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Vinegar Hill Author: In a stark, troubling, yet ultimately triumphant celebration of self-determination, award-winning author A. Mannete Ansay re-creates a stifling world of guilty and pain, and the tormented souls who inhabit it. It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly un... more »
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12 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was very twisted and crazy. The characters all seem to have MAJOR issues and need counseling! LOL I didn't really care for the book that much. It also seemed to really make the Catholic religion crazy and full of crazy rules.
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fabulous family drama novel! Strong, interesting characters, some suspense and great ending! I can't wait to read more from this author!
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
Vinegar Hill is about emotional damage that can be inflicted in ordinary domestic life. Ansay is a powerful storyteller with lyrical beautiful prose.
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I think this is one of the most boring books I ever read and I'm truly not a complainer. The people, the setting, even the conversations were just plain sad. I just don't know people to be this blah!
This book exposes the underbelly of suburban family life that most try desperately to hide. Disturbing, yet you have to turn the pages. I read it in one night.
This book was disturbing to me. Family abuse just keeps on giving… The bravery of the main character, Ellen, made me happy though. She recognized the necessity to move elsewhere with her children and away from the continuation of abuse that family often repeats.
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