Here On Earth by Alice Hoffman

Oprah 'n' me, we disagree. This is the second time I read a book recommended by her Book Club, and the second time I came away feeling... fluffed off. A bit too blatant, like a morality tale along the lines of Aesop's Fables but with women instead of bunnies and foxes.

Here On Earth is filled out and punched up with other stuff - it's got plot and nice description of the mood and geography of the New England landscape. I don't say its unreadable exactly but it gradually reduces itself, in an uninteresting way, into a tale of obsession and control. Toward the end of the book, I began to feel like I was watching an ABC After-School Special on wife abuse. No thanks.

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