- Hardcover: 310 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate; 1st edition (17 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002258307
- ISBN-13: 978-0002258302
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 691,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'From the opening sentence of “Silver River”, it is clear that Daisy Goodwin can catch a reader by the throat…an intriguing memoir.' Times Literary Supplement
'Goodwin, who threads her family saga with her own experience of near suicidal depression and her need to make sense of her mother's decision to abandon her as a child, is a disarmingly skilful storyteller…A beautifully realised book, suspended delicately and precisely between memoir and magical realism.' Sunday Times
'”Silver River” runs bright and clear, a quick and vital current of self–awareness by a natural storyteller who uses literary styles and devices with a deft hand. From the first terror of being dangled over a cliff by her father, greatly amusing her mother, to her depression and sense of abandonment after the birth of her daughter, Goodwin artfully integrates the disparate sections of her life, emerging whole and healed.' The Times
‘The story of generations of gambling and suicide on her mother's side, all set out in sad and funny detail.’ Tatler
‘In this memoir Daisy Goodwin brings an evocative touch…poetic reconstruction of the emotions that allowed [her ancestors] potential to be frittered away in gambling, polo and suicide.' Independent
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'Goodwin...is a disarmingly skilful storyteller...A beautifully realised book.'
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having read some of her poetry anthologies, I was excited to try out Daisy Goodwin's new book. It is a compelling read and once you begin, it is difficult to put the book down. It literally starts on the first page as a 'cliff hanger' and holds your attention right until the end. This is essentially an account of Daisy's difficult childhood - her mother's abandonment when Daisy was just five years old had a traumatic effect which permeated her life as an adult and as a mother. It left her with so many questions thar needed answers - and so begins her journey of discovery which takes her to remote areas of Argentina as she explores her mother's extraordinary family history. The narrative is superb, and in her attempt to find the answers she cleverly interweaves the dramatic story of an exotic family history with her own experiences as a mother.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an honest and moving account of how one woman overcame the ghosts of her past. The author expertly interweaves history with personal experience. The result is riveting. A must read for anyone who loved Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking or A.M Homes' The Mistress' Daughter.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I so much enjoyed this well written, moving and thoughtprovoking book.With the aim of trying to give meaning as to why her mother put her own happiness before her daughter`s , Daisy takes us on a literal and emotional journey from England to Ireland and Argentina ranging over over family history , the history of the English in Argentina and Ireland, the psycho-geography of the life of the uncommitted emigrants in the flat endless pampas and the long term effects of emotional starvation on children. The fact that in contrast to many of her forbears she has ended up such an apparently well balanced , caring, creative person is great achievement .
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