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A Whisper to a Scream (The Bibliophiles Book 1) (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Karen Wojcik Berner (Autore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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“The eternal struggle of the harried American woman is analyzed here, with surprising adeptness and compassion...Fearless truthfulness.” -Publishers Weekly

Annie Jacobs has dreamed of the day she would become a mother since the first time she held her Baby Tenderlove doll. Unfortunately, biology has not cooperated with her plan, and she finds herself dealing with a diagnosis of unexplained infertility instead of picking out baby names.

Across town, stay-at-home mom Sarah Anderson is just trying to make it through the grocery store without her toddler hurling a box of rice at a fellow shopper. She is exhausted from managing the house, a first grader and a toddler, all without any help from her work-obsessed, absentee husband.

When they meet through a Classics Book Club, each thinks the other one's life is so much better than her own. But is the grass truly greener on the other side of the fence?

Unlike most series that follow one character through various adventures, each Bibliophiles novel focuses on one or two members of a fictional suburban classics book club, revealing their personal stories while the group explores tales spun by the masters.

This edition contains a Reader's Guide and book club discussion questions.
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Karen Wojcik Berner grew up on the outskirts of Chicago. After graduating from Dominican University with degrees in English with a writing concentration and communications, she worked as a magazine editor, public relations coordinator and freelance writer. A two-time "Folio Magazine" Ozzie Award for Excellence in Magazine Editorial and Design winner, her work also has appeared in countless newspapers and magazines. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her family.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003DQPKSK
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 924 KB
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
  • Miglioramenti tipografici ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Non abilitato
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 279 pagine
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Crystal Fulcher
4,0 su 5 stelle Strong character novel with characters that are easy to relate to
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 6 gennaio 2012
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Overall I really enjoyed A Whisper to a Scream. I feel like Ms. Berner created two main characters that I could relate to even though I am in neither of their specific situations. I am not a stay-at-home mom with a husband on the road and I am not a want-to-be mom with fertility problems. I am a working mom with two children so that puts me somewhere between the two I guess, closer to the SAHM you would think, but then like Annie because I work.

I think that's what made A Whisper to a Scream really stand out to me is the relatability of the characters. I think as a woman (and for the most part this is a book that will appeal to women) no matter where you are at in life you will find something to relate to in both of these characters. Annie and Sarah are very real. They face hardships. They have ups, they have downs, they learn to celebrate the good and deal with the bad most of the time. I loved them. At times I wanted to strangle them but then I understood them. I always came back to understanding them, and then I always came back to loving them. Ms. Berner creates and brings to life wonderful characters and this is her strong suit in writing. Her characters were amazing to me.

Did I have some issues with the book, yes I did, but it didn't spoil my overall love of the book for it's characters. I will eagerly await the second in this series so I can see more of the characters and hopefully get to know more of The Bibliophiles (I'm guessing that is the intent of the series). One of my issues was that some things were paced wonderfully and then things were hurried up and tied up too quickly (or what I thought was too quickly). I wished that it was just a little more evenly paced plot-wise. Another issue I had was jumping around a bit between some of the minor characters. I liked learning about them, but sometimes it left me confused about who it was and why it would be important to the story. I liked having the back story, but by the end, I wished some of that space could have been used to pace the main stories out a little better. That said, again the characterizations are Ms. Berner's strong suit so these back stories really stand out and are memorable even if I had to ask myself who that character was in the framework of the story (who he or she was related to). I also wish I could have seen just a little more of the book club together, but that is a small wish and minor to things overall. These are all personal preferences and really minor in the scheme of how the book was to me and things that only came up after reading the book. While I read the book, I only had complete enjoyment and just kept thinking that I could relate to both women so well.

