This new love works closely with Jackie on her research team.Stories We Never Told is also emotional and well-told with a mystery thriller at its heart. Jackie is a psychology professor trying to move past her former lover and co-worker, Harlan, who has a new love. Still, she can’t help but be curious about Harlan’s latest. — The National Film Board of Canada Jackie is now happily married to Miles. This new love works closely with Jackie on her research team.An inventive, intriguing and intense domestic thriller full of obsession and jealously.
All is fair in love and war or is it?Obsession, Jealousy, Murder! Everything we do not say, everything we bury deep, shapes and controls us, in the best and the worst ways.” I wrote a book about that. Every time I picked it up, I was sucked back into the world and the complex psychology of these characters. Protagonist Jackie is almost unbelievably immature for a thirty-eight year old professor of psychology researching childhood autism.
Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny and poignant picture of the larger human story.
Every time I picked it up, I was sucked back into the world and the complex psychology of these characters. An inventive, intriguing and intense domestic thriller full of obsession and jealously.
The synopsis sounded promising; I anticipated a credible plot with unexpected twists, and the first third of the book wasn't too bad in terms of its character exposition. Welcome back. But prepare to be tired the next day.Obsession, Jealousy, Murder! All is fair in love and war or is it?This is my third book by this author and I keep liking each one more than the last.
Don't try to find answers. Book Review: Stories We Never Tell by Savi Sharma Honest and yet thought-provoking The story introduces us to the life of Jhanvi and Ashray.
Stories We Never Told is also emotional and well-told with a mystery thriller at its heart. Sonja Yoerg’s STORIES WE NEVER TOLD does just that, deftly introducing a brilliant cast of characters for whom detachment and intimacy can be equally terrifying. However it is an interesting and pacy read so I was happy to read this as my Amazon First. Through its intricate structure, Stories We Tell (2012) by Sarah Polley (playing in The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, and eXistenZ) examines the elusive nature of narratives, memories, and truth.
There are secrets that are revealed involving Jackie and her husband, her ex Harlan and his new girlfriend. I've read a little over 100 pages, and am having a hard time getting into it. In my first incarnation, I was a animal behaviorist who studied learning in blue jays, hyenas and kangaroo rats. The things that are reveI love when I find a new author that I really like.
We all tell stories.
In her late 20s, Sarah Polley learned that her mother had had an affair with a film producer in Montreal, and that, although she was raised by Michael Polley, her mother’s husband, she is in fact, the product of the affair. Nasira comes to work under Jackie and also starts a relationship with Harlan. Her once great marriage is also beginning to unravel. I do know some things will be constant though.
The instances where they have many social friends but a few real friends and also have to smile even though they didn’t look the best.
As the story unfolds, the reader learns that every character has their long-held secrets and things may not be what they seem.
Now I make stuff up.“A huge cognitive milestone for a child is the ability to take someone else’s perspective, to imagine herself in another person’s shoes. In my first incarnation, I was a animal behaviorist who studied learning in blue jays, hyenas and kangaroo rats.
I dive into her books now without even glancing at the blurb, as I know I will be entertained no matter what the subject. The summary sounded interesting, but the protagonist, Jackie, displayed the maturity of a high school girl who can't let her ex-boyfriend find a new girlfriend.
With STORIES WE NEVER TOLD, Sonja ventures into the suspense realm and boy does she deliver. Each of these characters contribute to the story as a whole and I really enjoyed this domestic suspense novel. Jackie and Harlan are esteemed university professors and have a romantic past with each other.