Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Every Visible Thing: A Novel by Lisa Carey

Every Visible Thing is a heartbreaking novel about the loss of a child and how that affects the rest of the family.

Alternating between the two siblings, Lena and Owen tell the story of their family's struggle to deal with the loss of the oldest child, Hugh, missing and presumed dead. The inability of the parents to deal with the loss of Hugh allows the two remaining children to slip further and further into trouble. As they struggle to deal with this loss in addition to the normal problems of childhood, the lack of guidance creates situations where the two feel alienated and alone. Bad choices are made, situations spiral out of control and eventually the family faces the potential loss of another of its children.

Although the structure of this book felt off to me, alternating between first and third person, I still enjoyed and was affected by this novel.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

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A Librarian said...

Nice outfit but tonight it is supposed to freeze where I am. I am thinking that by October 31st the blue skin and shivering might not help me give the outfit the right attitude.

Anonymous said...

Shivering might help with the pirate accent.

A Librarian said...

But for a fun event one should probably avoid activities that end in frostbite or death.

Anonymous said...

Not that I have a vote but I am voting for the pirate costume anyway.

A Librarian said...

I will keep that in mind when I go costume shopping.