Home Repair (edit title)

wendy c edited the glossary of Home Repair Wednesday, September 30 2009.

• Added the definition of Bershert: Yiddish for the fated one-- the perfect match you were intended from before you were born.

wendy c edited the characters of Home Repair Wednesday, September 30 2009.

• Added the description of Chuck: I'd like to add the husband. He may not be a good guy, but he's not a stock villain either and that's refreshing. --Wendy
• marked the description of Chuck as not a spoiler

wendy c edited the quotations of Home Repair Wednesday, September 30 2009.

• Added a quotation: “The Bad News Diet: it is safe to order anything on the menu in this diet.”

henri S edited the quotations of Home Repair Wednesday, August 26 2009.

• Added a quotation: “Slight correction to above quote: After that she did her crying in the locked ladies' room, down the hall from the art office, but students kept knocking on the door and finally she realized she simply didn't have any time or space to weep in. She'd have to give it up and move on.”p. 42
• Added a quotation: “"HEARTBREAK DIET SUNDAY MORNING BRUNCH: Pizza crusts left over from Saturday night pizza. Do not serve to guests"”p. 41

henri S edited the first sentence of Home Repair Wednesday, August 26 2009.

• As garage sales go, this was a disaster from the start.

henri S edited the summary of Home Repair Wednesday, August 26 2009.

• woman's husband walks out in the middle of their tag sale. She's left taking care of two kids and an aging mom, and a host of neighborhood characters enter in

Francis L edited the quotations of Home Repair Wednesday, August 19 2009.

• Added a quotation: “"She had no room to grieve-- she'd have to give it up and move on." "Cat--the other white meat." (On a funny t shirt a character wears) "No one's killing anything under my roof." "Everything in dull plain colors. Why? What was wrong with beauty?"”

Francis L edited the characters of Home Repair Wednesday, August 19 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Eve: Relateable main character-- middle aged woman whose second husband walks out on her. (Her first husband was killed about 12 years earlier.) Gentle, kind, quirky sense of humor, patient, funny, attracts cool friends
• marked the description of Eve as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Marcus: Teenage son, wears comic t shirts, runs for office, one of my favorite characters
• marked the description of Marcus as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Noni: Daughter, I forget her age, but very level headed--I really liked both the kids a lot
• marked the description of Noni as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Charlotte Dunrea: The main character's mother. I think she is my very favorite character in the book, with Marcus and Jonah close runners up. Very outspoken, sharp-edged, reminds me of my own mom for sure. When people ask how she's doing she always answers "Not good." Laugh out loud funny stuff from the mom but tender scenes too.
• marked the description of Charlotte Dunrea as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Jonah: I forget his last name but remember thinking it was perfect. Works at the local park, becomes friends with Eve, possible romantic interest? no spoilers here-- great voice, again this character made me laugh out loud a bunch of times. A lot of wisdom and a true working class hero
• marked the description of Jonah as not a spoiler

Francis L edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Home Repair Wednesday, August 19 2009.

• Added: Woman's husband walks out in the middle of a yard sale leaving her to contend with 2 kids & aging mom. Funny/sad!

Shelfari edited the description of Home Repair Saturday, August 1 2009.

• Can lighting really strike twice? Just ask Eve, whose husband walks out on her in the middle of a garage sale. Eve's beloved Ivan died thirteen years ago in an automobile accident. Her charming, boyish Chuck has taken a different exit out of her life: hopping into his car in the middle of a garage sale with no forewarning and departing their formerly happy upstate New York home for points unknown. Now Eve's a boat adrift, subsisting on a heartbreak diet of rue, disappointment, and woe-left alone to care for Ivan's brilliant teenaged son, Marcus, and Chuck's precocious, pragmatic nine-year-old daughter, Noni, while contending with Charlotte, Eve's acerbic mother, who's come north to "help" but hinders instead. But life ultimately must go on, with its highs and lows, its traumas and holidays, and well-meaning, if eccentric, friends. A house and a heart in disrepair are painful burdens for a passionate woman who's still in her prime. And while learning to cope with the large and small tragedies that each passing day brings, Eve might end up discovering that she's gained much more than she's lost. A poignant, lovely, funny, and ultimately uplifting story of love, family, and survival, Liz Rosenberg's Home Repair is an unforgettable introduction to a lyrical, wise, and wonderfully vibrant new literary voice.