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VINEGAR HILL
I BUY OPRAHS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS WHEN I RUN ACROSS THEM. USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD BET.
I ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND READ IT IN A COUPLE OF SETTINGS.
IT MADE ME...Read more
I ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND READ IT IN A COUPLE OF SETTINGS.
IT MADE ME...Read more
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay (1998)
A gripping tale of a woman's struggle to save her marriage against seemingly insurmountable odds. The struggle turns to one of self-discovery as we learn to know the exception...Read more
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay (1998, Paperback, Reissue)
Author: A. Manette AnsayPublisher: Avon BooksLanguage: English
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| Author: | A. Manette Ansay |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Avon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 0380730138 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780380730131 |
| Additional Details | |
| Edition Description: | Reissue |
| Size | |
| Thickness: | 0.5 in |
| Weight: | 8 oz |
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Dutifully accompanying her unemployed husband back to her in-law's cold and loveless house, Ellen Grier finds that she must struggle to keep her passionate spirit alive as she searches for the inner strength to endure an all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.
Ellen Grier returns with her husband and children to their midwestern Catholic hometown to live with her narrow-minded in-laws, coping with the family's eccentricity and confronting a hidden secret festering in her husband's past
Ellen Grier returns with her husband and children to their midwestern Catholic hometown to live with her narrow-minded in-laws, coping with the family's eccentricity and confronting a hidden secret festering in her husband's past. Reissue. (A CBS-TV movie, releasing Spring 2005, starring Mary-Louise Parker) (General Fiction)
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 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 could crush a vibrant young woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the straight to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.
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 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 could crush a vibrant young woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the straight to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves. 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 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 could crush a vibrant young woman's passionate spirit. And here Ellen must find the straight to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.
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VINEGAR HILL
Created: 27/01/08
) I BUY OPRAHS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS WHEN I RUN ACROSS THEM. USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD BET.
I ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND READ IT IN A COUPLE OF SETTINGS.
IT MADE ME REALIZE MANY TIMES THERE IS A LOT MORE TO SOMEONE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE. THIS FAMILY MADE SOME VERY POOR CHOICES ALONG THE WAY.... THANK GOODNESS THE MOTHER FINALLY MAKES SOME CHANGES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR HER CHILDREN.
I ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND READ IT IN A COUPLE OF SETTINGS.
IT MADE ME REALIZE MANY TIMES THERE IS A LOT MORE TO SOMEONE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE. THIS FAMILY MADE SOME VERY POOR CHOICES ALONG THE WAY.... THANK GOODNESS THE MOTHER FINALLY MAKES SOME CHANGES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR HER CHILDREN.
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Created: 10/11/06
) A gripping tale of a woman's struggle to save her marriage against seemingly insurmountable odds. The struggle turns to one of self-discovery as we learn to know the exceptionally finely developed characters.
Their flaws are all recognizable in those we know (hopefully from afar), and their strenths make us like them in spite of their flaws.
This is a dark book of a woman's journey to self-empowerment. It's not pretty, but it's all too real.
Their flaws are all recognizable in those we know (hopefully from afar), and their strenths make us like them in spite of their flaws.
This is a dark book of a woman's journey to self-empowerment. It's not pretty, but it's all too real.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
Created: 17/08/06
I purchased this book based upon Oprah Winfrey's recommendation, specifically, her book club.
I was very disappointed. I expected a book that was horrifying and gripping, but I found it to be dull and boring. There was no excitement whatsoever. I read the entire book, hoping that it just started out slow, and would get more interesting as I delved deeper into the book. That just wasn't the case. If you are looking for a book written in monotone verbiage, then this may be for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It is simply boring and unexciting. Sorry, Oprah.
I was very disappointed. I expected a book that was horrifying and gripping, but I found it to be dull and boring. There was no excitement whatsoever. I read the entire book, hoping that it just started out slow, and would get more interesting as I delved deeper into the book. That just wasn't the case. If you are looking for a book written in monotone verbiage, then this may be for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It is simply boring and unexciting. Sorry, Oprah.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.
Bought it for my wife
Created: 04/03/10
) Bought it for my wife. Bought it for the Wife. Bought it foe the Wife. Bought it for the Wife. Bought it for my wife.
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