After successfully reading the first chapter of the Liars Club, I can now tell you that it is an interesting story about a struggling family that lives out in Lubbock Texas. The story starts out with an interesting "thriller movie" twist, where as you first hear of an incident that took place, but you must read on to figure out what happened. I particularly enjoyed this, because it makes me want to further read on and find out just what happened.
At first the novel was a bit confusing, but it then leads into smaller stories so you can get a better perspective toward each character. It's still hard to get an exact read on what type of a person the main character "Pokey"(not sure if it's her real name, but what dad calls her) is, however I'm sure as we read on it will be discovered.
The author does a great job of portraying the transformation between the parents. At first the dad appears to be some alcohol abusing parent that lacks any interest in anything, but as the novel goes on you learn that the dad was a caring person who included his daughter in his "Liar's Club" (daily getaway location so he can play domino's with his pals). The father was even said to have spoiled the main character by buying her things she wanted, such as coke.
As for the mother, not to much is known other than the fact that she has had several husbands, because she believes in marriage, not dating due to the interests of her mother's Methodist beliefs.
Along with the assignment to read Liar's Club, we were also assigned to read the first ten pages of The Memoir and the Memoirist.
After reading the first ten pages of The Memoirist, I feel the purpose of this reading is to condition our brains toward the thought process of writing a memoir as we proceed toward our final assignment. Thomas Larson, the author, talks of how he has a class of several students from all over, who seek him to teach his expertise on writing a memoir. This is analogous of our class, because we too are strangers meeting in a common place getting ready to write a memoir.
Once again signing out, I'll be back soon
I like that you point out how at first the father seems like an alcoholic, but then we're shown that he isn't. I disagree, however, that the story starts out confusing... But that may just be because I rather liked the start of the story. I thought it was well done.
ReplyDeleteThe post flowed very easily as you went through to the Liar's Club to The Memoirist. Pointing out the relationship between the narrator, Pokey, and her father, I thought, was very important within the story that will later uncover the secretive memory Pokey holds. I agree with the purpose of the Memoirist and will give us an idea of how a memoir should go. Bravo.
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