Comments on: Every Last One & Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen | Double Review

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:10:43 +0000

In reply to susan. It's always fun when you find a new author that really works for you and that's how I feel about Quindlen.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 16:10:01 +0000

In reply to Catherine. I'm definitely planning on reading One True Thing and it will probably be soon. So many people have told me that one is actually their favorite and I know I need to make the time.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 23:50:22 +0000

Her novels can be rather sad in ways, eh? Still they cut to the Heart. I have read about three of them and will continue to do so now and then.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 01:55:07 +0000

You summed up Quindlen so well! I know you don’t have time right now, but add One True Thing to your TBR. It’s what I think of as her novel about mothers and daughters and it is exquisite.

I thought Alternate Side was good, but not great like so many of her other works. Still, it was chock full of sentences I wanted to quote. She has one of the most relatable voices in fiction I’ve ever read.

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:10:24 +0000

In reply to Jan. Thank you so much, Jan.

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:09:49 +0000

In reply to Tara. Thanks, Tara. I liked Alternate Side for what is was, a quiet story about conflict and the slow ending of a marriage.

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:08:32 +0000

In reply to Annie. Id say try Every Last One first. So good!

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:08:07 +0000

In reply to Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanis. I don't know how I missed it back in 2010.

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 03:07:40 +0000

In reply to Stephanie J. Schiltz. I was also shaken by the pivotal point in Every Last One. Listening to it, I sat in a grocery store parking lot crying!

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:50:25 +0000

I love your review, very thoughtful and well-said!
I’m a huge Anna Quindlen fan, and I can still see and feel where I was when I read Every Last One. I read it in one sitting. Although they are very different, I also enjoyed Alternate Side and appreciated the double meaning of the term as it related to not just parking, but neighbor against neighbor and husband and wife on alternate sides. It’s a quiet novel that has deeper meanings, my favorite!