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

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I thought I would love this book based on reviews. Instead, I ended up with a love/hate reaction to it. The story is based on the narrator's life, in three parts, and includes side plots that include her friends from college and their continued relationships throughout adulthood, and later, the narrator's life as a mother and wife with her husband and children. The first portion is VERY heavily based on philosophy and psychology; it was "deep," and while I love learning new things, I got bored

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

This was a re-read for me - I loved it when I first read it, probably 20 years ago. Now I don't know why. Not because it's very philosophical - I like that part - it's just generally not pleasing to me.I find the language dense and I did not get attached to the characters. Some of the descriptions are too graphically sexual for my liking (don't remember this about this book from reading it the first time - of course, even though I know I've read it before, it is not familiar to me at all).

Had great hope for this book, but by the end of it I just wanted to shake the main characters - actually, I wanted to slap 'em silly. We read this for book group and I wasn't alone in my sentiment but more people liked this than not.

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.

What an amazing book! I grabbed this book off the shelves of the Seattle Central library on New Year's Eve because it had a recommendation under it, which I didn't even have time to read, and I'm so glad I picked it up! I've never heard of this book or writer before, but it's definitely one of the best books I've read in the last five years. It reminded me a lot of another favorite, The Last of Her Kind, in being set half in the protagonist's college years at Barnard, half in the present, with

In the late 1950s, Lydia lives in a dormitory with three other young women. They are all taking a philosophy course. For the next 25 years, their lives will change, but they will remain friends. Lydia's life will be touched by tragedy.The basic plot seems familiar, reminiscent of Rona Jaffe or Mary McCarthy, but this is a ferociously intelligent novel. Actually, it seems to creak a little under the weight of its learnedness. If you didn't pursue a liberal arts degree, you'll definitely get the