Told in three sections, the nameless narrator explores being
a daughter taking care of her dying mother, a granddaughter with her psychoanalyst
grandmother, and a mother. Tied to these meditations are the stories of Roentgen’s
discovery of the X-ray, Sigmund and Anna Freud’s work in psychoanalysis, and
the beginnings of modern surgery and the study of babies in the uterus. This is
not a plot driven novel, nor is it strong on character- we learn little about
the narrator. It’s a kind of meditation on seeing ourselves- body and mind and
how we change depending on our roles.
It was a slow read for only 200 pages. It seems like a book
I’m supposed to like, but actually don’t. I suspect it’s too intellectual for
me. I found it interesting but I was not drawn into it. Three stars.
I received this book free from the Amazon Vine Program in return for an unbiased review. This did not alter my opinion.
the topics could be interesting but it sounds like a mishmash.
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