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Any Bitter Thing
Any Bitter Thing
Author: Monica Wood
Richard Russo has celebrated Monica Wood's fiction as "thoroughly captivating…warm and wise and beautifully written," and Andre Dubus III praised it as "luminous and graceful…entertaining yet transcendent." Any Bitter Thing, Wood's brilliant new novel, is her breakout book, a timely, gripping, and compassionate tale of family, faith, a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780811846042
ISBN-10: 0811846040
Publication Date: 5/12/2005
Pages: 345
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Any Bitter Thing on + 99 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
Moving story told beautifully. The relationships are believable, and I found myself relating easily to the characters and their complex emotions. I found that there was surprising depth to what seems to be a simple story in the beginning. Very simply, read this book.
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Helpful Score: 6
Absolutely wonderful and engrossing novel about a woman dealing with a difficult, tragic childhood. Her memories become more vivid following a debilitating accident, after which she decides to find out truths that have been hidden from her. Lots of surprises.
myanniecat avatar reviewed Any Bitter Thing on + 218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
I thought this was a beautifully written story about love and loss. It's emotional, sad, heartbreaking, yet so full of hope. It immediately grabbed me from the first line and it was hard to put down. It's full of endearing characters that will definitely stay with me for a long time. I highly recommend this book. It's one of the best I've read in a long time....
reviewed Any Bitter Thing on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A mystery of suspense and surprise. A good read.
LeahG avatar reviewed Any Bitter Thing on + 320 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed every minute of this book. The characters are wonderfully described, so that I felt I knew each one of them personally. It is definitely a bittersweet tale, but one that was hard for me to put down.
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MKSbooklady avatar reviewed Any Bitter Thing on + 989 more book reviews
Wow this book has so many layers, where you end up is not where you start out, or where you think you'll end up. Lizzie, raised by her uncle, Father Mike, is taken from him, he dies, she grows up with out him. Years later she is in a horrible accident, and he comes to her in a dream. The ending keeps changing, things are revealed that you never saw coming. A haunting book, to say the least.
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I have never written a book review before but I had to on this one. This by far was one of the best books I have ever read. Her way with words is amazing and the story was too. If I had a way to get this made into I movie I would do it in a heartbeat. I just picked up the book at goodwill because they are so cheap and I am thrilled that I found it.
24speedracer avatar reviewed Any Bitter Thing on + 42 more book reviews
I only gave it 3 stars because the story seemed to draaaagg on for me. I did, however, like the theme that family is what we make of it and those who love us make sacrifices that we may never be aware of.


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