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The Lake Shore Limited
The Lake Shore Limited
Author: Sue Miller
Four unforgettable characters beckon you into this spellbinding novel. First among them is Wilhelmina -- Billy -- Gertz, small as a child, fiercely independent, powerfully committed to her work as a playwright. — The story itself centers on The Lake Shore Limited -- a play Billy has written about an imagined terrorist bombing of that train as it ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781408809884
ISBN-10: 1408809885
Publication Date: 7/1/2011
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I like Sue Miller very much! The characters in her stories are well fleshed out and completely believable as people. The theme of this story, painful loss and how people choose to deal with it is searing. The way we see a situation, our own situation, how we privately think about it both as it is happening and in retrospect, how all these elements balance often on chance, we see through the eyes of the four main characters. This is a story about people, flawed and very human. If you need more action in a story then you should look elsewhere. Sue Miller has a talent for making the characters that inhabit her stories as real as anyone you might know, yet she allows you the privilege of hearing their most intimate thoughts which adds unmeasurable depth to her stories, to this story! You have only to listen and observe and learn from their experience. This is a solemn look into the reactions of four people who's lives overlap during the production of a play "The Lake Shore Limited". If you are patient, reflective, there is much insight to be taken from this lovely story!
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