About this title: From the author of the bestselling "Three Junes" comes a richly nuanced tale about the intertwined lives of two sisters. Alternating between the women's voices, "I See You Everywhere" unfolds across 25 years, offering a candid double portrait that reveals the very nature of sisterhood.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0375422757 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0375422757 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0375422757 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0375422757 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. 0375422757 Ex library book with stickers and stampings. Overall good condition with clean text and good binding unless otherwise noted. Edges soiled. Brown spot on bottom edge. Most items ship within 24 hours. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2009-07-14
ISBN-13:9781400075775ISBN:1400075777
Description: Very Good. Clean pages, no spine creases, no writing, some page corner creases, minor shelf-wear to cover including a crease on the back. read more
Description: Very Good. 1400075777 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 10/14/2008
ISBN-13:9780375422751ISBN:0375422757
Description: Good in good dust jacket. GOOD Ex Library book with usual stickers/stamps/marks. Fast ship! Buy with confidence--satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Very Good. 0375422757 HC1D. Binding tight. No marks. Dustjacket is Very Good. Manufacturing error has front paste-down (inside front cover and flyleaf wrinkled with slight closed tear (cosmetic only). read more
Description: Fine. 1400075777 **Softcover**--Exact ISBN Match--Cover has absolutely minimal shelf wear. No personalizations, writing or marks in the text. Clean, Tight and Neat. Absolutely no spine creasing. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2008-10-14
ISBN-13:9780375422751ISBN:0375422757
Description: Very Good. Stated 1st Edition, Appears unread, clean pages, first six pages have a very small knife cut on the bottom edge, no page creases, no writing, dust jacket is great. read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 287 pages, clean text and dust jacket. Dust jacket has price clip. Note written on fly page. read more
"I loved Three Junes so so much, that I've wanted to love everything else JG has written. This novel isn't as awful as her second one, but it is also disappointing in a similar way: it feels naive and pat. Although compelling enough that I finished it, and very occasionally touching, mostly it's facile and simplistic in its descriptions and themes of "nature" "science" and "wild animals", and the characters seem too credulous, their lives ingenuously perfect--even in their experience of despair, anger, loss! (the series of boyfriends/lovers/husbands, the food and cooking, the specific music that supposedly is for emotional flavor but will date,not in a good way, all appear too correct and too good to be true and carefully tied up). The most interesting and believable character was the distant, irritating, hunting-hound mother, and reminded me of that wonderful segment of Three Junes. I found out afterwards that this JG's most autobiographical book, and I'm sorry that the author experienced the losses she describes in her life, but it just goes to show that "writing what you know" doesn't mean it's going to be good art, or even feel truthful and moving to readers. In the end the book reminded me how much better Andrea Barret writes about science and nature (exploring, through these themes, many profound issues in her books) and, of course, the ultimate, AS Byatt, who also writes about those issues as well as about family and loss in a rigorously intellectual, never facile, and always thought-provoking and emotionally convincing way that is never simplistically plotted or tied up in the end."
"I See You Everywhere is a novel about the complicated relationship between two sisters. Julia Glass finds a unique way of describing the twists and turns that siblings, especially sisters, experience at different stages in their lives.
There were a couple of times while reading this book that my jaw would suddenly drop open, and I would go back to read the paragraph to make sure I read it correctly. The author sneaks tragedy in unexpectedly, which made me feel like it was happening to me. It is written in a way that made me understand how the character would have felt getting tragic news. So unexpected.
I was feeling very frustrated in the last chapter, thinking that the author had not tied up the ends enough, but then she unfolded unanswered questions almost on the last page.
Favorite quote: "It's like someone's gone and severed my shadow."
"I'm a sucker for Julia Glass, though I do think her books are really just high-end chick lit. But her writing is so clear and simple, and ultimately so engaging. And though I've found her books uneven (really liked Three Junes, wasn't all that impressed with The Whole World Over), I generally walk away satisfied, or at worst, entertained. Her writing reminds me in some way of Laurie Colwin. Perhaps it's that Glass (like Colwin) writes mostly about urban, well educated, financially secure (ok secure-ish)yuppies struggling with issues of self-hood; people who lead comfortable lives and worry about things like relationships, self-fulfillment and family. A world I'm quite familiar with, if truth be told.
This is Glass's third novel, and it charts the relationship of two sisters over the course of 25 years, alternating in voice between one sister and the other. It's a nice construct and I really enjoyed the book. Some parts are predictable, and some surprising, but overall an entertaining, engaging and satisfying read. Vintage Glass."
"This was an incredibly moving, but very sad book. I loved how she moved the narrative along but had to keep flipping back to remind myself of the year and the "chapter" heading to give a clue about the general theme for the particular section. One of those books I cannot even fathom attempting to construct. So sad and mostly one that would appeal to women. So much about feelings and living in one's head that I find it would most likely be overlooked or underappreciated by the opposite gender. I hate to categorize that way but sadly I find it true in my limited experience. I remember really liking Three Junes which I read when it came out, but have never read her sophmore effort. Might go back to it for curiosity's sake. I really enjoy her voice- just finished this and not sure what to read now as she so vividly brought Clem and Lou to life that I feel them here with me, more or less."
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