Perfect
by:
Rachel Joyce (author)
Format: Hardback
ISBN:
9780857520661 (0857520660)
ASIN: 9780857520661
Publish date: July 4th 2013
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Pages no: 361
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Fiction
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There is a particular truth about being the oldest sibling in a family. There is a heightened awareness of responsibility that does not exist in younger siblings. There is also, typically, a close bond with at least one parent. Poor Byron epitomizes these characteristics. He adores his mother and wi...
I was eagerly awaiting this one as soon as I heard about it, such was my enjoyment of old Harold’s antics in Joyce’s previous work. Did I enjoy Perfect as much? No. No, I didn’t. Is it nevertheless as worthy of a look as Joyce’s first book? Yes. Yes it is.Perfect is told from two perspectives and in...
I think this was a 3 and a half bug because I enjoyed Harold fry so much it goes to a four. I loved the story of the boys as youngsters more than the story of when they are older, it just didn't seem to grip me, but the character of the bullied mother was brilliant.
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