We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Rosemary's young, just at college, and she's decided not to tell anyone a thing about her family. So we're not going to tell you too much either: you'll have to find out for yourselves what it is that makes her unhappy family unlike any other. Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a...
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Rosemary's young, just at college, and she's decided not to tell anyone a thing about her family. So we're not going to tell you too much either: you'll have to find out for yourselves what it is that makes her unhappy family unlike any other. Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an older brother. Both are now gone - vanishe
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781846689956
Publisher: Serpents Tail
Pages no: 323
Edition language: English
I enjoyed reading this novel while I was reading it, but in retrospect, I thought about the storyline again and some parts just didn't seem right to me... One thing were Rosie's parents, who didn't give a damn about what the implications for their own "human daughter's" development would be, if they...
I never knew when I picked this book up that the identity of Fern was supposed to be a "twist" -- the review I read that piqued my interest gave it away, and that's what made me want to read the book. Ironically, I probably would not have picked it up had I not known the "twist" beforehand!But I am ...
I'm not sure what to think of this book... It was okay. It irritated the shit out of me with it's big pretentious words that even my kindle dictionary couldn't help! The narrative style reminds me of someone I know who likes being "mysterious" and only manages to be irritating... she takes forever t...
When I started reading this book about a family member, Fern, who has evidently gone missing or died, I really liked how it didn’t start with how she had disappeared or when. The narrator, Rosemary, is Fern’s sister and she begins the story half-way through (running us through events that happen aft...
This book left me with mixed feelings. I did guess the 'reveal' about twenty pages before it was divulged, but that's probably because I've read some of the non fiction books on the subject. I don't want to add more to spoil this for anyone else. But I found the rationale for writing the story hard ...
8 years ago
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