The Distance Between Us - Maggie O'Farrell Reviews
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Newest Review: ... Stella, as well as an added character, Nina - Stella's sister. While this may sound confusing, it isn't at all hard to follow ... more
... because O'Farrell uses third person, which allows her to point the reader in the right direction. Here again, as in her previous works, she easily side-steps long descriptions of back-story by recounting incidents in flashback, that reveal insights into the characters' pasts which go towards their motivations in the present.
This method also lets us piece the story together ourselves, much like a mystery novel, so that by the final page, we have something whole and complete, but thankfully without any trite or clich...more
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The Distance Between Us - Maggie O'Farrell: Getting Closer (1025 words)by - written on 02/07/10, updated on 04/07/10 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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Two people in different parts of the world - one with a secret, the other looking for a long-lost answer - come together in an unlikely spot, to discover themselves, as well as each other. This is the story behind Maggie O'Farrell's third novel, "The Distance Between Us". Yes, there is a romance here, but what puts this above "chick-lit" (not that this is always a bad thing), are the extra pieces that O'Farrell brings to her stories. In this instance, there are several elements. Jake is a white man who was raised by his single mother in Hong Kong, who gets caught up in a "crush"* on Chinese New Years, resulting in a girl he was ... Read the complete review
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