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Original Title:	Disturbances In The Field
ISBN:	1582433321 (ISBN13: 9781582433325)
Edition Language:	English

Disturbances in the Field

Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Paperback | Pages: 371 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 514 Users | 60 Reviews

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Title	:	Disturbances in the Field
Author	:	Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	reissue
Pages	:	Pages: 371 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2005 by Counterpoint LLC (first published 1983)
Categories	:	Fiction. Literary Fiction. Literature

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As powerful now as when first published in 1983, Lynne Sharon Schwartz’s third novel established her as one of her generation’s most assured writers. In this long-awaited reissue, readers can again warm to this acutely absorbing story. According to Lydia Rowe’s friend George, a philosophizing psychotherapist, a "disturbance in the field" is anything that keeps us from realizing our needs. In the field of daily experiences, anything can stand in the way of our fulfillment, he explains—an interrupting phone call, an unanswered cry. But over time we adjust and new needs arise. But what if there’s a disturbance you can’t get past? In this look at a girl’s, then a wife and mother’s, coming of age, Schwartz explores the questions faced by all whose visions of a harmonious existence are jolted into disarray. The result is a novel of captivating realism and lasting grace.

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This was my book group's selection for March -- a dense novel, heavy with philosophy, music, philosophy, art, and philosophy. Overall, I liked the book, but did not love it. (Spoilers ahead.) The first half of the story jumps around in time following Lydia, as a young girl, as a college student bonding with three best friends, and as a mother of four. The second half starts with the death of two of her children, and the impact of this tragedy on her life and her marriage. My biggest complaint

I'm still thinking of what I took away from it--is it about the saving grace of memory if you can accept all of it--good and bad? It is beautiful. It had its flaws but I didn't think the philosophy was one of them--it suited the group of women who were the source of it in the story. They thought philosophically about the world but had to fit reality into their philosophy (or their philosophy into their reality) as they were confronted with life.

I read this book for school and it was painful. The writing is undeniably good but most of the book was just references to philosophy and nothing actually happened in the plot of the story till about halfway into the book but by then I stopped caring and just wanted it to end. I'm surprised that this book got so many good reviews.

This was a "Cerebral Chick Lit" book filled with pedantic philosophy.

I almost bailed on this book based on my 30-page rule. But I started flipping through later passages, and then became intrigued and wanted to know more about the storyline. So I did end up reading 80% of the book, but not in linear order. Some of it was very good; other parts, obviously not. And a minor nit-pick, but I couldn't keep straight the E-named characters: Esther, Evelyn and I think there was another one? Too confusing.



3.5 stars