and third time. While there are many characters that evoke sympathy from the reader, the book overall is a depiction of one unfortunate character after another passing through life with their own struggle, each isolated in a unique way. I dislike books where there are no likable characters - unfortunately this is one. Well-crafted, Painful But Worth Finishing ![]()
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