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Add this book to your favorite list ». Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Which End is Up? A story of sisters--Grace is the main character, though younger sister Perry is prominent.
Grace was 16 when the sister was born, so is more maternal toward her than sisterly. Anyway, Perry is a perennial screwup and shows up nearly ready to deliver a baby.
Grace is a high powered attorney who's put her whole focus on her work after her fiance died before they married, back when they were in grad school. Perry's appearance, and her baby, create the major focus of the book. I liked the book, but A story of sisters--Grace is the main character, though younger sister Perry is prominent. I liked the book, but I thought too much of it was focused on Grace trying to cope with the turmoil Perry has created. Too much on the "falling apart" and not enough on the rebuilding of her life.
Liked it, but could have liked it better. Dec 05, Katie rated it it was ok Shelves: bibliocommons. I thought this would be about sisters and the bonds between them. Each chapter starts with a quote about sisterhood.
However, Grace and Perry really don't seem close at all. They barely communicate. They seem to just tolerate each other. They both harbor a lot of resentment towards each other. There is no evidence that they share any sort of sisterly bond.
The ending of the book is rushed and poorly written. The way the book treats the issue of domestic violence is downright offensive. Apr 09, Mary Manson rated it it was amazing. Wonderful Book I truly enjoyed this book! I do caution you to have tissues handy. Kay does a wonderful job writing this book. I feel like the characters are all personal friends of mine - she gives such detailed characteristics that I feel like I know every single one of them.
She also did a masterful job in writing about sisters. I have four sisters of my own and the relationship and issues Ms. Kay wrote about are spot on!! Dec 28, Jacqueline rated it it was amazing. Writers who aspire to the Cozy genres should study how briefly but deeply these major turning points are narrated. A less skilled writer could have made this novel seem more like a comic book than a novel by skipping just a few s Cozy And Edgy At The Same Time This is the story of a high powered NY Lawyer who has her personal values rearranged by the arrival of a baby — that is not even hers.
A less skilled writer could have made this novel seem more like a comic book than a novel by skipping just a few scenes. This novel focuses closely on the dimension of parenthood which is usually absent from action or action-adventure.
Oct 26, Joy Rayle rated it it was amazing. Heart renderings galore! Patricia has provided her readers with a novel keeping reality in mind. Oh yeah, you have a good girl, you have a bad girl. You have Mom's favorite and the one who has spent her adult life trying to be good enough in her mother's eyes. The scenario plays out looking like everyone wins. But our author drew us up with a challenge which left everything in question. You won't regret this book.
One thing I was put off by had nothing whatsoever to do with Patricia providing a Heart renderings galore! One thing I was put off by had nothing whatsoever to do with Patricia providing a great novel was a publishing issue. Whenever a word was emphasized in conversations, the emphasized word was run into the next word.
I found that to be distracting and annoying. This book had potential, but it fell short for me. The writing wasn't strong enough and the editing was terrible. I read the ebook version. Practically every sentence that had an italicized word in it was also missing a space. It was very frustrating to read with so many mistakes. At first this book reminded me of Baby Boom, the old movie with Diane Keaton in it.
But then it deviated, which was good. But I also just didn't feel like this was a cohesive book. It could have been good with some r This book had potential, but it fell short for me. It could have been good with some rewriting, but it missed the mark as it is. Storyline was totally predictable. The rest was devoted to "plugging" the author's other books.
Apr 16, Joyce McKay rated it it was amazing. Patricia Kay gave me characters that were brought to life. I cared about them. They became real. I've run into people like Grace and Perry and can see some of myself in them, as well. Perry can be frustrating with her destructive behavior, however, I've met people like Perry who seem to sabotage themselves because they somehow feel they're not good enough to succeed.
Often they are extremely talented people. That's what makes it even more frustrating. Grace originally had priorities that really di Patricia Kay gave me characters that were brought to life. Grace originally had priorities that really didn't make her happy. She seemed successful in all the ways she felt others expected her to be.
It was telling when she spoke of her true feelings about her New York boyfriend. My one criticism is that the epilogue didn't seem to have enough background to warrant what happened. I would have liked to have seen that fleshed out a little more. It was hard for me to put the book down. The difficulties the characters went through kept me turning the pages to find how they would solve them.
The behavior of the battered women is also something I've seen. The fear of leaving, the excuses for the abusive spouse, the enabling. It can be frustrating when dealing with someone in that position because those of us not there keep wondering why the victim doesn't just leave and tell the abuser to shove it.
Abusers seem to know just who to trap and they start out usually putting the victim on a pedestal that the victim keeps trying to reach again. That's part of how the abuser tricks the victim into thinking they are responsible for their own abuse. All in all, I'd read this author again. May 23, Debbie Lesley rated it really liked it. Family Ties It is interesting how some people will do anything for a family member even when it can change their own life drastically.
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