Monday, August 10, 2009

Carole Cadwalladr - The Family Tree


Ive become one of them. A breeder. It feels as if I'm being overtaken by something else. Everyone keeps congratulating me. "You must be so happy," they say. I nod. I must be. I just don't understand how.

I'm reading contemporary fiction these days. which is why as much as i am loving N&S I'm having a hard time getting through it.

This is one of those bittersweet ironic books that are supposed to make you laugh but you see
just how sad life really is.

It is the story of a young girl Rebecca who's life did not turn out how she expected. Infact no ones life had the ending she wanted. I get that. I get the frustration you feel after all the anticipation of a happiness that continues to elude.

Perhaps it's wrong of me to judge the characters in this book. But in every corner i see a chance to make things better....a chance no one avails. Are we this blind to our own paths? Do we have any control over how our lives turn out? or are we as Alistair says preconceived to live as our genes would have us be.

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