Anita hale shreve october 7, 1946 march 29, 2018 was an american writer, chiefly known for her novels. The pilots wife, which was a selection of oprahs book club. Shreves 17th novel is a tragic yet hopeful story of love, memory, loss, and rebuilding. Anita shreve, a bestselling author whose novels explored change, loss and troubled marriages, often against the backdrop of a real historical event, died. Anita shreve books list of books by author anita shreve. Anita shreve grew up in dedham, massachusetts just outside boston, the eldest of three daughters. Shreve artfully plays with time and point of view to create a portrait of causes, actions, and resonating consequences set in a small town with a school where adults and adolescents alike learn harsh lessons. Her career took off in 1999 when oprah winfrey chose the pilots wife for oprahs book club. It revolves around a single incident at a boarding school and each short chapter is, in essence, a testimony about the ripple effect that this incident has had on. Testimony by anita shreve books hachette australia. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, anita shreve delivers in testimony a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. When i saw her newest novel, testimony, in stores i picked it up immediately. For a good part of the book, it seems that anita shreves way around this problem is to break the story up into dozens of bitesized portions.
Mar 30, 2018 anita shreve, a bestselling author whose novels explored change, loss and troubled marriages, often against the backdrop of a real historical event, died on thursday at her home in newfields, n. Testimony by anita shreve 2009, paperback for sale. A gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, anita shreves testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways. A gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, anita shreves testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions. Testimony is a novel by anita shreve first published in 2008.
Why do you think anita shreve chose this narrative style for the novel. Although i have only read half of her 14 novels so far, the ones i had read before testimony fall into two categories. Testimony by anita shreve, which will be released on oct. Nov 23, 2011 i had read the pilots wife forever ago and developed an appreciation for the story that anita shreve was able to weave. Some characters in testimony for example, the studentsnarrate from the first person point of view. Anita shreve turns the stuff of tabloid sensationalism into a tensely wrought novel about adolescent recklessness and its repercussions. Oct 01, 2009 a gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, anita shreve s testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions. Im a big fan of anita shreve, and ive read all of her books. First off, i must say right away that anita shreve is one of my favourite authors.
One of her first published stories, past the island, drifting published in 1975, was awarded an o. The story in testimony is told from many different perspectives. From the first gripping pages testimony criticizes our lingering appetite for human folly. Anita shreve is the acclaimed author of nearly 20 booksincluding two works of nonfiction and 17 of fiction. At a new england boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Mar 29, 2018 anita shreve, the bestselling novelist who explored how women responded to crises past and present in her native new england in favorites such as the pilots wife, testimony and the weight. Buy testimony digital original by shreve, anita isbn. What i discovered was that testimony is a story different from shreve s other novels. See all books authored by anita shreve, including the stars are fire, and the pilots wife, and more on. Born october 1945 to a pilot and a homemaker, anita shreve is the best selling author of the critically acclaimed novel, the pilots wife among others.
Testimony by anita shreve book club discussion questions. Early literary influences include having read ethan frome by edith wharton when she was a junior in high school a short novel she still claims as one of her favorites and everything eugene oneill ever wrote while she was a senior to which she attributes a somewhat dark streak in her own work. Testimony is my first by anita shreve, and i will definitely be checking out her others. Anita shreves latest novel, testimony is one of her best. Shreves thoughtful, provocative historical tale has modern resonance. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on. Testimony by anita shreve i am immediately turned off by a novel that has each chapter dealing with an individual in the story and refuse to read such a book. However, since anita shreve is one of my favorite authors, i decided to make an exception. The novel describes an unfolding sex scandal at a massachusetts prep school references.
Anita shreve has 37 books on goodreads with 543266 ratings. She was influenced early on in life by reading ethan frome by edith wharton whilst she was a junior in high school and also anything written by eugene oneill while she as a. Testimony at a new england boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Since it is told from several viewpoints in first person, with a couple of others in third person, one has the opportunity to delve into the minds of the characters and see the story from many angles.
Dec 03, 2008 testimony by anita shreve december 3, 2008 margaret i first came across anita shreves books in the bookshop at gatwick airport, where i bought fortunes rocks to read on holiday. I met anita shreve at the 2002 national book festival signing in washington, d. Anita shreve, 71, bestselling novelist who wrote weight of water, is dead. Anita shreve, 71, bestselling novelist who wrote weight. Buy a cheap copy of testimony book by anita shreve. Testimony by anita shreve december 3, 2008 margaret i first came across anita shreves books in the bookshop at gatwick airport, where i bought fortunes rocks to read on holiday. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. I had read the pilots wife forever ago and developed an appreciation for the story that anita shreve was able to weave. When anita shreves testimony was published in 2008, i remember being very pleased with myself for not purchasing it right away. Shreves novels benefit from propulsive plots, and testimony does not lack in this regard. With her acute eye for behaviour and an exquisite ear for dialogue, shreve explores the actions and reaction that will destroy a community through their alltoohuman desire s express anita shreve is a phenomenon. Then, more recently i read testimony and that sealed the deal for me. Her character delineation is astute and the novels moral questions.
When i encounter a book ive never seen before that is set in a boarding school, sop is to buy the book first and ask questions later. I have not read much anita shreve but this book was wellwritten and a real pageturner. A sense of voyeurism lies at the heart of the story. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, anita shreve delivers in testimony a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a. Someone is being manipulative, thinks kamila shamsie. Oct 21, 2008 anita shreve is the acclaimed author of more than fifteen novels, including testimony. Anita shreve audio books, best sellers, author bio. For me, the best kind of books are those that take you by surprise. Testimony by anita shrevecompelling in places, but predictable and populated by underdeveloped characters, says natasha tripney. Most of her novels deal with a woman who falls in love in some life altering waybut testimony is definitely different.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read testimony. Anita shreve is the acclaimed author of more than fifteen novels, including testimony. The weight of water benefit from propulsive plots, and her mixed latest, with its timel. No one more compellingly explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and. Anita shreve s latest novel, testimony is one of her best. Testimony is a psychological mystery story exploring several themes relevant to our time. What i discovered was that testimony is a story different from shreves other novels. I also read a few of her older lesser known titles. A pandoras box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in. Testimony by anita shreve back bay books paperback. Testimony by anita shreve book cover, description, publication history. Testimony anita shreve, author, read by a full cast.
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