Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick
I'll start by saying I did not love this book. I did like the main character, schoolteacher and independent woman Bea Nightingale. I liked the setting--Paris in the 50s. And the author had some interesting perspectives on human nature.
The story started out well--Bea is ordered by her demanding (and estranged) brother, Marvin, to track down his son, Julian, in Paris and bring him home to California. The problem is Julian is kind of boring, his sister Iris is kind of a flake, Marvin is a bully--and the story really bogs down in the middle.
Bea pretty much ignores her obnoxious brother and does her own thing in trying to straighten out Julian and Iris's lives. And we applaud her efforts. But it wasn't enough to hold my interest.
The story started out well--Bea is ordered by her demanding (and estranged) brother, Marvin, to track down his son, Julian, in Paris and bring him home to California. The problem is Julian is kind of boring, his sister Iris is kind of a flake, Marvin is a bully--and the story really bogs down in the middle.
Bea pretty much ignores her obnoxious brother and does her own thing in trying to straighten out Julian and Iris's lives. And we applaud her efforts. But it wasn't enough to hold my interest.
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