- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt Brace International; First Edition edition (3 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 015100613X
- ISBN-13: 978-0151006137
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,205,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Returning to the Furey-Cooper family Martha McPhee introduced in "Bright Angel Time," "Gorgeous Lies" opens two decades later. Charismatic therapist Anton Furey is dying, and the tribe he heads--his five children, his wife's three girls, and their uniting child, Alice--has returned to Chardin, the farm where they grew up and Anton played out his visions of communal living. Chronicled by film crews and reporters, they had been famous for being the new American blended family. But as Anton grows weaker, the hurts, allegiances, and betrayals of those years boil to the surface, and the children find themselves reliving the knotty intimacy they share as they struggle to make their peace with Anton and Anton struggles to make peace with himself. McPhee has already established herself as an acclaimed new talent; now she fulfills her promise. With shimmering prose and an acutely observant eye, she has created a portrait of an era and a family that explores the limits, and obligations, of love.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Well written novel of interesting characters
7 Mar 2003
Format:Hardcover
I had no idea that this book was a sequel and I thought it held together very well. I'll probably go back and read the first book but I didn't feel I'd missed anything.
Anton is dying of pancreatic cancer and his life flashes before him and before his wives and children.
The various voices in the novel were sometimes confusing at first but they lent themselves to a real picture of Anton and his life and death.
I found the religious thoughts of Anton fascinating and I also found him disgusting much of the time. Family relationships are always difficult and McPhee writes of each member well.
There were many lies in this story and we don't always know who is telling the truth. We do get a good picture of a man's life and how control can be lost or won.
Anton is dying of pancreatic cancer and his life flashes before him and before his wives and children.
The various voices in the novel were sometimes confusing at first but they lent themselves to a real picture of Anton and his life and death.
I found the religious thoughts of Anton fascinating and I also found him disgusting much of the time. Family relationships are always difficult and McPhee writes of each member well.
There were many lies in this story and we don't always know who is telling the truth. We do get a good picture of a man's life and how control can be lost or won.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
somewhere a novel lurks
3 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
Somewhere between the beautiful prose and richly drawn character a novel lurks. Unfortunately, I was never able to find it. As I read I became deeply enthralled with the characters, but as in a nineteenth century Russian novel, there were too many and I had to flip pages back to determine who was whom. The language was intoxicating yet like a too fragrant flower, it became a bit tiresome and finally irritating. I so wanted this book to work because it is a rich experience, but the plot, what there is of it, never really takes hold. Will I read the first book, now that I realize this is a sequel? Probably, but not right away.
This is not a novel
10 Jan 2012
This book seems to be a memoir. The "story" could work as a play. But a novel? No way.
Nothing happens.
Ever.
The first chapter is 13 pages long and encompasses a very brief conversation of a few repetetive sentences interspersed through lots and lots of blather. The rest is pretty much the same thing.
I get that the author had a very unusual upbringing and that her stepfather was interesting, kinky, and charismatic. And he was definitely from Texas, since we're told that in practically every paragraph.
I imagine this is the kind of snooze-inducing analytical crap that therapists have to listen to all day long.
I was stunned to find out this is a sequel. I can't believe the author even got an agent, much less a publishing deal. Truly, one of the worst books I've ever tried to read.
Nothing happens.
Ever.
The first chapter is 13 pages long and encompasses a very brief conversation of a few repetetive sentences interspersed through lots and lots of blather. The rest is pretty much the same thing.
I get that the author had a very unusual upbringing and that her stepfather was interesting, kinky, and charismatic. And he was definitely from Texas, since we're told that in practically every paragraph.
I imagine this is the kind of snooze-inducing analytical crap that therapists have to listen to all day long.
I was stunned to find out this is a sequel. I can't believe the author even got an agent, much less a publishing deal. Truly, one of the worst books I've ever tried to read.
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