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Last House by Jessica Shattuck
5.0
Thank you to William Morrow for an immersive, grab on and dive in, family drama. Shattuck has a talent for strong writing but also telling a story in a way that draws a reader into feelings and moods, to the subtle shifts in family and relationships, to dropping in phrases that make the reader feel like an intimately connected observer of the Taylor family. Last House is a great read for family saga fans, and especially for those who like to examine family relationship dynamics within the context of historical periods and generational shifts.
I am a huge fan of books that span decades, that follow families over time and over generations and I love that this book captured the movement from post WWII greatest generation lives, the pursuit of wealth but also comfort and providing for family and how those ideals became at odds with the very children raised by this generation, the movement into the civil rights and Vietnam War protests and then into present 2020s at the end... An examination of family, of place and time, of how relationships and shifting roles and identities change (and don't change). Shattuck has a talent for strong writing but also telling a story in a way that draws a reader into feelings and moods, to the subtle shifts in family and relationships, to dropping in phrases that make the reader feel like an intimately connected observer of the Taylor family.
I am a huge fan of books that span decades, that follow families over time and over generations and I love that this book captured the movement from post WWII greatest generation lives, the pursuit of wealth but also comfort and providing for family and how those ideals became at odds with the very children raised by this generation, the movement into the civil rights and Vietnam War protests and then into present 2020s at the end... An examination of family, of place and time, of how relationships and shifting roles and identities change (and don't change). Shattuck has a talent for strong writing but also telling a story in a way that draws a reader into feelings and moods, to the subtle shifts in family and relationships, to dropping in phrases that make the reader feel like an intimately connected observer of the Taylor family.