At Paradise Gate : A Novel (Paperback)

from lkernagh

Some novels shout their message from the rooftops. Others convey it in a quieter, more reflective tone. Interestingly, I found [At Paradise Gate] to be an odd blending of both. On the one hand, the story is a noisy cacophony of voices and movement, not unlike any other family gathering steeped in...

from LynnB

This is a story of family relationships, and in particular about how a marriage of 52 years plays out over time. Ike Robison is terminally ill, and his three middle-aged daughters and 23-year-old granddaughter descend on the family home to help their mother, Anna, care for Ike and herself. This i...

from Jeanomario

Smiley has a way of making her readers uncomfortable in telling the truths that lie beneath the surfaces of All-American families. This novel peels away the layers of a marriage from its earliest days, told in flashback memories, through to the next generation of three daughters, and into the nex...

from moonshineandrosefire

While seventy-seven year old Ike Robison is dying in his bedroom upstairs, his wife Anna defends the citadel of their marriage from the ill-considered, albeit loving invasion, of their three middle-aged daughters and twenty-three year old granddaughter. Helen, Claire and Susanna claim they have c...

from moonshineandrosefire

While seventy-seven year old Ike Robison is dying in his bedroom upstairs, his wife Anna defends the citadel of their marriage from the ill-considered, albeit loving invasion, of their three middle-aged daughters and twenty-three year old granddaughter. Helen, Claire and Susanna claim they have c...