{"id":3111,"date":"2011-08-23T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T17:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:03:59","slug":"book-review-a-good-hard-look-by-ann-napolitano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/23\/book-review-a-good-hard-look-by-ann-napolitano\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: A Good Hard Look by Ann Napolitano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/bookclub\/book-review-good-hard-look-0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"blogher logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogher.com\/sites\/all\/themes\/snazzy\/logo.png?resize=231%2C52\" alt=\"BlogHer Logo\" width=\"231\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a>Flannery O&#8217;Connor was not kind to the characters she created for her stories; they were deeply flawed, and in need of redemption.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/frame.php?url=http:\/\/annnapolitano.com\/\">Ann Napolitano<\/a>\u00a0does not spare Flannery of those characteristics in her own novel,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1594202923\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=honeymooning-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=1594202923\">A Good Hard Look<\/a><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1594202923&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a certain level of confidence to fictionalize the last months of a famous American novelist&#8217;s life. Napolitano handles the challenge with grace; O\u2019Connor could be walking around in one of her own stories. But does she get the one thing she really needs, that all her characters needed? Does she get a little grace, and forgiveness?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Blog Her Book Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/bookclub\/book-review-good-hard-look-0\">Read the rest of my book review at BlogHer.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flannery O&#8217;Connor was not kind to the characters she created for her stories; they were deeply flawed, and in need of redemption.\u00a0Ann Napolitano\u00a0does not spare Flannery of those characteristics in her own novel,\u00a0A Good Hard Look. It takes a certain level of confidence to fictionalize the last months of a famous American novelist&#8217;s life. 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