All the Best People

Susan said Provocative and riveting - an important book. Sonja Yoerg has written another remarkable book - her finest to date, in my opinion. Set in Vermont, All the Best People is told by three generations of women in one family. The story of prejudice, mental illness, understanding, family, forgiveness and love is perfectly crafted and skillfully written. The characters are so complete tha. Mesmerizing, Haunting, Compelling A Must Read Book! This book fills your heart with emotions about real people with mental illness. You might not have ever met them, but here their stories are told, at once compelling and heartbreaking. you feel compassion and hope for all of them. Solange has been committed to a mental institution and the secrets of why are not even know to her daughte. Good Read I enjoyed the entire book. I thought Carole's sister was just a horrible person!! I don't want to spoil the book, so I will leave it at that. It is a quick and easy read. I highly recommend.

Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. But now her mind is playing tricks on her. Vermont, 1972. The accounts won't reconcile and the murmuring she hears isn't the television. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family's auto shop, and laughs when her husband slow dances her across the kitchen floor. Her tragic childhood might have happened to someone else. So Carole hides her symptoms, withdraws from her family, and unwittingly sets her 11-year-old daughter Alison on a desperate search for meaning and power: in Tarot cards, in omens from a nearby river, and in a mysterious blue glass box belonging to her grandmother. An exploration of the power of courage and love to overcome a damning legacy, All the Best People celebrates the search for identity and grace in the most ordinary lives.. She ought to seek help, but she's terrified of being locked away in a mental hospital like her mother, Solange