The novel describes an unfolding sex scandal at a massachusetts prep school. I breakfasted alone before perusing the hotels book swap, where i cam across testimony by anita shreve. Read testimony a novel by anita shreve available from rakuten kobo. Anita shreve uses a wartime setting to sharpen the themes she has explored in previous novelsand leads us into a harrowing work where forbidden passions have catastrophic consequences. Testimony you need to get by the first chapter and the sex scene it is integral t o the story, but so unlike anything shreeve has written befire. After awhle i couldnt put it down until i finished it. Im a big fan of anita shreve, and ive read all of her books. Anita hale shreve october 7, 1946 march 29, 2018 was an american writer, chiefly known for her novels. Betrayals, revelations, periods of deeper ungroundednessthese are to be the hapless sydneys fate.
No one more compellingly explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and. The only other book of hers i had read was the pilots wife which i loved, but this one was entirely different in the way it was written and the character development. Testimony by anita shreve books hachette australia. A gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, anita shreves testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions. I have not read much anita shreve but this book was wellwritten and a real pageturner. What i discovered was that testimony is a story different from shreve s other novels. The weight of water benefit from propulsive plots, and her mixed latest, with its timely theme of debauchery among children of privilege, does not lack in this. Anita shreves narration is simple but not empty of invention. She turned to writing novels when she returned to the unites states. Other books written by anita are body surfing, all he ever wanted, rescue, testimony and the last time they met among others.
Anita shreve books list of books by author anita shreve. For a good part of the book, it seems that anita shreves way around this problem is to break the story up into dozens of bitesized portions. A very sad book about how one stupid moment can change many lives. Some characters in testimony for example, the studentsnarrate from the first person point of view. Buy a cheap copy of testimony book by anita shreve.
Testimony is a novel by anita shreve first published in 2008. Shreve artfully plays with time and point of view to create a portrait of causes, actions, and resonating consequences set in a small town with a school where adults and adolescents alike learn harsh lessons. Anitta shreves testimony is another well written book which holds your attention until the end. As does shreve, who paints sienna as a 14yearold vixen with no qualms about pretending shes. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Can you see any connection between this style and some of the novels themes. A novelist who combines sweepingly romantic plots with a keen understanding of the emotional complexities inherent in any relationship, anita shreve is a writer who understands the subtleties of the human mind, and heart. Anita shreve books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. From the first gripping pages testimony criticizes our lingering appetite for human folly. A sense of voyeurism lies at the heart of the story. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, anita shreve delivers in testimony a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. A pandoras box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices those of the men, women, teenagers and parents involved in the. Anita shreve is the acclaimed author of more than fifteen novels, including testimony.
For a good part of the book, it seems that anita shreves way around this problem is to break the story up into dozens of. With her acute eye for behaviour and an exquisite ear for dialogue, shreve explores the actions and reaction that will destroy a community through their alltoohuman desire s express anita shreve is a phenomenon. Henry prize in 1975, she worked as a journalist in africa. Body surfing is a departure in style from shreves other.
With her latest book due out on november 12, 20, it is already available for preordering and if it is anything like her other novels she can be assured of another huge success. Anita shreve is the critically acclaimed author of fourteen novels, including body surfing, the pilots wife, which was a selection of oprahs book club, and the weight of water, which was a finalist for england s orange prize. As ever and even though the novel is written from different. Her work is consistently fresh, intelligent and gripping, and she never fails to be in control of her material, which in this instance concerns a sexual assault case at the. Testimony by anita shreve, which will be released on oct.
What i discovered was that testimony is a story different from shreves other novels. A fastpaced novel with a provocative plot, anita shreves latest book focuses on a tragic scandal at a highstatus private school in vermont. Written by anita shreve, audiobook narrated by robert petkoff, eve bianco, ellen archer. Anita shreve turns the stuff of tabloid sensationalism into a tensely wrought novel about adolescent recklessness and its repercussions.
Testimony is my first by anita shreve, and i will definitely be checking out her others. Testimony by anita shreve i am immediately turned off by a novel that has each chapter dealing with an individual in the story and refuse to read such a book. Although testimony isnt exactly a mystery, its author, anita shreve a novelist so prolific that her consistency verges on the miraculous is a master of suspense. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on. I agree, i was bummed there wasnt more on sienna and noelle was my other favorite. This book was for me a little depressing and the characters mostly unlikable. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading testimony. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. When i saw her newest novel, testimony, in stores i picked it up immediately. The pilots wife, which was a selection of oprahs book club. My sister had just left and my mood was a melancholy one. Upmarket schlock mistress anita shreve opens her latest novel with some graphic teenage experimentation.
Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, anita shreve delivers in testimony a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a. The story in testimony is told from many different perspectives. Testimony by anita shreve book club discussion questions. Why do you think anita shreve chose this narrative style for the novel. Her book resistance was turned into a movie with the same name. The prose of the book is smooth, precise, and without ornamentation. One of her first published stories, past the island, drifting published in 1975, was awarded an o. Bestselling author anita shreve takes us into a world upended by the consequences of a single action. Most of her novels deal with a woman who falls in love in some life altering waybut testimony is definitely different. I met anita shreve at the 2002 national book festival signing in washington, d. The title of this book is testimony and it was written by anita shreve, hachette assorted authors. Testimony ebook by anita shreve 9780316040174 rakuten kobo. At a new england boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. However, since anita shreve is one of my favorite authors, i decided to make an exception.
Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. She is a writer who combines seemingly effortless prose with. I was impressed with the hard topic anita shreve had taken on within testimony and then how she carried out the story, never wavering from the hardness. The author of the book anita shreve is a graduate of b. Anita shreve is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen novels, including a change in altitude, testimony. Anita shreve, the bestselling novelist who explored how women responded to crises past and present in her native new england in favorites such. I almost didnt go any further, but later was very glad i picked it up again.
But, being an anita shreve novel, the reader understands that this is not to be sydneys happily ever after, certainly not in the middle of the book. Testimony by anita shreve book cover, description, publication history. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is. Anita shreves latest novel, testimony is one of her best. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read testimony. It revolves around a single incident at a boarding school and each short chapter is, in essence, a testimony about the ripple effect that this incident has had on. A gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, anita shreves testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways in which pdf our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.
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