I Know This Much Is True

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Summary: Oh please!
Review: Only an avid watcher of Soaps would think this book was good. Unlikable characters, over the top situations and a too good to be true ending made me want to burn this book when I was done. It's perfect material for a bad TV movie!

Read Stones from the River, Posionwood Bible, The Mermaids Singing, or just about anything else instead.

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Summary: I Know This Much is True - Excellent book!
Review: I would put this in my top 5 books list!!! It was exceptional, a great read! I enjoyed every minute! I hope Wally Lamb rights more very soon. Both this book & "She's Come Undone" were superb! Kudos Mr. Lamb!

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Summary: Dealing with emotions--Grief, Anger, Love--it's here.
Review: Ok...this book missed 5 stars by just a rabbit hair. My cousin, Laura Whithorn, was reading this book last year. I added it to my wish list & my other cousin, Carol Lucero, bought it for me during Christmas 2000. Yes, it's about twin boys and one is a schizophrenic but it's more than just that psychological exploration. It explores 'growing up' and one's past. It makes you think of your own past. I liked how the author wrote: Think of your past as a well in the ground. Wells are good things, are they not? They give life-sustaining water, they replenish. Well, this book really grabs you with interest when you get into the twins' Italian Grandfathers' life-story manuscript. What a dramatic story! It is mentioned that parables instruct and this entire story does teach you...I know this much is true!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This was by far the best book I ever read. I was kinda hesitant to start, being such a long book, but every time I put it down I couldn't wait to start up again. I highly recommend this book....It was so great. I'm waiting for Wally to write more.

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Summary: Captivating, Incredible... definite "BUY IT"
Review: This book is one of the few books that had me completely hooked from the beginning. I had not read "She's Come Undone" at the time I read this, so was totally unfamiliar with the author. Wow....

The character development is incredible, the intertwining stories amazingly done. I shed more than a few tears!

Definite read....

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Summary: Better than She's Come Undone
Review: An excellent read. You may wonder how the tale of a divorced, middle-aged, schoolteacher-turned -housepainter, trying to "find himself" could make for 800-plus pages of superb reading. Wally Lamb pulls it off -- often sad, sometimes cruel, occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, and ultimately very satisfying. Wally Lamb is Anne Tyler with a twist. This book will stay on my "favorites" bookshelf for a good long while.

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Summary: Superb and heart rendering
Review: Wally Lamb has done an excellent job of weaving the love for one's brother with the guilt for gifts not given. In a true-to-life narrative, the author takes us through what it must be like to live for another person while trying to live one's own life - and the pitfalls in between. I found this book to be a fast read and extremely thought provoking.

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Summary: Enlighten yourself, learn something, do good for your soul!
Review: This has to be one of the best books I've read, certainly one of my very favorites. It's a richly rewarding, yet distrubing novel about one twin brother's relationship with his mentally challenged twin brother, the twists and turns their relationship takes, how one brother's life leads the other's. You will not be disappointed, nor will you soon forget this book. No, I won't sell you my copy!

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Summary: A beautiful story of personal growth and redemption.
Review: While the length of this novel may seem intimidating, once you get into the story you will be so glad that there is so much more of this wonderful book to read. Reading this book is like going to live in someone else's skin for a week. Not that it's always a comfortable place to be. Dominick Birdsey, the central character, is a man trying to retain his sanity while he deals with the continuous calamities that keep befalling him and his family, most at the hand of his schizophrenic identical twin. (Apologies for the pun.) At it's heart this is a story about how peace and maturity come from accepting one's heritage, for better or worse. I've tried to recommend this book to friends, but they've been turned off by the subject-matter. However, even when Dominick's life is at its nadir, the book is such a compelling read that you can't put it down. You'll be glad you didn't. I can't remember the last time that I was truly surprised by the ending of a book, but this one was wonderfully unexpected.

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Summary: Best Book Ever!
Review: This book, I have to say is one of the greatest books I have ever read! Wally Lamb has a way of writing that brings his characters to life and makes their emotions feel real. He keeps his readers captivated and intrigued, not only in this book but in "She's Come Undone" as well.