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Love Invents Us Author: National Book Award finalist Amy Bloom has written a tale of growing up that is sharp and funny, rueful and uncompromisingly real. A chubby girl with smudged pink harlequin glasses and a habit of stealing Heath Bars from the local five-and-dime, Elizabeth Taube is the only child of parents whose indifference to her is the one sure thing in her l... more »
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4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Well written, but absolutely depressing.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyed the way the "forces of love" were very clearly demonstrated and how the results of the different loves were very clear and easy to understand. Bloom didn't try to obscure meaning to make the reader think too hard, which is both numbing and entertaining. I'm trying to come up with positive things to say about this book, but I didn't like it that much.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book... like all Bloom books you identify with every single character and finish the book seeing bits of yourself in all the characters.
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