I Know This Much Is True (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Wally Lamb
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: Three Rivers, Connecticut
- Principal Characters: Dominick Birdsey, Thomas Birdsey, Connie Tempesta Birdsey, Ray Birdsey, Dessa Constantine, Joy Hanks, Dr. Rubina Patel, Domenico Tempesta, Leo Blood, Ralph Drinkwater
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Mental illness, Brothers, Death or dying, Popular culture, Hindus or Hinduism
- Locales: Connecticut
Wally Lamb’s first novel, She’s Come Undone (1992), achieved popular success five years after its publication when television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey selected it for Oprah’s Book Club. I Know This Much Is True, also a Winfrey choice, is more ambitious than its predecessor, although they share similarities. Both books are narrated by a protagonist who struggles with rage and rejection. Both feature psychotherapy as a significant plot device, and both are studded with references to television, popular culture, and current events.
Thomas and Dominick Birdsey...
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