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ISBN-13: 9780345435163 - ISBN-10: 0345435168 Pages: 272 |
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Book Reviews of Open House
57 Book Reviews submitted by our Members
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Jo Anne C. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
In less than two pages of reading, I was in love with the main character of this novel. There she was, no flaw unexposed, in all her shame and self-invalidation, and I loved her for it. Her journey from scorned wife to triumph and self-love rings with the truth of life, and her foibles will resonate with anyone who has ever had a bad hair day. If for some unfathomable reason, someone were to write my biography when I die, I want it to be Elizabeth Berg.
Terri E. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book from beginning to end, I couldn't put it down. The writing style of Ms. Berg has perfect flow and rhythm. This was the first book I've read of hers so I'm not sure how the rest are--but the writing of Open House is perfect. It gets to the heart of the matter on the first page, first line: "You know before you know, of course." This is a book about divorce and one woman's loss of herself and how she struggles to find herself again. A lot of heartache--but well worth the read!
Cori B. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is such an honest look at divorce and how it can affect your life totally-- then the wonderful adventure of falling in love again.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was an interesting boook. The characters seemed like people that might live around me. Their stories were real. I enjoyed it very much.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Funny, sad, totally engaging; like all of Berg's books, this was an engrossing story of a woman's growth that was difficult to put down.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Berg is one of my favorite authors. I enjoyed this book more than I thought I was going to. It starts out with the marriage ending and the author conveys this so well that I feared how dismal the story would be. She then has you share the joy of each new step as she remakes her life into something good. Beautifully done.
Diane B. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was my first time reading Berg.Book was a very quick easy read and I am going to read more of . Reminds me of Anita Shreve or Jodi Picoult
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This novel is a journey of a newly divorced woman as she finds herself and possibly the true love of her live. A very quick read
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A cute story and a fast read. I really enjoyed it.
Franchesca M. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Gosh, where to start? As an avid reader, there are many books out there that I love/hate or have an indifference to, but this one is special. Elizabeth Berg writes with a style that is a true pleasure to read. Reading a book, imagining its characters, picturing scenes, all those things can come from any book. Ms. Berg makes you FEEL each character, laugh with them, cry with them. I almost felt like the main character Sam was someone I knew personally, in all her imperfect glory. I was completely surprised with this book, and I loved it.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
“An okay story that you've all heard before. Divorced middle aged woman with a child who has lost herself in her marriage over the years, and has to figure out how to live and become whole again after her husband leaves. Reads quickly.”
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I think this will be one of my all time favorite books. I love Bergs writing style and especially connected with the main character in this one.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful, quick read! You feel the character's pain, but also funny and upbeat. Always a light at the end of the tunnel...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I thought that this was going to be another story about an angry, bitter, divorced woman, but it was so much more than that...I read it in one sitting!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was laugh out loud funny !!!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
No wonder this was one of Oprah's Book Club books! I read this in 2 sittings. Now I want to see what else Elizabeth Berg has written!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good quick read and very predidctable. May remember this was a Lifetime channel movie with Christine Lahti...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Oprah's book club choice....a light, funny read.....
Heather F. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A great story. I like how she found herself
I really enjoyed this book. A very honest story about a woman getting a divorce and then putting her life back together. My first book by this author, but won't be my last. I would recommend it.
A woman's struggle coming to terms with divorce, bringing up a child on her own, dating again, building a new life. Smart, funny, and satisfying. A joy to read, for Berg's graceful writing and sharply drawn characters, perhaps like people you and I know. - Cover blurb
Sandy G. (
Nancy M. (A woman survives the trauma of divorce- when it wasn't her choice. Touching book
This is the story of a woman whose husband asks for a divorce. She is left with a young son and how she copes with the divorce; dating, room mates, jobs, etc.
The emotions of a woman surprised by her husband's leaving and asking for a divorce. Good read.
Karen T. (This book was a great easy read. Elizabeth Berg has amazing insight into the lives of woman that spans the country in my opinion.
This is the best Oprah Book Club book that I've read. I really liked it, enough to rate it a 4 out of a possible 5.
Story of one woman's struggle to come to terms with divorce.Heartwrenching and funny at times.About bringing up a child, dating again and building a new life.
Melissa P. (In enjoyed this book, although it was, at times, sad, it was really about a woman becoming her own after having lost herself in a marriage trying to become the person he needed her to be.
Good book... easy to read... quick to finish. Nothing real deep, but enjoyable just the same.
From Oprah's Book Club. Includes interview with the author and book club discussion questions.
Not too bad, although I could see the ending coming a mile away.
In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep, The Pull of the Moon and Until the Real Thing Comes Along, a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart. It is a love story about what can blossom between a man and a woman, and within a woman herself.
NOthing exciting here. Pretty predictable story telling. Usually Oprah book club choices are a lot better than this was.
Lynn M. (The story of one woman's struggle to come to terms with divorce...Berg's graceful prose is laced with clear-eyed insights about the way conventional wisdom colors our perceptions...Her account of how Sam learns to...get in touch with her own needs and feelings is deft and inspiring.
The details and emotions in OPEN HOUSE are sometimes heartwrenching, sometimes hilarious.
Smart, funny, and satisfying...Bringing up a child on your own. Dating again. Building a new life. All are familiar themes in separation and divorce, but that doesn't mean Sam is prepared for any of them.
A timeless story of hitting bottom and rising again but told in beautiful heart-touching prose. I loved it.
This was the first book written by Elizabeth Berg that I've read and I must say that I'm hooked to her writing and look forward to reading her other books.
Great book - this copy also has questions for a book club in the back.
typical oprah book club selection. mostly a womans type of book. lots of "feelings". great if you like that kind of book, i do.
Elizabeth Berg is a wonderful writer, her books automatically go on my shopping lists when they come out.
Open House is the story of one woman's struggle to come to terms with devorce. Dating again. Building a new life. All are familiar themes in separation and devorce, but that doesn't mean Sam is prepared for any of them. Lots of insight to how things are with woman going through a devorce. Good Book.
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