GREENWOOD: A NOVEL

By Michael Christie

Book Overview

A magnificent generational saga that charts a family's rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada's most acclaimed novelists Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize * "A... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771024487
• ISBN13: 9780771024481
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.3" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Skip or Read?

Skip or Read? There were maybe 5 parts of writing (chapters) that I enjoyed that were legitimately beautiful. But the "family tree" of the Greenwood family felt so forced and unnatural to the characters that I didn't become invested in them or the plot they created. The time jumps didn't seem necessary, almost felt if it was told in time it would have built a better connection to characters. The nature vs nurture argument is not nearly as explored as I expected in a story about family that isn't family. Thought editor would have helped organize this better. Everette and Temple I could have cared about and the end was a slap in the face to characters, nature and reader. Skip...

Thoroughly more enjoyable than The Overstory

Read this book and you will never forget it!