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S'està carregant… The Heart of the Family (1953)de Elizabeth Goudge
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I love this book, but would not recommend it unless you have read the preceding volumes in the Eliot Trilogy ("The Bird in the Tree" and "The Herb of Grace"). That's because it's not really story driven, it is driven by the interior, spiritual, struggles of the protagonists and the reader needs the history of the characters as a key to understand it. Elizabeth Goudge's themes of being true to oneself whilst also building your character "from the outside in" (i.e. deliberately acting the way you wish you were and by so doing becoming it - oddly modern neuroscience confirms this does work!) are further developed in this book, but the heart of it is the interplay between David, traumatised by his war service and the dying Sebastian, traumatised by his suffering in war. Not for everyone and not perfect but I find it moving and inspiring and reread it often. This may be my favorite book of all time. Although it is the 3rd of a series, it stands alone well. What are a person's gifts? How do you know what your gifts are? How hard do you persue them? What is your experience of the horror of war -- a victim or victor or bystander -- and does it ever leave you? Should it? Where is God -- in granting rich gifts to one person and humble gifts to another -- or appearing that way to our imperfect eyes. Can we find our way to connect with each other, and with God, and make life rich with healing and wholeness? The various characters, so beautifully realized, experience to different degrees these questions and find their own peace. The action involves David Elliot coming home to Damrosehay and his family after being away for several months acting on Broadway in America. His family is thrilled to have him return and yet he feels isolated and ashamed. What happened to him in America? His new secretary, Sebastian, is a brilliant man struggling with a confused mental state and weak physical health who lost everything in the war and suffered in a concentration camp. He thought he hated every fornuate person in the world. But who could hate innocently loving four-year-old Meg or her beautiful young mother Sally? Sally has her own fears and is expecting her and David's third child soon and is tired and worn. Mrs. Wilks, Zelle, all their family from grandmother to aunts and uncles and cousins are all richly drawn and confront variations of the problem of connection, of finding a way to live in this world. Ultimately, whether gifted with genius or with the humble yet vital skill of cleaning up, each character finds their place and their turn in the sun. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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The most vital and successful of the Eliots, David is the natural head of the family. But the memory of a former love affair casts a shadow over his happiness, and it takes the peace and tranquility of Damerosehay, the enchanting Hampshire estate that is the Eliots' family home, to bring David to terms with his past and enable him to embrace the future with joy. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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More philosophical and mystical than the previous two books in the series. Sebastian, deeply traumatized by war, comes to work in the family home. Moving in places and encouraging about the future. Long-winded but worth persevering.
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