The Dream Lover, (Paperback)

from MarysGirl

I've never read anything else by Berg and was impressed with her word craft. I also knew little about the subject of this fictional autobiography other than George Sand was a women author who dressed as a man and lived a notorious life in Paris with numerous famous lovers. I had no idea she was s...

from TempleCat

A tumultuous life; A tumultuous read The Dream Lover, by Elizabeth Berg, is a fictional autobiography of the novelist George Sand. George, born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin (1 July 1804 - 8 June 1876), was renowned not only for the many well-received books she wrote, but also for her lifestyle, w...

from AStoriedSoul

The Dream Lover follows one of history's most iconic and shocking women writers of the nineteenth century: George Sand. As an older woman later in life, Sand looks back at her life, a perspective through which her exploits in love and art reveal a strong yet vulnerable woman living and writing in...

from Liz1564

Who is "The Dream Lover" in Berg's biographical novel about George Sand? Sand herself? One of her many liaisons? The ideal partner she never found? Berg leaves it to the reader to decide in this beautifully written work. Using two timelines , she begins to explore Sand's life in 1831 just as Sand...

from GirlWellRead

A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.The reviews for this book are all over the map, and my opinion is much of the same. Some of it I really liked, while other parts I skimmed through. Berg writes in first person, alternating between Sand's childhood, and a...