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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.

Fabulous family drama novel! Strong, interesting characters, some suspense and great ending! I can't wait to read more from this author!

The writer sets a very depressing tone to this book. Great writing that can take you into the character's world, even if you really don't want to be there!

One of the more interesting books Ive read lately. Unpredictable and strange at times- I couldnt put it down. Its a share with freinds book.

In a stark,troubling, yet ultimately triumphant celebration of self determination A Manette Ansay recreate3s a stifling world of guilt and pain and the tormented souls who inhabit it. It is 1972 when circumstances carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in laws on Vinegar Hill a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness....

This book I found was a bit slow going but with good purpose. It takes you on the journey of one family with a history of abuse and violence as well as unspeakable evil. It also focuses on difficult choices to be made concerning family and self. It tests the limits of what one person would do to save their family and themselves from having history repeat itself.

Very strange relationship between husband and wife
very surprise ending.

A hard-to-put down novel about a disintergration of a mid-western family. A. Manette Ansay is a spellbinding writer.

Vinegar Hill is about emotional damage that can be inflicted in ordinary domestic life. Ansay is a powerful storyteller with lyrical beautiful prose.

This was a very good story, sad and very dark. I usually don't go for Oprah's books but this had something different.

family moves in with in-laws after husband loses his job --the home is rigid and loveless, but Ellen finds the strength to endure and grow

Oprah's Book Club

An Oprah Book Club pick.

I'm sorry, I don't remember. It was a while ago.

Didn't read so I can't provide a review or rating but it is an Oprah's Book Club pick so you know it can't be too bad.

Powerful and painful story of a dysfunctional family set in 1972.

This woman has a big problem. She can't tell her husband "No!" She ends up living in his parents' home, who are not the best of in-laws. Shows what some women will put up with.

This was a good read. Kind of boring in places, but I liked it.

This book drags on and on. Why doesn't Ellen stick up for herself? And if she won't stick up for herself, why doesn't she at least stick up for her kids? I found this book very iritating.

The author paints a lovely and captivating worded picture. The biggest criticism that i had for this novel is it's lack of redemption. The dark times are dark and depressing, and thus it mirrors life. I think, at the time that i read it, i was hoping that it would be a nice "escape" and not a mirror image.

"SWEET, TENDER, AND CHILLING"
In a stark, troubling, yet ultimately triumphant celebration of self-determination, award-winning author A. Manette Ansay re-creates a stufling world of guilt 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 unemployed husband, Ellen has brought her two children into the home of her in-laws on Vinegar HIll-a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine-where calculated cruelty is a way of life preserved and perpetuated in the service of a rigid, exacting and angry God. Behind a facade of false piety, there are sins and secrets in this place that culd crush a vibrant young woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the strength to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.