Be Mine [Paperback]

Laura Kasischke (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Pan Books (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330449281
• ISBN-13: 978-0330449281
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,092,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura Kasischke teaches in the University of Michigan MFA program and the Residential College. She has published seven collections of poetry and seven novels. She lives with her family in Chelsea, Michigan.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!, February 8, 2007

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Mark H. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Mine (Hardcover)

I bought this about an hour after reading the interesting USA TODAY article, and devoured it in two days. This book is so full of twists and surprises, you better not read it in public, because you'll be gasping every ten pages. That's one of the great things about it; the other is that Kasishke is one of the best writers around. The descriptions are dazzling. The description of the relationship between mother and son will be completely familiar to anyone who is a parent. This is, as others here say, very sexy and mysterious, but it's also meaningful, and layered. I highly recommend this book.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YES, WOW, March 9, 2007

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Samantha (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Mine (Hardcover)

As others have said here, I was really blown away by the depth of this novel. The situation starts out very sexy but you really have to keep an open mind with what follows. I felt it was so edgy that it seemed really fresh. I can't remember anything like it except maybe Joyce Carol Oates.
More importantly, it kept me reading and guessing for the whole time I was reading it. I mean it's very nice that the writing is so strong and beautiful, as others have said here, but the story is also really amazing and memorable.
I don't read novels for great atmosphere, but this had both a lot of great imagery and landscape but a great storyline too. I recommend it to anyone.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be Mine sparked intense discussion..., March 14, 2007

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L. C. Thomas (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be Mine (Hardcover)

...at my book club. We've had some lively discussions about other novels, but "Be Mine" brought out some deeply felt and conflicting emotions, both about Sherry's actions in the novel and about our own family experiences. It was interesting to read other Amazon reviews, since our book group was firmly divided in its opinions about the novel along the same lines. Some of us could not look past Sherry's choice to have an affair; some of us felt empathy for Sherry's boredom and midlife issues. What surprised me was the strength of everyones' feelings and opinions! Rarely has a book gotten us so worked up! The novel's subject matter and characters certainly inspired strong emotions. In our case, discussion of the book segued into some emotional exploration of similar situations in some of our personal histories.

If you want a provocative book that will make you think and feel outside your comfort zone, I would highly recommend "Be Mine". Be prepared to get some blood with your roses!