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Title: A multigenerational family saga of daily life
Review: This highly praised Pulitzer Prize winning novel centers focuses on the daily life of an as-it- were ordinary woman. But the extraordinary is present in her life from the very moment of her birth in which her mother died. The story is a multi- generational one and focuses on the inner feelings of the characters especially the women. There is a dramatic difference between the male characters and the female characters in regard to their intimate lives. But there is sympathetic relation to both male and female characters.The book has been praised for its sharp and insightful language.While sensing these positive qualities I felt a certain absence of 'lift' of a kind of intense joy in reading that I have when involved in books I feel to be of the most inspirational kind.Good, but not great.
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