Sights Unseen Audiobook

" It was a very good book but it made me sad because the author has bipolar and this book was written about 10 years before her deep troubles. The manic episodes were spot on. Life can be so difficult and people suffer in serious ways. It was nice that there was closure in the novel between the family members. I hope life for Kaye Gibbons is getting better, not for her writing but, just for the pleasure of day to day living. "

" Here's one where I really wanted a rating halfway between "really liked it" and "it was amazing." Kaye Gibbons never lets me down. I have a manic depressive niece, single mom of three, and this one really hit close to home. "

" Another tough read about mentally ill parents. The relationship to the maid mom surrogate is not as clear as in The Help by Stockett. "

" Reads like a memoir. Woman remembers her childhood with manic-depressive mother. Fortunately it is short, because it is painful and very real, going by my experience. "

" I like Kaye Gibbons, but I did not like this book. It was about "Maggie Barnes" , wife and mother who is mentally ill. Hattie is her daughter and she is crying out for a normal mother. "

" Meh, I understand the need to write the book, but pretty depressing. More like a guide to living with a manic-depressive. "

" 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author "

" I have found a new favorite Author! Thanks Tessa! :D "

" Hard read, very sad. Young girl with a mentally ill mother. Well written, good read. "

" Really enjoyed this. Super fast and fulfilling read. "

" After this book I have decided that Kaye Gibbons is indeed a favorite author of mine. Her writing grabs me and holds me thoroughly until the book is complete. Wish she was currently writing. "

" I have enjoyed every Kaye Gibbons book I have read "

" A story about a young girl dealing with her manic-depressive mother. "

" Interestingly depressing story of a wife and mother in the South who is mentally ill as seen through the eyes of her daughter and her memories of being a child. "

" Kaye Gibbons portrays a family caught in the web of mental illness --in this case the mother suffers from bipolar disorder--with grace and poignancy. She is a truly gifted writer. "

" Love this author, all her stuff. This a fiction account of a manic depressive mother. "

" A family, but mostly a daughter, trying to live with the mystery of the mother's bi-polar disease. Arresting. "

" Compelling book about a girl growing up with a mother with untreated manic depression. I couldn't stop reading it but I also kept waiting for the story to start. "

" This reads like a memoir, but it's fiction. Very well written, very engaging, and now a few weeks later I can't remember much about it except a few great images. "

" My favorite Kaye Gibbons book...very poignant and sweet and sad all in one. "

" This is the fourth Kaye Gibbons book that I have read and she never disappoints. Gibbons often writes about inter-generational Southern families and they always have insight and heart. This story, concerning a young girl's childhood growing up with a manic-depressive mother, is no exception. "

" My favorite Kay Gibbons book. The struggle with manic depression was riveting and I thought so much about what my family must have suffered through with me. "

" An engaging book about young Hattie and her 12 year wait for her mother to come to her senses. The effects of bipolar disorder on the entire family are the real story. But I love the way Kaye Gibbons writes and I have enjoyed almost all of her books. "

" Excellent look at the affect of bipolar disorder on a family. Well written, with memorable characters and wit "

" Mental illness (bipolar)from the inside out. A child of the mother who is yanked from one mental extreme to another narrates. The author struck a fine balance with a delicate use of (with frequently indelicate) words and emotion and accomplished an insightful communication with the reader. "

" Not her best, but who cares, I really really liked it. It's about a mother's battle manic depression. I will say it again.......read anything by Kaye Gibbons. "

" Not the fluffiest of plane reading, but an absorbing, intimate look at a mother's mental illness and the emotional and practical impact it had on her children. Felt more like reading a memoir than a novel. "

" I read the original edition; the later edition had more added to the story. humorous and touching story of a family in which the mother is manic depressive and in and out of institutions. told through the eyes of the 12 yr old daugther. set in North Carolina in the 50s and 60s. "

" Manic depressive mother. Oh dear. Story told from daughter's point of view. Sad. "

" I think I might be re-reading this one (memory? what's that?). I am stunned by it this time around. "