Elegies for the Brokenhearted
Hodgen, ChristieMary Murphy, this is your life. Here to tell your story are a classmate, a college roommate, a failed piano prodigy, your ne'er do well uncle and your oft married mother. Narrated through odes to those who have shaped her being, this is Mary's life as a daughter, sister and friend; a life of adversity and despair but ultimately triumph.
With its clever format and rich characterisation this is fresh examination of who and what make us the way we are. [Larger font]
Pages
271
271
Year
2010
2010
Reviews
30-09-2022
Very average book, quite repetitive.
10-02-2021
Grim themes, but beautifully written. Frustrating and interesting. One of our higher scores!
08-11-2019
Some liked it. Some didn't, and some didn't finish it. The language was quite off putting. Quite a clever way of writing about one's life.
08-11-2019
Very sad. Very well-written with great characters. Interesting narrative structure which worked well.
08-11-2019
There were varying degrees of sympathy for the mother, but we all enjoyed the style and agreed that it was a coming-of-age novel with added layers of perception and reflection.