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Miri Who Charms

Miri Who Charms

Joanne Greenberg
3.5/5 ( ratings)
Miri who Charms is like a rich pastry which you want to savor, but it’s so good, you wolf it down. Our most important relationships drive the plot: family, friendship and community. Through the eyes of her childhood friend, Rachel, we learn about the title character, Miri whose beauty, charisma, and intelligence enable her to manipulate people throughout her life. To Rachel, Miri and her family,represent an order that contrasts with the chaos of her own contentious and bitter parents.
The prologue frames the story: Rachel accompanies Miri in a police car to the rescue site of Miri’s eleven year old daughter, Tamar, who has been in a caving accident.
Using flashbacks, Greenberg fills out the canvas of these relationships. Tensions between the desire for autonomy and connection, order and chaos infuse the story. This is a bewitchingly written book. Just as bread crumbs inexorably led Hansel and Gretel to the witch’s house, so too are readers lured as the plot unfolds. Moreover, the reader is privy to absorbing snippets about caving, architecture and cell pathology. It all works.
Joyce Carol Oates is quoted on the cover as saying, “Not only artistically ‘beautiful,’ but morally and spiritually beautiful as well.” I couldn’t agree more.
Language
English
Pages
266

Miri Who Charms

Joanne Greenberg
3.5/5 ( ratings)
Miri who Charms is like a rich pastry which you want to savor, but it’s so good, you wolf it down. Our most important relationships drive the plot: family, friendship and community. Through the eyes of her childhood friend, Rachel, we learn about the title character, Miri whose beauty, charisma, and intelligence enable her to manipulate people throughout her life. To Rachel, Miri and her family,represent an order that contrasts with the chaos of her own contentious and bitter parents.
The prologue frames the story: Rachel accompanies Miri in a police car to the rescue site of Miri’s eleven year old daughter, Tamar, who has been in a caving accident.
Using flashbacks, Greenberg fills out the canvas of these relationships. Tensions between the desire for autonomy and connection, order and chaos infuse the story. This is a bewitchingly written book. Just as bread crumbs inexorably led Hansel and Gretel to the witch’s house, so too are readers lured as the plot unfolds. Moreover, the reader is privy to absorbing snippets about caving, architecture and cell pathology. It all works.
Joyce Carol Oates is quoted on the cover as saying, “Not only artistically ‘beautiful,’ but morally and spiritually beautiful as well.” I couldn’t agree more.
Language
English
Pages
266

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