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" This is one of my mom's favorite books, I loved the story about a dysfunctional family and how they get through hard times. No one is ordinary and Guest is a gifted storyteller who won't leave you dissatisfied. but in the end you will definitely know people like them. Many universal themes touched on along with a deep and rich woven plot of family dysfunction. " Oh, upper-middle-class suburban nuclear family woe. but it was a wonderful movie and it had a deep meaning. " I had to watch the movie in Psych at the movies. It offers such different perspective, as books often do, and reveals a lot more about the characters of Calvin, Beth, and Conrad.

I only wish that I had thought to read the book ahead of the watching the film. And you will be pleased to know that Guest's novel was well adapted to the big screen in a critically acclaimed film, based on the book. Definitely something you want to check out. " A quick, haunting, and wonderfully therapeutic read.

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I can almost promise that you'll hear your own voice somewhere in this book." The insecurities of the human condition itself on display for all to see. Ordinary People gives voice to the sounds in our heads that plague our mind - all the uncertainty, confusion, and doubt. That's what the mantra of the book amounts to - letting go of the pain and mistakes of the past and forging a new path forward. They strive to do better than they did in the past. In fact, most people who run, run for themselves.

They say that life is a marathon and it is, but not one is which we race against each other. In all honesty, we shouldn't compare ourselves to others at all, in my opinion. There's a great quote from someone (not from this book) about happiness coming with not comparing our rough drafts with other people's highlight reel. There is a timelessness to the book as a lot of it focuses on the need to present a confident/happy/content front to the world around us. It is the very definition of people leading lives of quiet desperation. I absolutely loved the film by Robert Redford. This is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances-and the lengths they will go to put their lives together again. But when a terrible accident takes the life of one son, their lives begin to fall apart. Cal and Beth Jarrett are ordinary people: a happy couple living with grocery bills, taxes, barbeque dinners, and orthodontist appointments for their two sons. The heart-wrenching book that inspired the critically-acclaimed movie.