Early Leaving: A Novel

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  • Title: Early Leaving: A Novel
  • Author: JudyGoldman
  • ISBN: 9780060594596
  • Page: 239
  • Format: Paperback

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Early Leaving: A Novel

About Author

  1. Judy Goldman is the author of a new memoir, Losing My Sister published October 2012 Excerpts appeared in Real Simple Magazine and Drafthorse, an online journal She is also the author of two novels, Early Leaving and The Slow Way Back, as well as two books of poetry, Holding Back Winter and Wanting To Know the End.She has received the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, the Mary Ruffin Poole Award for First Fiction, the Gerald Cable Poetry Prize, the Roanoke Chowan Prize for Poetry, the Oscar Arnold Young Prize for Poetry, and the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Prize for Poetry Her work has been published in many literary journals, including Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Ohio Review, Gettysburg Review, Shenandoah, and Prairie Schooner.Goldman s book reviews have appeared in The Washington Post and The Charlotte Observer She offers writing tips on her blog at judygoldman blog.Goldman lives with her husband in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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  1. My first impression is that I didn t like the book Now that I have finished it, I realize that I don t like the mother of the boy central to the story A mother dedicates her life to her son, ruining him and her husband in the process If I had children I might understand the lengths that she goes to to protect him from every little ill in the world, but all I saw was a woman who would not recognize the faults of the child she was raising or letting him deal with them I think maybe women who have [...]

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  2. Yikes, this book hits a little too close to home Having grown up and attended private school in Charlotte, NC the same location as the book s setting and the fact that the mother is pretty much living an identical life to mine, this book left me feeling very uncomfortable Leaving Early shows perfectly how even the best of mothering intentions to shelter one s child from pain and harm can backfire This would be a great book club book, sure to provoke a great deal of discussion and disagreement am [...]

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  3. A mother wakes one morning to find the police at her door to arrest her only child a star athlete and honor student for murder The Smallwoods are one of those families who project a rosy image, exactly what we all hoped and imagined our lives would be Peter Smallwood is a patent attorney with the oldest firm in town Kathryne is president of parents council at the private high school their son, Early, attends She is an over involved mother Peter is under involved She s excessive when she should h [...]

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  4. I really liked this book The writing was very good, and the story was thought provoking but sad As a mother of an only child, I could relate to Kathryn s tendency to focus too much of her attention on her son, Early, who was her only child Did she go overboard Yes, but she had good intentions Unfortunately her overly protective and rather naive mothering prevented her son from being his own person, which could have resulted in his rather unhealthy relationship with his friend, Chip, and which ul [...]

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  5. This book haunted me It could be any mother s story It made me consider that we can never really know our own children not completely We follow them down whatever path the lead us Beautifully written and perfectly capturing the emotions of a mother who loves her son and believes in him even as his actions take them both down the road to hell.

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  7. Really liked this book Enjoyed it on several levels mother s observations, movie references, engaging style, etc I m going to look for other Judy Goldman books

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  8. This book is loaded with regreat but, it s a good one All of the moms in my book club LOVED it We all found it to be thought provoking.

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  10. Disturbing, especially with my background Set in Charlotte, NC May be true.Sad but good story son kills and in prison by age 18 mother asks, what did I do wrong

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