I have to say I have a conflicted relationship with The Giving Tree. I'm not the biggest fan of the book, but I did think it was an interesting story about total, unconditional love that is never returned or ever completely understood. It's definitely a creepy book, and I do look a bit askance at it in terms of gender relations, true. I'm not sure what S.S. meant in writing it the way he did, but it's a very painful story.
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I have to say I have a conflicted relationship with The Giving Tree. I'm not the biggest fan of the book, but I did think it was an interesting story about total, unconditional love that is never returned or ever completely understood. It's definitely a creepy book, and I do look a bit askance at it in terms of gender relations, true. I'm not sure what S.S. meant in writing it the way he did, but it's a very painful story.
But I wouldn't read it to my nephew.