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Title: The Distinguished Guest by Sue Miller ISBN: 0-06-093000-4 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A Disapointment
Comment: The Distinguished Guest is about a Lily Maynard who is suffering with Parkinsons Disease. She is staying in the home of her Son Alan eventhough these two have had their differences in the past. I was not able to connect with any of these characters and found this book kind of uninteresting and I spent a longer time than usual to finish. I found this book a true dissapointment because I usually enjoy reading Sue Miller's books. My recomendation is to read "The Good Mother" instead.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Strong Character Study
Comment: Sue Miller is a powerful writer, and although this isn't her most stimulating novel it still has enough to recommend it.
Lily Maynard finds celebrity in her 70's as she writes her memoirs. She and her former husband Paul ran a church that was heavily involved in the early civil rights movement, and it was this involvement that ended their marriage. Lily enjoys her late-in-life fame, but now Parkinson's Disease is forcing her into a retirement home, and as she waits for a unit to become available she moves in with her son Alan and his French wife Gaby.
Lily's relationship with Alan has always been strained, as Alan has 'issues' with his strong-willed mother. These issues come to the forefront as they live together, and as Lily begins to deteriorate. Added to the mix is a writer doing an article about Lily, who brings up issues long-buried and best forgotten.
The novel is a strong character study of these characters: Lily, Alan and his wife and sons, and the lonely free-lance writer. Secrets, (none too shocking) are eventually revealed and issues resolved, but don't expect much in the way of plot or action. Just enjoy Miller's skill at creating these characters and bringing them to life.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unsaid vs. said
Comment: Upon reflection, and not so much during, I found this book to have many themes, loss, endurance, love, and forgiveness to name a few.
I was in awe of the author multiple voices, one inside Lily's degrading mind, the other in her writing and also the interviewer's critique of Lily's writing. That is some talent.
William Faulkner would have enjoyed the irony in the discussion with the Phd student on what is being black? Only critique I have is I wish I knew what happened to the sister..I was hoping she'd 'come home' as well. Very well crafted book.
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Title: Family Pictures : A Novel by Sue Miller ISBN: 0060929987 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The World Below by Sue Miller ISBN: 0345440765 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: For Love by Sue Miller ISBN: 0060929995 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Good Mother by Sue Miller ISBN: 0385312431 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Inventing the Abbotts and Other Stories (Harper & Row, 1987) by Sue Miller ISBN: 0060929979 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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