Belle Burden's "Strangers" -- why is old money-obsessed DCUM not aflame with discussion?
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Anonymous
| Finished reading this and have lots of conflicting opinions. But overall, am incredibly surprised that someone from her particular background would air alllllllll the dirty laundry. I guess her publishers thought the same. |
Anonymous
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It is under Relationship Discussion, not Book Club.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1309617.page |
Anonymous
+1 Learn to read OP and use the search function of DCUM before posting accusation. |
Anonymous
| I read a lot and I am on the relationship forum a lot and I don't know... I just wasn't interested in this particular story. I read the New York Times article and I'm just not in the mood for affluent white people lying to each other right now. I can't explain it. |
Anonymous
| Belle, we have already talked about your book enough here |
Anonymous
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+1 Learn to read OP and use the search function of DCUM before posting accusation.
NP. It’s unfortunate to see people being so rude here. The book forum is the one or one of the few forums posters are generally polite. I would never think to look in the relationship forum for this. And, the discussions might be quite different. I have heard about this book but it’s not my usual fare. To those who have read it, it actually well written? |
Anonymous
| Yes, it’s well well written! |
Anonymous
Ouch. Why the nasty tone? And why interpret OP’s question as an “accusation”? People on this board tend to be kind and give each other the benefit of the doubt. It’s a nice place. 😊 |
Anonymous
NP. It’s unfortunate to see people being so rude here. The book forum is the one or one of the few forums posters are generally polite. I would never think to look in the relationship forum for this. And, the discussions might be quite different. I have heard about this book but it’s not my usual fare. To those who have read it, it actually well written? It is. I enjoyed it. |
Anonymous
| I'm almost done. I've kept reading because she is a very good writer, but the whole generational wealth thing, with the very odd and difficult to relate to cultural aspects are really privileged. It feels like she should have just kept this as a diary. |
Anonymous
As good of a writer as she is, I had a hard time sympathisizing. She's privileged. I feel sorry for the kids as not only did he up and leave, he didn't want them. |
Anonymous
| I don't understand why this story is so captivating. I read it. Yes, she is a good writer. But men leave their wives and families every day. Nothing about this struck me as unusual except they had lots of money and she could write. |
Anonymous
I think the point of the book is that she is reflecting on was it all a lie? She's trying to grapple with the fact that he was a loving and engaged husband and father then, seemingly out of nowhere, said he didn't want any of that. Was it his plan all along? If not, what changed his mind? or what went wrong? The privilege part comes in because, seemingly, nothing was wrong. They didn't have money or employment problems. Everyone was healthy and well-adjusted. So, besides a massive mid-left crisis, what inspires someone to blow it all up? And in such an a-holey way. The other interesting part is how people reacted to her during and after the divorce. |
Anonymous
| I feel like there were probably many signs she missed or chose not to pay attention to because she had her “perfect” life. |
Anonymous
Agree. She seems very naive. |