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Title: Think of England: A Novel by Alice Elliott Dark ISBN: 0-7432-3497-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Good Writing Continues
Comment: Alice Elliott Dark's first novel was certainly worth waiting for and a worthy follower of the book of short stories IN THE GLOAMING that received such critical acclaim a few years ago. Jane, a youngster when her beloved father has an accident and is killed, grows up believing she is responsible for his death. This misconception follows her into adulthood and colors her entire life and is what much of the novel is about.
Ms. Dark is very good with dialogue and verbal fencing. When the uoung man from England Nigel tells her he is gay and asks if she's bothered with learning that, the conversation goes like this:
"'Of Course not. My uncle is gay,' she offered, and immediately regretted it. 'I'm sorry.That was stupid.'
'Quite all right. My sister's a girl, if that makes you feel any better.'"
Dark delves into the complexity and difficulty of family relationships that sound all too familiar to many of us. Once again she writes about lost opportunities and living with the consequences.
Oh, the title for this novel comes from wedding-night advice for Victorian brides: "Just close your eyes and think of England."
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly Recommended
Comment: Humorous, devastating, and completely satisfying, 'Think of England' tells a story that bridges a generation gap in its characters and readers alike. It's obvious that Dark is most comfortable in writing the shorter form, for her book reads like 3 short stories. That is, until the subtle conclusion ties each section together brilliantly. As I closed the book, I realized that I had no questions. Every element of the story had been perfectly uncovered - each wound, each joke, each character. Unlike most novels I read, I had no doubts...that is a rare occasion, and I urge you to read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: George Lives!
Comment: Ms. Dark sends us on a literary journey that leaves us breathless, thanks to gasps of recognition, sadness, hope, and delight. It's amazing how she can summon up the voice of an 8-year-old girl, Jane, and allow us to see the world through her eyes.
We are then allowed to follow this old soul through her twenties and into her forties as she makes acquaintances, lovers, friends, decisions, and realizations that resonated with me and all of those to whom I've lent the book.
I laughed, I cried, I could dance to it. Honestly. It's a true coming of age story. And if you haven't gone through a few Kleenex before its ending...get out of my house and never darken my sheets again.
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Title: The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen ISBN: 0385721285 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan ISBN: 0670032069 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bad Blood : A Memoir by Lorna Sage ISBN: 0060938080 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel by Diane Schoemperlen ISBN: 0142001325 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 30 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly ISBN: 0671619314 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 03 October, 1985 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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