A Death in the Family: Library Edition

from lauralkeet

James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a stark, realistic portrayal of the searing emotional pain in human response to tragedy. The novel takes place over just a few days, as a close-knit family copes with the sudden loss of a loved one. FIrst, there is the waiting -- knowing an accident ha...

from mrstreme

James Agee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, A Death in the Family captured the initial moments of grief with beautiful clarity. The shock, anger and sadness that inflicted each character was so realistically drawn, it was near flawless. Won posthumously in 1957, the edition of A Death in the Famil...

from debnance

There are good reads that satisfy and are thoughtful and have lovely writing. And then there are the truly great reads that leave the reader longing to start the book over and reread it just as soon as one turns to the final paragraph. A Death in the Family is a great read.The story is very simpl...

from magicians_nephew

Just finished reading A Death in the Family James Agee's novel for one of my face to face book groups. Knoxville Tennessee. 1915. Husband and Wife and two small children and their extended family. Father goes out one night for a drive in his "Tin Lizzie" and dies on the way back. That's it. Hadn'...

from SeriousGrace

This is the autobiographical story of what happens when the anchor of a family dies unexpectedly. Set in 1915. The language of Death in the Family is lyrical and breathtaking. Three scenes worth mentioning: Father Jay sets out to visit his dying father after receiving a middle-of-the-night call f...