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Original Title:	What We Keep
ISBN:	0345423291 (ISBN13: 9780345423290)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America

What We Keep

Elizabeth Berg

Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.92 | 15522 Users | 820 Reviews

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Title	:	What We Keep
Author	:	Elizabeth Berg
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	May 25th 1999 by Ballantine Books (first published 1998)
Categories	:	Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Adult Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels

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Do you ever really know your mother, your daughter, the people in your family? In this rich and rewarding new novel by the beloved bestselling author of Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their mother reveals how the secrets and complexities of the past have shaped the lives of the women in a family.

Ginny Young is on a plane, en route to see her mother, whom she hasn't seen or spoken to for thirty-five years. She thinks back to the summer of 1958, when she and her sister, Sharla, were young girls. At that time, a series of dramatic events--beginning with the arrival of a mysterious and sensual next-door neighbor--divided the family, separating the sisters from their mother. Moving back and forth in time between the girl she once was and the woman she's become, Ginny at last confronts painful choices that occur in almost any woman's life, and learns surprising truths about the people she thought she knew best.

Emotional honesty and a true understanding of people and relationships are combined in this moving and deeply satisfying new book by the novelist who "writes with humor and a big heart about resilience, love and hope. And the transcendence that redeems" (Andre Dubus).

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This is my favorite book! For some reason I love stories that are told thru the eyes of a child like this one partly is. I think Elizabeth Berg is one of the best authors out there today and have been rarely disappointed by her books. This is a great story of family and the relationships between sisters and mothers and daughters.

Berg tackles the complexity of female relationships. Relationship between sisters, mothers and daughters , and female friendship. Per her sister Sharla's request, 47 year old Ginny is on her way to California to visit her estranged mother. Ginny flashes back to her and sister's childhood when the mysterious yet exotic Jasmine Johnson moved in next door. Marion (Ginny and Sharla's mother) is a typical housewife of the 1950's. Upon meeting Jasmine, Marion realizes how stagnant her life has become

This book has a good story line. It is a book about estranged family relationships. I especially liked the way the story is narrated from current day and traveling back to the way the author remembers events in childhood only to reveal at the end an adult version of what actually happened. This happens in life more often than not when we are angry with someone or don't see the pictured painted from all sides and when the paint dries the story is skewed and not what we thought. Very thought



A daughter, Ginny traveling to see her mother, whom she had not seen for thirty five years. She spent time on the airplane remembering her childhood with her mother, father and sister Sharla and when their family fell apart.Sharla and Ginny were now Mothers with their own children, when their mother asked them to come and see her. She had told she was ill.Their mothers life for the last thirty five years were a surprise to both daughters.There was forgiveness and healing.A very touching story.

The last book I read while we were in Europe...actually I managed to read it entirely while we spent the last night in Munich, Germany and then left it at the Munich airport for someone else to enjoy.I always enjoy Elizabeth Berg's books and this one was no exception...it's a very quick read with an easy plot...so won't spend much time giving away things in it. Just this line: we base our feelings about people and happenings solely on our observations, or what we perceive as our

I really enjoy Elizabeth Berg. Again, in this novel, she makes me care deeply about the character and empathize and hurt and laugh with the character. No matter what age her character is, she makes them relatable to me. In this case, the narrative is largely seen through the eyes of a 12 year old whose world is falling apart. Berg captures the essence of what it means to be 12, and her writing was intelligent, but she was thinking like a 12 year old.The only issue I had, was that I felt that the