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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780316024631 Format: Large Print ISBN: 0316024635 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: October 21, 2008 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Release Date: October 21, 2008 Studio: Little, Brown and Company Sales Rank: 669243 Related Items: The Hour I First Believed: A Novel The Lucky One The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) The Gate House Time of My Life: A Novel see more Editorial Review: Product Description: At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment. Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellinglyexplores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - If you can stomach the first chapter, it's an excellent book I had a tough time getting through the very graphic first chapter. After that I found the book very compelling and I couldn't put it down. I liked the author's use of different voices throughout the book. I think the book should have been named Consequences or Ripple Effects. It really makes you think how a few stupid decisions by a few individuals can alter the lives of so many people. Rating: - Sad Commentary While alcohol and sex were central to the story, Testimony is more about choice, accountability and the truth that nothing we do happens within a vacuum. Shreve uses the popular structure of multiple voices and while this is interesting, it might have been more effective if some of the more tangential comments had been eliminated. I found the book to be unsatisfying in its resolution (or lack thereof) and with the exception of Noelle, had no sympathy for or understanding of any of the characters. ... Read More Rating: - rotating voices A very sexually graphic event starts off this book; three teenage boys have sex with a fourteen year old girl and it is videotaped. As the story opens, the headmaster, at the private school where it has happened, views the tape. The story is then told through the alternating points of view of many characters: the boys and girl involved, their parents, friends, the police chief and the headmaster. What comes to light, eventually, are the reasons why the event occurs and the horrible aftermath, which ... Read More Rating: - Couldn't put it down There are not many books that I pick up that I cannot put back down. Even some of Shreve's other titles have been a bit on the long side. But this one really got under my skin. It is believable. It is heartwrenching. It makes you angry with everyone in the book for not stepping up to the bat and changing the course of events. It makes you consider the far-reaching effects of bad decisions. So many people making bad decisions- some little decisions - some big decisions - and every one of them culminating ... Read More Rating: - Great book about poor choices This book was interesting in that it was told by many different voices all explaining some very poor choices. The book was sad, the subject was sad and the characters were mainly unlikable. But, as Anita Shreve does so well, she draws you in and makes you hungry for more. The book drives home the fact that a split second choice can forever change lives....choose carefully. see more Browse for similar items by category: Authors, A-Z - Literature & Fiction - Subjects - Books - Shreve, Anita Subjects - Books - Contemporary Subjects - Books - General AAS Refinements - Books - Hardcover Refinements - Books - Large Print   Volar   by: Anita Shreve   Related Items:      see more   Related Items: The Hour I First Believed: A Novel The Lucky One The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) The Gate House Time of My Life: A Novel see more       Films of James Broughton Vol 3 The Pleasure Garden      Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780316024631 Format: Large Print ISBN: 0316024635 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: October 21, 2008 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Release Date: October 21, 2008 Studio: Little, Brown and Company Sales Rank: 669243   Stanley Kwan       Cunard Cruises   Cunard Cruises Apparel   Cunard Cruises Baby   Cunard Cruises Beauty   Cunard Cruises Books   Cunard Cruises Classical Music   Cunard Cruises DVD   Cunard Cruises DVDs A to Z   Cunard Cruises Electronics   Gourmet Food on Cunard Cruises   Harry Potter and Cunard Cruises   Cunard Cruises Health & Personal Care   Cunard Cruises Jewelry   Kitchen & Housewares of the Cunard Cruises   Cunard Cruises Lingerie   Cunard Cruises Magazines   Cunard Cruises Music   Musical Instruments Played on the Cunard Cruises   Cunard Cruises Office Products   Outdoor Living on the Cunard Cruises   Cunard Cruises PC Hardware   Cunard Cruises Pet Supplies   Cunard Cruises Photo   Cunard Cruises Reggae   Cunard Cruises Software   Cunard Cruises Sporting Goods   Cunard Cruises Tools & Hardware   Cunard Cruises Toys   Cunard Cruises VHS   Cunard Cruises Video Games   Site Map Cheapest Domain Web Host

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