Miller's Valley : A Novel (Paperback)

from LMJenkins

I settled into this book like a comfortable chair. Mimi was such a natural and easy narrator that I feel sad that in order to hear her voice again, I'll have to re-read the book. There was a tragedy to her story and her world that was very subtle yet impactful. The material for tragedy was plenti...

from Loried

I liked, but did not love, Miller's Valley. As with the book Cascade, I was intrigued by the idea of a town being flooded, but, once again, I wish there was more about the flooding and its implications. I thought this was an interesting family saga with some interesting events representative of t...

from Alphawoman

A touching book about a family and the meaning of home. I particularly enjoyed the straightforward style, the character development which made you know and understand each person, the soothing cadence of the story's progression. You came to understand the below the surface tension between the sis...

from karconner

NOTE: I received a free copy of this book from Random House. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from Anna Quindlen. To me, it is a quiet book- one that is not packed with action and twists and turns but instead a subtle development of characters that kept me connected and interested. Having grown up ...

from froxgirl

The policy of drowning towns to create reservoirs is pretty common here in Massachusetts, where a handful of towns were emptied to create the Quabbin Reservoir a long time ago. I always found the concept very creepy, and might not have picked up Anna Quindlen's latest if I had known that was the ...