The Dutch House
A Novel
Large Print - 2019
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March 17, 2021. Available in multiple formats
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Dec 09, 2020
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This is the story of a house, at once both magnificent in its splendor and grotesque in its conspicuous wealth. It all depends on what the blended family members experience within its walls. The portrait on the cover is part of the family drama and mystery that is slowly revealed as you experie... Read More »
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Add a Quote"Do you think it's possible to ever see the past as it actually was?" ...we overlay the present onto the past. We look back through the lens of what we know now, so we're not seeing it as the people we were, we're seeing it as the people we are, and that means the past has been radically altered"
“Habit is a funny thing. You might think you understand it, but you can never exactly see what it looks like when you’re doing it.” - p.255
"Disappointment comes from expectation, and in those days I had no expectation that Andrea would get anything less than what she wanted.” - pp. 58-59
“Do you think it’s possible to ever see the past as it actually was?” I asked my sister…
“I see the past as it actually was, “ Maeve said….
“But we overlay the present onto the past. We look back through the lens of what we know now, so we’re not seeing it as the people we were, we’re seeing it as the people we are, and that means the past has been radically altered.” - p. 45
ArapahoeStaff26
Nov 03, 2019
'Home is so sad...It stays as it was left, shaped to the comfort of the last to go as if to win them back. Instead, bereft of anyone to please, it withers so, having no heart to put aside the theft. And turn again to what it started as, a joyous shot at how things ought to be, long fallen wide. You can see how it was: look at the pictures and the cutlery. The music in the piano stool. That vase.' Larkin
ArapahoeStaff26
Nov 03, 2019
'You think he was sleeping with Fluffy?' I asked her... The news of this affair came to me as most information did: many years after the fact, in a car parked outside the Dutch house with my sister.
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Add a CommentI loved this book and felt like I was somehow there with them all. Sharing the pain, loneliness, sadness, forgiveness, love. I’ll remember this book for a long time.
A complicated family history is dissected, with the potential for forgiveness and reconciliation, though the path is never easy.
This was okay. Just not my cup of tea. Lagged a lot for me and was a bit slow.
Excellent plot and character development. Writing craft is utilitarian. The theme of the lost mother reminds me of Maeve Binchy's Glass Lake.
Book Club Feb/21.
I truly enjoyed this audiobook narrated by Tom Hanks. Highly recommend!
I think the jacket is even more striking than the story. It is a quirky story with interesting characters/relationships.
A somewhat interesting read...to read in-between something with a more thoughtful plot or non-fiction that interests the reader.. Good research on medical details and architecture. I would say good Summer reading...but not a memorable one.
Did not care for this book, really no plot an is a boring read!
Refers to the architecture. Good read.