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bookshelves: published-2015, radio-4, lit-richer, winter-20142015, britain-scotland, ayrshire, those-autumn-years, blackpool, britain-england, art-forms, newtome-author Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Christine Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from January 26 to February 14, 2015 BABThtt...
RECEIVED THIS BOOK FROM GOODREADS FIRST READS PROGRAM"What is an adult? He'd always wondered. Was it a person who can speak when silent and who invents life, as opposed to just living it? At the wheel, Luke told himself she was the most adult person he had ever known. Some people would argue the opp...
I have only five things to say about this book...SO GLAD I AM FINISHED!!!!!!
Like other reviewers of this title, I wanted to like the book but came away disappointed. The narrative, while a unique perspective of part of Marilyn's story, comes off heavy-handed and dull at times. I feel this could have been a good book, but it was just missing that certain something.
This is one of the weirdest experiences I've ever had with a priest.I think O'Hagan has pulled off something truly extraordinary here, but even as I write that, I'm not really sure. I'm not feeling on particularly solid ground when it comes to my interpretation of this character or this novel overa...