... a book that wove together several stories of a sad and unfortunate group of people
585818
This was a book that wove together several stories of a sad and unfortunate group of people.  At times it was a bit difficult to move from one character's story to another, but it all pulled together in the end.  Good character portrayal.
3513942
Unaccustomed Earth is a collection of beautifully written stories about an interesting collection of characters. Some of them come and go in just one story, others come back throughout the book.

I was amazed at how well I could get to know the people in the space of one story, probably because they were so character-centric.

All of the stories look at the experience of people of Indian descent- usually featuring the children of immigrants, balancing the traditions of their parents with the current reality of their life in America. There is also a recurring theme of infidelity and broken marriage and the end of relationships, looked at from many different angles. There is the more general question of growing up and breaking away from your family (or having them break from you).

The themes are universal, and the biggest problem with the book was leaving behind each set of characters.
4444302
Dysfunctional Family contains some really interesting stories. This book is not for the faint of heart.  As someone else suggested, students in this field of study would greatly benefit from reading the book as it can be an eye opener to those of us who felt we grew up in "normal" families. Every family has their own issues, and as this anthology illustrates, some families deal with a lot more than others.
1453466
The people and the village become so familiar from one book to the next. But each book is a different story peopled with those who make up the town and new people whose stories impact them.
4671247
This book had several ups and downs while telling the story of friends who are lunch ladies in a school cafeteria. They are each at different points in their lives.
It was an interesting book with each one trying to tell her story  The book left the ending open for another book to tell more about each of them.
I received a copy of this book from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.
2715199
I've never learned any of the stories mentioned in this book. I learned a lot of incredible stories. It's sad to read about the horrors that some people had to endure. I learned a lot about the female gaurds and I can't believe what I have read. I feel so sorry for their victims.anyway i recomend this book to everybody
607473
This is a collection of short stories. Hollis Seamon has written some seriously unusual, unforgettable, poignant and thought provoking essays about everyday people in unusual circumstances. First there are two young people in their teens dying of cancer then there's the garbage men that find babies in a trash bag and try to save them. There is the cat lady, an agoraphobic, a plagiarist, and also sibling rivalry, possible murder and an incredibly unusual dog. Although the writer has come up with truly unique situations that pique a readers interest, I found myself so depressed reading the stories that I didn't want to continue. That is unusual for me. I like books that make me think, feel and wonder. But Corporeality was just too much packed into each story. If I had been able to know the characters after or lengthen many of the stories out and also have some not so over the top emotions I may have enjoyed it more. Maybe short stories aren't for me.
414995
As a young adult looking for an edgy book to read, a friend of mine directed me to this book. The first thing that came to my mind was, "Why do I want to read about a group of misfit seniors and their problems." But as I got more into it I found that it was more than just a group of kids taliking about their problems, and more of a coming of age story about young kids trying to find their way in to reality.
1056980
An unusual story and a sad insight to the life of children in poor families and surrounded by drug addicts
1178908
This book has all kinds of stories about teaching, learning and education. Some are funny, some sad but all of them held my interest. I don't know where that corrupt school district the author talks about is (there's probably a lot of them), but it makes my blood boil.  If you want a book on the subject of education with great  stories, this is a good book to get.
955680
Sad book documenting marginal societal care of the mentally ill!  A good read for anyone.
4531137
It is hard to say that I "love" this book since it is such a sad story but I do give it 5 stars. As anyone who has read my work knows, I am very interested in true stories about alienation, having written books based on true stories of adults who were alienated as children (Adult children of parental alienation syndrome) and a book based on true stories of parents currently alienated from their children (surviving parental alienation). I have heard many tragic stories and I will add this one to the list of well-written memoirs written from the perspective of a targeted parent. This story shows, as many other stories of alienation do, how unenlightened and incompetent legal and mental health professionals can do real damage to the lives of families and children affected by alienation. It is maddening and heartbreaking to see how alienating parents are supported by the system designed to protect children. There is obviously much work to do to address this very serious form of child abuse.
4609497
Sometimes the darkest of stories need to be told. This is one of those dark stories, dark, haunting, thoughts and feelings mooshed together between the covers of this book. Blink and you'll wish you hadn't.
1164680
The book follows the lives of people that were there on that awful Sunday morning.  For some the stories are cut short by the years of conflict that followed.  But for three the stories are eternal.
4813953
Not my cup of tea.  This book has too many little stories rolled into one.
722514
This book instead of the story of millions of deaths is the story of one survivor at a time. Somehow reading about one thirteen year old or a Mom and Dad, a baby, somehow that tears at the heart and forces one to remember the horrors for a much longer time. The subject of six million Jews slaughtered registers in the mind as a terrible thing But it does not register in the soul. In this book these individual stories seem to have been written to exorcise the demons that have haunted their dreams.  if these stories touch ones soul then there is hope for this battered, banged up but still beautiful planet of ours.
933916
some stories were hard to put down, some were disturbing, worth the time.