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Summary: Unique Subject Matter
Review: "Come to Me" is a book of short stories. Each one dealing with outrageous, extraodinary, unimaginable subject matter.
Such as..."Love is not a Pie" about a husband and wife who bring another man into their bed.OR..."Sleepwalking" A stepmother seduces her stepson. (Naughty) "Silver Water"... A tearjerker about a girl remembering her sister's
life and suicide. "Only You"...A bored housewife who falls head over heals with her hairdresser who happens to be a transvestite. My favorite---"Phychoanalysis Changed My Life"...A (very smart) therapist has a plan to set her son up with a patient. (unexpected and colorful)! If you're seaching for skillful writing, unique metaphor, truth, and the element of uncut surprise...this is definitely the book for you. >>NOTE>> Even though I did not agree with some of the subject matter, I found myself identifying with the characters.
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Summary: An Amazing Collection of Short Stories
Review: Amy Bloom surpasses the majority of modern and postmodern writers in her ability to walk us along the thin line between bliss and sorrow, hope and despair, often tempting us to jump or fall, but ultimately maintaining her course and bringing us to the end where the line dissolves. Her language is sensual decadence for the reader, but her control and neutrality towards beauty enable her to escape the pitfall of sentimentality.
_Love Invents Us_, a novel which she developed out of one of the stories found here ("Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines"), is certainly worth the read, particularly for fans of this book.
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Summary: A world in each story
Review: Having read her other books, Love Invents Us, and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, I think "Come To Me," is Amy Bloom's finest by far.
Each story broaches delicate issues of life and death, love and loss, and definition of family with humor and humility. Nothing is taken for granted, including the way she carefully chooses each word, each turn in the story.
Enter the beginning story with Ellen at her mother's funeral in "Love is Not a Pie." Watch as Henry and Marie contemplate monogamy and negotiate the confines of their relationship in "Faultlines" and "Only You." Follow Violet as she watches her sister fall apart in "Silver Water."
The endings of Amy Bloom's stories are surprising not because of shocking leaps in logic or tumultuous events, but because the world in each story unfolds so gently, envelopingly, and it is a jolt when each closes up again, leaving you with the imprint of a world gone, as quickly as it unfolded.
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Summary: A world in each story
Review: Having read her other books, Love Invents Us, and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, I think "Come To Me," is Amy Bloom's finest by far. Each story broaches delicate issues of life and death, love and loss, and definition of family with humor and humility. Nothing is taken for granted, including the way she carefully chooses each word, each turn in the story. Enter the beginning story with Ellen at her mother's funeral in "Love is Not a Pie." Watch as Henry and Marie contemplate monogamy and negotiate the confines of their relationship in "Faultlines" and "Only You." Follow Violet as she watches her sister fall apart in "Silver Water." The endings of Amy Bloom's stories are surprising not because of shocking leaps in logic or tumultuous events, but because the world in each story unfolds so gently, envelopingly, and it is a jolt when each closes up again, leaving you with the imprint of a world gone, as quickly as it unfolded. Amy Bloom knows humanity, and love with all its crinkles and idiosyncracies. Each story could be a book, and you will wish, as I did, for them to continue.
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Summary: A Collection that Eventually Comes Around
Review: I bought this book because it's always interesting to see what type of literary fiction psychoanalysts come up with. I wasn't too impressed with the first half of the collection. I found the characters rather dull and flat and the dialog a bit forced ("Love is Not a Pie" is the exception). For example, "Song of Solomon" is awful -- don't bother reading it. However, "Silver Water" in the Three Stories section is beautifully written, very realistic, and hits you exactly where a story of this nature should. As the collection progresses, the writing and weaving of Amy Bloom's stories get better. Skip the first section and this book is a delight.
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Summary: An unflinchingly honest look at relationships
Review: I came to know Amy Bloom in my early twenties as a subscriber to Glamour Magazine. Her column was always witty. Always insightful. Imagine my delight, when I heard her interviewed on NPR. Listening to her talk about Come to Me had me severly intrigued and I purchased it that afternoon. What a fascinating look at relationship dynamics -- I read it in a few hours. Her stories offer no apologies, only unflinching honesty. You often feel like you have happened upon people you shouldn't be overhearing as they work through their grief, anomisity, anger and fear. If you can read it with the open-mindedness Ms. Bloom intended, you will have read one of the best short story collections out there.
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Summary: Wonderful collection, Bloom has an amazing voice!
Review: I found this collection by accident and didn't know what to expect. Short stories can be so good, or so bad. These stories are very good, consistently good. These are stories of people searching for something missing in their lives, well told stories with heart, soul and humor. Amy Bloom has quite a unique voice. The stories center on romantic love and family woes, but Bloom adds a spark of originality to otherwise common subject matters. My favorite stories are "Sleepwalking," "Henry and Marie," "The Sight of You," and "Semper Fidelis." If you're as enthusiastic about memorable, literary short stories as I am, then I recommend Come to Me most highly. Enjoy this collection.
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Summary: Brilliant and real
Review: I love reading stories in which the characters seem like they could be just a phone call away. It wasn't one story or another that touched me, it was the small and beautiful details that Bloom weaved through each one that made this collectin a pleasure to read. Sometimes connecting with other humans is hard, but the characters Bloom has created bring out such a realness and vulnerablity that we can miss in our daily lives.
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Summary: I wouldn't have found Amy Bloom if it hadn't been for Amazon
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed every single story as varied as they were, the author does not judge the characters and the different psychological aspects of each personality added alot of dimension to what could have been ordinary stories of love, passion and loss instead they are fascinating stories of LIFE! I also recommend Elizabeth Berg to readers who like Bloom. Thank you for introducing me to this author whom I could not even find at our large local book store. I will order her novel next "Love Invents Us"...
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Summary: Dog eared and well loved
Review: I've lost count of how many times I've loaned this book to friends (plus how many times I've read it). The stories have the same lasting power as the finish on a good bottle of wine: simple and elegant textures and flavors which linger well beyond the act of consumption.
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