The Grift by Debra Ginsberg
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(Paperback - Reprint)
- Pub. Date: August 2009
- 352pp
- Sales Rank: 42,732
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2009
- Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
- Format: Paperback, 352pp
- Sales Rank: 42,732
- ISBN-13: 9780307382733
- ISBN: 0307382737
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
Marina Marks has been on the grift since she was a child, forced into the psychic business by a junkie mother who was always willing to use her daughter to scam an extra buck. But when Marina wakes up one day with the actual ability to see the future, she finds her freedom–and her life–in danger. After predicting a murder exactly as it happens, Marina becomes the sole suspect. Now she’s desperate to clear her name–and to discover the meaning behind her visions.
“[A] clever thriller . . . Ginsberg has a way with offbeat characters.” –New York Times Book Review
The New York Times - Liesl Schillinger
Ms. Ginsberg shows a remarkable capacity to inhabit the minds and motives of others, her mental camera panning impressively to take in not only a lead character or two but extras as well…Leaving aside any question of tingling paranormal subtext, The Grift presents a lifelike, multishaded rendering of San Diego's blend of cultures, classes, ancestries and motivations. Ms. Ginsberg folds Marina into the lives and complicated romances of the locals like a stripe of colored sand in a painted-desert souvenir bottle…The Grift is a gift with no strings attached, no dark outcome to dread, a satisfyingly voyeuristic vision of a mysterious stranger's supernaturally charged fortune.
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DEBRA GINSBERG is the author of the novel Blind Submission, as well as three memoirs: Waiting, Raising Blaze, and About My Sisters.
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Couldn't stop reading it!by StatenIslandReader
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October 04, 2009: I truly enjoyed this author's style, tone and characters. It was very original and enjoyable.
A Grift, Gift or a Curse?by lilpiggie
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March 09, 2009: The Grift is just that, a scam, or...is it really more of a gift (noting the dropped "r" in the title)? This is where the questions start, right from the beginning.
A woman who has been trained by her mother to be a fortuneteller since she was a child learns that telling people what they want to hear can be very profitable. As an adult, she stumbles into actually being able to see what the future holds for her clients and she is compelled to tell them the truth, but suddenly they are not so eager for her advice. In fact, business becomes nearly non-existent, friends disappear and everything begins to fall apart around her.There are multiple storylines going on throughout the book, following her clients lives, but they all revolve around thier psychic friend. Soon they are intermingled and when she becomes involved in the circumstances of a murder she must choose to use the gift that she has, but also her skills as a grifter.Beyond the actual story, this is a great book that makes you think about the line between telling someone the whole truth or telling them what they want or need to hear. It raises interesting questions about the secrets that everyone keeps and what one would choose to do with the power of knowing the secrets of others.I found it a very interesting and unique read. It was a bit choppy moving back and forth among the characters, but not difficult to follow. The mystery had a somewhat predictable ending, but it was not until the very end that you you could be sure what would come of things, so it certainly was not a simple tale.I would definitely recommend it as something truly different and thought provoking.
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