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Book Review of The Other Side

The Other Side
The Other Side
Author: Mary Gordon
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Difficult to rate this one. Brilliant character studies of the members of an Irish-American family, as they gather around the matriarch's deathbed. But each individual is so twisted by past events, so full of hatefulness, vindictiveness, and anger that it's a very depressing read.