Saturday, March 13, 2021

The House on the Lagoon

 

I really liked The Youngest Doll which was a neat short story collection so I decided to try out one of Ferre's novels. I liked this one. It is about a wife writing the history of her husband's family background as well as their own love story and children. The husband has a range of emotions. First off he's jealous. He doesn't have the time to write a book like this. There are also the inaccuracies like the things she gets wrong about his family's background. He wrestles between the thoughts of throwing it away until there is finally a confrontation about it. The book also has a rich history of Puerto Rico. I especially like reading about the woman's love of dancing as well as the making of the house on the lagoon itself. Ferre was a versatile writer. She could write short stories and novels equally well. This was a National Book award finalist. I wonder why it didn't win the prize. It's pretty good. People online criticize the book saying that the characters and plot got like a soap opera at times but I liked it that way. It made me involved and kept me turning the pages.

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