Girl Reading
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781844086870 (1844086879)
Publish date: January 5th 2012
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Pages no: 340
Edition language: English
Category:
Writing,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Books About Books,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Art,
Feminism,
Contemporary,
Short Stories
Initially this book appears to be a collection of short stories. All the narratives are brought together in the last story though. Ward is a good writer, and even though I liked some stories better than others, they were all enjoyable. It's a little reminiscent of Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vree...
I enjoyed Katie Ward‘s earliest chapters the most in this book, yet once we left the distant past to times that encompassed technology that I was familiar with, my attention drifted a bit. The final chapter, a futuristic piece, kind of tied the book together.The earlier chapters gave me pleasure in ...
this series of vignettes are loosely connected as they describe moments in the lives of their characters as a piece of art is created around the theme of a woman reading.They span history from the 13th century to the near future, and are beautifully observed and written with great subtlety.Why only ...
this series of vignettes are loosely connected as they describe moments in the lives of their characters as a piece of art is created around the theme of a woman reading.They span history from the 13th century to the near future, and are beautifully observed and written with great subtlety.Why only ...
This was an excellent book and you might wonder why I haven't given it five stars. Many people have given it five stars and they are right. I, however, am mean and stingy with my stars. Girl Reading is Katie Ward's first book, and I am quite certain that she will give me some five star material soon...
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