{"id":1987,"date":"2009-10-01T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2009-10-01T11:46:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T15:46:17","slug":"a-change-in-altitude-by-anita-shreve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve"},"content":{"rendered":"

My body was sitting on the beach at Topsail Island, North Carolina but my mind was transported to the dusty streets of Nairobi before the seasonal rains while reading A Change of Altitude<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 It was not surprising to learn Anita Shreve once lived in Kenya.\u00c2\u00a0 Only someone who lived there could capture the\u00c2\u00a0moral questions that come up when living in a country different from your own.<\/p>\n

A Change of Altitude<\/em> is about Margaret, a newlywed who lives with her husband, Patrick,\u00c2\u00a0in Kenya.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s a doctor doing research on tropical diseases.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s at a bit of a loss on how to spend her time since the move.\u00c2\u00a0 Margaret was a reporter in Boston and now feels purposeless.\u00c2\u00a0 Patrick and Margaret are invited to climb Mount Kenya with two other couples.\u00c2\u00a0 An accident\u00c2\u00a0during the climb changes the course of their marriage.<\/p>\n

This book can easily be a book club favorite if readers are brave enough to pick it up.\u00c2\u00a0 The events make Margaret ask some hard questions about herself and her marriage.\u00c2\u00a0 Although the average reader won’t have lived\u00c2\u00a0in another country where the customs are different, many of the feelings and doubts expressed by Margaret have been felt by someone in a relationship.\u00c2\u00a0 There are the normal marriage questions\u00c2\u00a0such as\u00c2\u00a0whether or not to have children, if children are in the future then when would be a good time to start trying and the harder questions such as\u00c2\u00a0which characteristics in my mate can be overlooked and which ones should I confront him\/her about?\u00c2\u00a0 It can make the reader ask those questions of themselves and some readers will find they aren’t ready for those answers.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about Anita Shreve, her upcoming visits, and her books at http:\/\/anitashreve.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My body was sitting on the beach at Topsail Island, North Carolina but my mind was transported to the dusty streets of Nairobi before the seasonal rains while reading A Change of Altitude.\u00c2\u00a0 It was not surprising to learn Anita Shreve once lived in Kenya.\u00c2\u00a0 Only someone who lived there could capture the\u00c2\u00a0moral questions that… Continue reading A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[200,199,24],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-a-change-in-altitude","tag-anita-shreve","tag-book","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t