Oh my! There was a considerable lapse of time between my last cover-to-cover reading and this one. On occasion, I left a book or two unfinished, most of which were placed at random next to my pillow, on the side table, in between sofa cushions, or beneath some junk. I have to walk around and collect them once in a while in case they are cast away. Here, I come to colonize my sister’s desk to bear my pleasurable guilt. What a daunting pile of books.
The Amateur Marriage was not something I purchased on a whim. In fact, I picked two of Anne Tyler’s novels as some bookaholic blogger recommends. Novels that deal with family issues always draw my attention. It makes no sense that I skip this widely acclaimed writer for that matter. However, Western value of family and kinship seems so implausible to me because I find in movies or novels that the perspective often detaches itself from me.
大風吹 