Overall this book was very much worth my time and yours if you enjoy novels that revolve around the characters. This isn't a happy-go-lucky novel, Sarah and Annie have tough issues to deal with, but in the end I like how they do it. I like that the book club brings them together. I read this book on New Year's Day and it was a great way to spend my afternoon. I went through some emotions but came out feeling happy not drained and eager to see what happens next for The Bibliophiles. I think A Whisper to a Scream is a good start for Karen Wojcik Berner and I'm interested to see where her writing takes her next.
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IngaKS
5,0 su 5 stelle Wonderful book!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 6 gennaio 2012
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My review:

Karen Wojcik Berner's book A Whisper to a Scream was a very good book. The author has created a story which many women can relate to and the book covers many issues which can be quite painful for women: infertility, choosing carrier versus having a family, being a stay-at-home-mom, marriage problems. In enjoyed the writing style which was easy to read, the narrative and the characters.

Regarding the plot:

A Whisper to a Scream introduces the reader to two main characters who seem to come from totally different world: Sarah, who is staying at home with two small kids and Annie who has so far chosen the carrier and would finally love to have kids, but needs to deal with infertility issues.

The lives and portrays of these two women are drawn as the stories goes, the reader gets to know the details of both Annie's and Sarah's lives, problems, challenges. Before they meet with each other reader already knows what problems they are facing.

What I loved about the plot was the way Annie and Sarah meet and how they seem so different in the beginning: Sarah has everything what Annie needs, but cannot get and Annie has the freedom which Sarah has forgotten about. Through the story they realize it's all about choices and accepting the things that you cannot change and change the things you can.

I found the story was in one way heartbreaking and the other way heartwarming. I enjoyed their developing and the book was written in a way that made me feel for both women. I have never experienced personally what it means not to be able to get children, or what it means to stay at home with kids, but there were aspects from both women's life that I knew and that made it extra enjoyable. It was believable and taken out of the real life and that is the reason what made it a very good read for me.

Regarding the characters:

I loved the main characters, even though I have to admit there were times I wanted to shake them and bring them back to earth! I loved them and I was annoyed by them, but the things is and it is also what makes this book easy to relate to - the situations were taken out of real life! Many people have experienced problems and challenges with their marriage, many people know what it means to have in-laws who are different from you, and many people know how difficult it can be to find the balance in your life.

Annie is a woman who has always wanted to have children and when she is ready for family, she can't have what she wants. Infertility issues influence her life so much that she gets possessed about it. She forgets about the life around her and concentrates only about getting a baby. As mentioned above, I got so annoyed by her at times and couldn't wait until she realized that the only thing to is to accept the cruel facts. Even though I was annoyed by her, I loved her character. She was one heck of a determined woman.

Sarah is at first look very different from Annie - she has two kids already. Sarah is a woman who is so tired of being alone with kids. Yes, she loved her kids, but she is suffocated by the fact that her husband is never there to help her and that she does not have time for herself - it's all about kids and family.

The author did a fabulous job with the main characters and also with their families. I really enjoyed the lives of Annie and Sarah!

Generally:

Be very careful what you wish for, you might get it... and not like it at all. Or you realize through the process, that the wish itself wasn't important, but the process itself and where the process leads you to.

I loved it and highly recommend A Whisper to a Scream to everybody who like contemporary literature!
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Gloria Antypowich
3,0 su 5 stelle A well written, but painful shot of reality.I want to stick my head in the sand for a little bit longer!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 20 gennaio 2012
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Our North American society has fostered an idyllic image of love, marriage, a perfect life and happy ever after as an ultimate and achievable ideal. This book is a much more realistic reflection of life issues that are all too often very real.

Anne Jacobson and Sarah Anderson both thought they had achieved the happily ever dream; they married the "prince" and life should play out perfectly. But now they are both faced with difficult realities.

Sarah Anderson has two beautiful children and a husband,who at first, is driven to succeed so he can give his family the things he thinks they want. But Tom loses himself in his work and Sarah gets lost in motherhood and the relationship starves. Truthfully, this often happens in life.

The husband sidesteps his parental responsibilities ( changing dirty diapers, wiping snotty noses, cleaning up vomit, comforting a sick or just plain whiney child), and society justifies his actions and honours his hard work.

