Tuesday, April 8, 2014

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Wally Lamb’s books seem to focus on people with emotional problems. This one is about an artist, Annie Oh, and her ex husband Orion, and her kids, most of whom are pretty disturbed. The story centres around Annie’s impending marriage to her new partner, this time a woman called Viveca. It’s told through the eyes of several people, including some who aren’t even members of the family. It’s a book about secrets and how holding on to them can corrupt and pervert your life. And of course Annie’s secrets have done just that, with some quite devastating consequences for the people around her. It all unravels as the wedding plans move forward. This is a huge book but pretty readable – sometimes a bit too wordy for me and I did find myself skipping over pages where all that dialogue and description and soul searching became a bit unnecessary. Still, I liked this book and it made a good read.

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