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Editorial Review:
From the author of the best-selling Three Junes comes an intimate new work of fiction: a tale of two sisters, together and apart, told in their alternating voices over twenty-five years. Louisa Jardine is the older one, the conscientious student, precise and careful: the one who years for a good marriage, an artistic career, a family. Clem, the archetypal youngest, is the rebel: uncontainable, iconoclastic, committed to her work but not to the men who fall for her daring nature. Louisa resents that the charismatic Clem has always been the favorite; yet as Clem puts it, "On the other side of the fence-mine-every expectation you fulfill . . . puts you one stop closer to that Grand Canyon rim from which you could one day rule the world-or plummet in very grand style." In this vivid, heartrending story of what we can and cannot do for those we love, the sisters grow closer as they move farther apart. Louis settles in New York while Clem, a wildlife biologist, moves restlessly about until she lands in the Rocky Mountains. Their complex bond, Louisa observes, is "like a double helix, two souls coiling around a common axis, joined yet never touching." Alive with all the sensual detail and riveting characterization that mark Glass's previous work, I See You Everywhere is a piercingly candid story of life and death, companionship and sorrow, and the nature of sisterhood itself.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Can't Bring Myself to Finish this Book:
As a member of Amazon's Vine Program, I was happy to see this book listed among the choices of titles months ago since I had read advanced reviews and articles on this book and had actually wanted to read it. All I can say, is thank goodness I didn't have to pay for this book. I have tried several times to pick it up and start reading it. I finally was able to do so over the holidays and about 1/3 of the way into it, I can't even motivate myself to finish it (which I rarely ever do!). This book is... more info
An Exquisite But Seriously Flawed Gem:
"I See You Everywhere," the latest novel by Julia Glass, is a seriously flawed gem that will probably be appreciated best by those who are already ardent fans of the author's writing. Like her other two books, this novel is an exquisitely crafted reproduction of real life. In this case, the work is a meditative character study of two sisters and their evolving relationship over twenty-five years. The characterizations are outstanding, the prose lovely--at times even breathtaking--but what the book lacks is... more info
There's a Lot We Don't See, Unfortunately:
One interesting side effect of joining Vine is the number of books I've read so far outside my literary comfort zone; there aren't many books by authors I recognize so I end up trying out novels that *sound* interesting. It keeps turning out that the story wasn't what I expected. That's the case again here. _I See You Everywhere_ sounded like an intricate family story--it is about family, and intricate is arguable, but warmth and affection were largely missing. People who don't want to be depressed should... more info
The ties that don't bind.:
Two sisters, one mother, one favorite and a lot of mutual resentment. This is indeed the stuff of many novels, most not nearly so good at capturing the glancing hits and misses of the adult sister relationship. Clem is younger, fierce, in tune with animals (like her dog breeding mother) and sexually magnetic. She's also completely unmoored and incapable of meaningful attachment to men. Louisa is careful, resentful, far more successful but unable to percieve herself that way because in her own mind,... more info