The wife and mother throws herself into her role wholeheartedly; that is considered doing her job. She gives and gives of herself until she is utterly depleted as a person. Very often the only people who recognize what is happening to her are the women who have walked in her shoes.

Sarah loves her children, but comes to resent that Tom is never there to carry his share of the load at home. Tom resents that she has lost herself and immersed herself totally in the children. They both grow numb and accept their roles. They carry on and the chasm between them widens. Neither one of them take a stand; life just carries on and each member of the family unit loses out on the basic benefits of a balanced relationship.

Anne and John are married and in love. They have both enjoyed their careers, but time has crept up on them. Now the only thing they need to complete the perfect picture is as child; actually children.

They have been trying to get pregnant for two years but that goal has been defeated by an unknown infertility problem. Anne becomes obsessed with the need to have a child. It takes over her life. She loses sight of the wonderful things she has. She talks of nothing else and everything she does is driven by her unanswered need to have a child. She sees herself as a biological failure and feels that John blames her.

In my opinion, John is very understanding and supportive of her need, but in time he feels that they have to accept reality. However, Anne will not concede to this cruel twist of fate. She is determined to carry on with her pursuit, even if it bankrupts them emotionally and financially.

When Anne finally is driven to her knees by one more failure to become pregnant she knows she cannot bear the pain anymore. She is devastated and she pushes John farther away.

I certainly did not condone John's actions, but I did feel sorry for him. He did not set out to do more harm, but he made an irrevocable mistake, driven by his own pain, his own insecurities and the circumstances. John and Anne might have been able to work that problem out, if the result of it hadn't shredded the last remnant of Anne's self esteem, proving to her that she had been the defective link in their problem.

Berner exposed the raw pain and frustrations in Anne and Sarah's lives. Almost any woman who has been in a serious relationship can sympathize with what is happening to both of them. Either of these two women could be us, our daughter, our sister, our best friend or our neighbour.

Different people have different challenges in life, and every one of them deals with their challenge in their own way. Berner made these people so real that I couldn't help getting emotionally invested in them. For me this was not a "feel good" story.(I don't believe in the fairy tale perfect version of relationships, but I am a happy endings person). As an "arm chair psychologist" I was saddened by the choices they made; the things they allowed to happen. Both scenarios could have ended so differently, but as often happens in real life, they didn't.

For me this story was a well written shot of reality. I think we all need that once in a while. I would give this 4 stars for writing skills, but this book left me saddened;wanting something more. My God! How ironic is that!
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Lisa in Naperville
4,0 su 5 stelle I Felt Like These Women Could Be My Neighbors
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 21 febbraio 2011
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I felt like these women could be my neighbors. We all try to project the perfect image to the public, but our reality may be something very different than what others see. Sarah, mother of two, is trying to create the perfect suburban existence for her family, despite her own exhaustion and frustration with her husband's late nights at the office. Annie, who with her husband John, is unsuccessfully trying to start a family and feels like a biological failure. On the outside they seem to have the perfect life, while inside their inner struggle is all-consuming. Their stories unfold, as life does, with some ups and downs that eventually lead both women to a place where they better understand what they need to do for themselves. While their stories don't have a traditional happy ending, there is a sense of moving forward with hope. I enjoyed the author's sense of humor and also the Naperville references throughout. Definitely worth reading!
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StillPooh
2,0 su 5 stelle I WAS Screaming, At The End
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 18 febbraio 2011
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I'd like to ask the author what the hell happened- were you up against the deadline and ran out of time to finish? I bought this book because the sample was so good, and I really enjoyed it. So much so that I finished the book the day after I bought it. But WHEN I finished, I was dumbfounded that it was over. The story lines just come to an abrupt HALT, leaving me feeling ripped off and wanting to know what happens next.

I'm glad I only paid $0.99 for this, but I would suggest others save their money to avoid being as frustrated as I am.
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