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I Know This Much Is True (Oprah's Book Club)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061097645
ISBN: 0061097640
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 912
Publication Date: 1999-08
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Studio: Harper
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Editorial Review:
Oprah Book Club® Selection, June 1998: What if you were a 40-year-old housepainter, horrifically abused, emotionally unavailable, and your identical twin was a paranoid schizophrenic who believed in public self-mutilation? You'd either be a guest on the Jerry Springer Show or Dominick Birdsey, the antihero, narrator, and bad-juju magnet of I Know This Much Is True. Somewhere in the recesses of this hefty 912-page tome lurks an honest, moving account of one man's search, denial, and acceptance of self. This is no easy feat considering his grandfather seemed to take parenting tips from the SS and his grandmother was a possible teenage murderess, his stepfather a latent sadist, and his brother, Thomas, a politically motivated psychopath. Not one to break with tradition, Dominick continues the dysfunctional legacy with rape, a failed marriage, a nervous breakdown, SIDS, a car crash, and a racist conspiracy against a coworker--just to name a few.
A stretch, both literally and figuratively from his Oprah-christened bestseller, She's Come Undone, Lamb's book ventures outside the confines of the tightly bound beach read and marathons through a detailed, neatly cataloged account of every familial travesty and personal failure one can endure. At its heart lies Freud's "return of the repressed": the more we try to deny who we are, the more we become what we fear. Lamb takes Freud's psychological abstraction to the realm of everyday living, packing his novel with tender, believable dialogue and thoughtful observation. --Rebekah Warren
The phenomenal #1 "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club( pick is now in mass market paperback. This spellbinding novel of responsibility and family, betrayal and redemption is an exquisitely written, profoundly human masterpiece.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wally Lamb is simply amazing!
Do not shy away from this book because of its length (or because of the Oprah sticker!). It's a fantastic story and when you're finished reading, you'll wish it had been even longer. It's true. This book is on my list of all-time favorites as is Lamb's earlier work, She's Come Undone. I'm now eagerly awaiting his new novel which I've just ordered.
Every book lover simply must discover Wally Lamb.
Rating: - One of my favorites!!
I was intimidated by the length of the book but when my sister told me she read it twice I figured there must be something to it. I love this book and I didn't want it to end. At some point I thought I knew where the story was going....WRONG! The ending completely fooled me.
Read it and enjoy!
Rating: - It's hard to get into..
But it's worth it.
It took me over 2 years to read this book. I struggled with not just with the length of the book - but also with the narration. I admit I didn't admire Dominick - I even disliked his character, and couldn't even bring myself to read more than a few paragraphs at times. But after midway in the novel, the tone picks up and somehow putting the book down is too hard. It wasn't an obligation to the author or to some higher power literary God - but insatiable curiousity ... Read More
Rating:  - Like riding in an old roller coaster...
The book was pretty interesting,unfortunately it is a bit too long. I myself struggled to finish the book. I described the book "like riding in an old roller coaster" because it takes you to a long preparation for what is going on between the two brothers. It's like falling in line and you're so excited, then once you're in the ride getting past to the first peak it just doesn't go fast enough, and the ride just struggles to get up to the next peak. Then the excitement is lost. Basically while reading, ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book
Great book, I loved it start to finish. I am a nurse and thing this book really gives a great view into psych problems for those not exposed to it, and a view of what people with different disabilities have to deal with.
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