A fast-paced read, but one that will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.Heartbreaking and sad, this story stays with you long after you've finished it. I really enjoyed the fact that Koppelman wasn't afraid to show the really dark side of the woman, and didn't have to force some false happy ending.

It is a powerful account of a tortured, smart, cynical venomous, loving married mother of two beautiful children who seems to have it all, except in her psyche. This felt less like a look into the mind of someone seriously deranged and more like a woman who simply decided she no longer wanted to handle the responsibilities of the choices she made. The story and the characters are uncomfortable in so many ways. If you want a read a happy book about the life of a happy suburban housewife and mother, this isn't it. This book was lame.

We’d love your help. I don't think I've ever done that with a book.This book and this character were chilling. The scenes were so vivid I would think about them in between reading as I went about my day as though they were scenes in a film. There are some good ideas at play, and the ending musters up. The only reason I'm not giving it zero stars is because the only book I've ever given zero stars to is 'The Secret,I picked this up, because I was excited to find a brand new author, published by an independent press at the Queens library.

Page Terry Kinney we learn of her daddy issues. They don't have much at our local branch, so it was nice to see something unexpected. After 188 pages, you haven't gotten any where. Her father abandoned her and her mother when she was nine.Childrens books about cultural diversity best christmas historical romance novels'I Smile Back' Tackles Mental Illness With Excruciating Realness | HuffPostBe warned: watching �I Smile Back,� the film based on Amy When she tries to end it, he slams her face against a brick wall to which she. Um, nope. But beneath that thin veneer, Laney is falling apart. It is also possible to buy "I Smile Back" on as download or rent it on online. Her family is a loving, supportive one.Several reviews cited this novel as having strong feminist overtones. After 188 pages, you haven't gotten any where. I felt like Koppelman couldn't decide if she was writing poetry or prose and a great deal of the writingI can't remember the last time I read a book I disliked as much as I disliked this one. I Smile Back. The reader is compelled to identify and sympathize with Laney, a depressed, alcoholic and drug-addicted housewife, who has it all but is unhappy. I can safely say that the movie is just as good as the book. It's not how she imagined it would be – or actually, it is exactly how she imagined it would be – but she thought she would be happier. The material just isn’t rich enough to be free-floating. Please.

There's a lot to relate to, to think about and to discuss. Koppelman and her screenwriting partner adapted I Smile Back for the screen. Laney's story is compelling, but well told? by Two Dollar Radio I found it not just well-written, but insightful and scary, because mental illness is nothing if not scary.This book should have a way higher score on Good Reads. She feels as if she needs something "other" even though this was the life she had chosen for herself. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. If it's necessary, then I don't have a problem with it, but I really felt it could have been toned down here. 3 1/2 stars - The prose and the language was beautifully structured, but the story line was quite depressing and unresolved, making it hard to give this book a higher rating.Dark look into an unhappy soul.
Her kids love her. As none of those things myself, and further with no aspirations to be either, I always tend to want to read the disgruntled versions of such lifestyles. I felt like Koppelman couldn't decide if she was writing poetry or prose and a great deal of the writing made no sense to me. Please.

It was NOT a let down! Not everyone gets a happy ending, and not evA dark look inside a woman who isn't happy with the standard suburban life.
I did not put it down, not even for Delta drinks, not even for Delta snacks nor movies, not until I had finished reading all 188 pages upon landing. I had little sympathy for the main character and her series of bad choices. She received her undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania, and an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. First of all, the author has serious problems with the use of commas, and we're This is was a sad but interesting story. Unfortunately, I found those statements to be untrue. Her family is a loving, supportive one.I picked this up, because I was excited to find a brand new author, published by an independent press at the Queens library.

The prose is both difficult and beautifully fluid, at varying times, sometimes at the same time. These thoughts cause her to reject living in the present and instead to dwell on the past. Amy is a gorgeous writer of spare poetic prose.I wanted to like this book. Beautiful writing? I Smile Back by Amy Koppelman. I'm sure not many want to admit this, but I did relate to the protagonist in a lot of ways. The ending made me angry, I didn't like the main character at all, it used 9/11 in a cliched and annoying way that the author obviously thought was edgy. It's not how she imagined it would be – or actually, it is exactly how she imagined it would be – but she thought she would be happier. It is a must read.I can't remember the last time I read a book I disliked as much as I disliked this one.


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