The Finishing School (Audio)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780786135196 (0786135190)
Publish date: December 1st 2005
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Writing,
Language,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Modern,
Female Authors,
School Stories,
Boarding School,
Scotland
A mention in James Wood's How Fiction Works prompted me to pick up a couple Sparks from the library. Of course the mention was of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, but that wasn't on the shelves. Instead I got The Finishing School, which turned out to be her last novel. She was in her mid 80s when she ...
Although a short book, it took me two days to read as I was not particularly drawn in by either the plot or the characters. While the novel was set in the present time, I did not feel like the author was able to recreate today's teens. They felt like kids back in the 50's to me.Naive, willing studen...
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