chloe_yee87
18-10-2008, 11:37 AM
Hey everyone...i'm clearing some of my stuff to make way for new stuff. All the books are used unless stated...
Oprah Book Club
[item 1]
Midwives By Chris Bohjalian
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Price: RM15
Condition: Read once. Almost new.
On a violent, stormy winter night, a home birth goes disastrously wrong. The phone lines are down, the roads slick with ice.
The midwife, unable to get her patient to a hospital, works frantically to save both mother and child while her inexperienced assistant and the woman's terrified husband look on.
The mother dies but the baby is saved thanks to an emergency C-section....read more (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5166.Midwives#)
Click here for more reviews! (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5166.Midwives)
[item 2] She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
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Price: RM12
Condition: Not bad, only slight yellowing but Very good read!!
She's Come Undone explores a feisty young woman's journey through her suburban New England existence. A preteen Dolores Price comes from a broken home and turns to food and television for comfort after being the victim of rape at age 13. By the age of 17 she has eaten her way to clinical obesity. Following the death of her mother and being ostracized at college, she attempts suicide and is placed in a mental institution for several years. There she loses 100+ pounds and analyzes her anger with her parents. After being released she makes the bold move to Vermont following a few of what she sees as lighter spots in her younger life.
This novel has many themes, the main one being emotional liberation and self discovery.
Click here for more reviews! (http://www.mostlyfiction.com/contemp/lamb.htm)
[item 3] We were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
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Price: RM18
Condition: New
The Mulvaneys, a family living in the small, rural town of Mt. Ephraim, NY during the later part of the 20th century, are the perfect family: four kids, the owners of a successful roofing business, and a high social status. We Were the Mulvaneys tells the tale of the demise of this perfect family - an incident that is hushed up in town and never spoken of again. It is this incident that shatters the family fabric with tragic consequences...read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_the_Mulvaneys)
This book was made into a movie!!
Read more reviews! (http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahsbookclub/pastselections/obc_20010124_aboutbook/1)
[item 4] While i was gone by Sue Miller
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Price: RM10
Condition: read. Almost new. No creases or tear.
While I Was Gone is an exquisitely suspenseful novel about how quickly and casually a marriage can be destroyed, how a good wife can find herself placing all she holds dear at risk. In expert strokes, Sue Miller captures the precariousness of even the strongest ties, the ease with which we abandon each other, and our need to be forgiven. An extraordinary book, her best, from a beloved American writer....read more (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/suemiller/book.html)
Oprah Book Club
[item 1]
Midwives By Chris Bohjalian
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp179/chloe_yee87/novel%20books/Picture323.jpg
Price: RM15
Condition: Read once. Almost new.
On a violent, stormy winter night, a home birth goes disastrously wrong. The phone lines are down, the roads slick with ice.
The midwife, unable to get her patient to a hospital, works frantically to save both mother and child while her inexperienced assistant and the woman's terrified husband look on.
The mother dies but the baby is saved thanks to an emergency C-section....read more (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5166.Midwives#)
Click here for more reviews! (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5166.Midwives)
[item 2] She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp179/chloe_yee87/novel%20books/Picture324.jpg
Price: RM12
Condition: Not bad, only slight yellowing but Very good read!!
She's Come Undone explores a feisty young woman's journey through her suburban New England existence. A preteen Dolores Price comes from a broken home and turns to food and television for comfort after being the victim of rape at age 13. By the age of 17 she has eaten her way to clinical obesity. Following the death of her mother and being ostracized at college, she attempts suicide and is placed in a mental institution for several years. There she loses 100+ pounds and analyzes her anger with her parents. After being released she makes the bold move to Vermont following a few of what she sees as lighter spots in her younger life.
This novel has many themes, the main one being emotional liberation and self discovery.
Click here for more reviews! (http://www.mostlyfiction.com/contemp/lamb.htm)
[item 3] We were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp179/chloe_yee87/novel%20books/Picture327.jpg
Price: RM18
Condition: New
The Mulvaneys, a family living in the small, rural town of Mt. Ephraim, NY during the later part of the 20th century, are the perfect family: four kids, the owners of a successful roofing business, and a high social status. We Were the Mulvaneys tells the tale of the demise of this perfect family - an incident that is hushed up in town and never spoken of again. It is this incident that shatters the family fabric with tragic consequences...read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_the_Mulvaneys)
This book was made into a movie!!
Read more reviews! (http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahsbookclub/pastselections/obc_20010124_aboutbook/1)
[item 4] While i was gone by Sue Miller
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp179/chloe_yee87/novel%20books/Picture328.jpg
Price: RM10
Condition: read. Almost new. No creases or tear.
While I Was Gone is an exquisitely suspenseful novel about how quickly and casually a marriage can be destroyed, how a good wife can find herself placing all she holds dear at risk. In expert strokes, Sue Miller captures the precariousness of even the strongest ties, the ease with which we abandon each other, and our need to be forgiven. An extraordinary book, her best, from a beloved American writer....read more (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/suemiller/book.html)