The Colour of Milk: A Novel
by:
Nell Leyshon (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062192066 (006219206X)
ASIN: 006219206X
Publish date: December 26th 2012
Publisher: Ecco
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
19th Century,
Sociology,
Modern,
Abuse
The ability to write is so ubiquitous to people in the developed world that it’s easy to forget how powerful a thing it really is. Once we know how to write, then we can share our stories with people we will never meet. When we can write, we can leave a mark on the world that speaks for us when we’r...
Good novel about a young girl on a farm in England (I think) who goes to work for a local minister, and what transpires from there. Nell Leyshon writes in a deliberately naive style; Mary has only just learned to read and write, and writes simply and directly. I enjoyed the book and didn't find it t...
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my name is jeanette. j.e.a.n.e.t.t.e.i am very tall and my hair is the colour of weak tea.this is my review and i am writing it by my own hand in the year of our lord twenty-thirteen.i did read this book, and my teeth did grind and my eyes did cross for that there were no upper-case letters on any p...
This left me conflicted.... Definitely crossed the "memorable" threshold, but I can only recommend it as an example of highly-stylized lit-fic.